GPT and Sepsis: A substantial degree of recovery from the acute SIRS/sepsis episode at day 10 was also illustrated by the absence of clinical markers of tissue damage (lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) and glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT)) in LPS treated animals (Fig. 1D), an insult that we and others have previously shown to induce substantial liver and multi-organ damage within 24 h of administration [57].