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Involvement of skeletal muscle gene regulatory network in susceptibility to wound infection following trauma.
PloS one - 26 Dec 2007
Apidianakis Yiorgos, Mindrinos Michael N, Xiao Wenzhong, Tegos George P, Papisov Michail I, Hamblin Michael R, Davis Ronald W, Tompkins Ronald G, Rahme Laurence G
Abstract excerpt
Despite recent advances in our understanding the pathophysiology of trauma, the basis of the predisposition of trauma patients to infection remains unclear. A Drosophila melanogaster/Pseudomonas aeruginosa injury and infection model was used to identify host genetic components that contribute to...
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