Danger Signals Activating the Immune Response after Trauma

Sterile injury can cause a systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) that resembles the host response during sepsis. The inflammatory response following trauma comprises various systems of the human body which are cross-linked with each other within a highly complex network of inflammation. End...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Hirsiger, Hans-Peter Simmen, Clément M. L. Werner, Guido A. Wanner, Daniel Rittirsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Mediators of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/315941