Assessment of endothelium and inflammatory response at the onset of reperfusion injury in hand surgery

• Main Authors: Kamat Pranitha (Author), Juon Bettina (Author), Jossen Brigitte (Author), Gajanayake Thusitha (Author), Rieben Robert (Author), Vögelin Esther (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Activation of the endothelium, complement activation and generation of cytokines are known events during ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) that mediate tissue injury. Our aim was to elucidate their respective participation at the onset of t...