acuteinflammation.pdf

Inflammation: Acute Introductory article G Villarreal, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA Article Contents J Zagorski, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA . Introduction SM, Wahl, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA . Characteristics of Inflammation . Initiation of Acute Inflammation . Vascular Response Inflammation represents the response of a vascularized tissue to injury. Inflammation and . Inflammatory Mediators repair are essential to maintain tissue integrity. . Purpose of the Response Introduction represent a complex group of vascular, neurological and Inflammation is a defensive response that begins after cellular responses to the initiating trauma. As all inflam cellular injury, which may be caused by microbes, physical matory responses are intended to be transient, control of initiation and termination of inflammation is crucial. agents (burns, radiation, trauma), chemicals (toxins, caustic substances), necrotic tissue and/or immunological Control of inflammation is mediated to a large degree by reactions. The acu