Relationship between inflammatory cytokines and traumatic brain injury
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2010.10.019
- VernacularTitle:炎性细胞因子与创伤性颅脑损伤的关系
- Author:
Zhansheng ZHU
;
Shijie CHEN
;
Mingcan WU
;
Yuan YAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Cytokines;
Traumatic brain injury;
Inflammation
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2010;37(10):700-702
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A medical studies have indicated that there would be a defense response from human body after TBI,which mainly comes with inflammatory reaction. Human body's resistance seems likely to be enhanced,during this process, by inflammatory cytokines leading to rehabilitation of the cellular organization.However,a strong Inflammation from the whole human body may be caused due to the excessive activation,which, instead, worsens secondary brain injury. This article discusses the relationship between cytokines and traumatic brain injury.
