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SUBMITTER: Suber F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1820693 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Suber Freeman F Carroll Michael C MC Moore Francis D FD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070228 10
A major component of burn injury is caused by additional local damage from acute inflammation. Using a scald burn model in mice, we find that this part of the injury is dependent on recognition of self-antigen by specific natural IgM, leading to activation of the complement system. We propose that the depth of a burn wound is a sum of the thermal energy applied and of the degree of host inflammatory response. ...[more]