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ArticleThe Journal of trauma2011

The effects of injury magnitude on the kinetics of the acute phase response.

Graciela Bauzá, Glenn Miller, Neema Kaseje, Nathan A Wigner, Zhongyan Wang, Louis C Gerstenfeld, Peter A Burke

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Article in The Journal of trauma, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Graciela BauzáDepartment of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Glenn Miller
Neema Kaseje
Nathan A Wigner
Zhongyan Wang
Louis C Gerstenfeld
Peter A Burke
Boston Medical Center · USBoston University · US

Funding

HNF-4 FUNCTION IN MODELS OF TRAUMATIC INJURYR01DK064945 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI BURKE, PETER A · 2004 to 2008
$1.5M
NIDDK NIH HHS 3R01DK064945NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK064945
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe acute-phase response (APR) is critical to the body's ability to successfully respond to injury. A murine model of closed unilateral femur fractures and bilateral femur fracture were used to study the effect of injury magnitude on this response.

methodsStandardized unilateral femur fracture and bilateral femur fracture in mice were performed. The femur fracture sites, livers, and serum were harvested over time after injury. Changes in mRNA expression of cytokines, hepatic acute-phase proteins, and serum cytokines overtime were measured.

resultsThere was a rapid and short-lived hepatic APR to fracture injuries. The overall pattern in both models was similar. Both acute-phase proteins' mRNA (fibrinogen-γ and serum amyloid A-3) showed increased mRNA expression over baseline within the first 48 hours and their levels positively correlated with the extent of injury. However, increased severity of injury resulted in a delayed induction of the APR. A similar effect on the gene expression of cytokines (interleukin [IL]-1β, IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor-α) at the fracture site was seen. Serum IL-6 levels increased with increased injury and showed no delay between injury models.

conclusionsGreater severity of injury resulted in a delayed induction of the liver's APR and a diminished expression of cytokines at the fracture site. Serum IL-6 levels were calibrated to the extent of the injury, and changes may represent mechanisms by which the local organ responses to injury are regulated by the injury magnitude.

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Gene ExpressionAcute-Phase ProteinsAcute-Phase ReactionAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemoral FracturesInterleukin-6LiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaAcute-Phase ProteinsInterleukin-6RNA, MessengerTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID20693926
PMCPMC3563334
OpenAlexW2001322735

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