International Journal of Surgery 2010;37(10):700-702

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2010.10.019

Relationship between inflammatory cytokines and traumatic brain injury

Zhansheng ZHU ; Shijie CHEN ; Mingcan WU ; Yuan YAO

Keywords

Cytokines; Traumatic brain injury; Inflammation

Country

China

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.