Suber Freeman, Carroll Michael C, Moore Francis D
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 6;104(10):3973-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0609026104. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
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.
烧伤损伤的一个主要组成部分是由急性炎症引起的额外局部损伤。通过在小鼠中使用烫伤模型,我们发现这部分损伤依赖于特定天然IgM对自身抗原的识别,从而导致补体系统的激活。我们提出,烧伤创面的深度是所施加热能与宿主炎症反应程度的总和。