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Spontaneous neutrophil migration patterns during sepsis after major burns.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Jones Caroline N, Moore Molly, Dimisko Laurie, Alexander Andrew, Ibrahim Amir, Hassell Bryan A, Warren H Shaw, Tompkins Ronald G, Fagan Shawn P, Irimia Daniel
Abstract excerpt
Finely tuned to respond quickly to infections, neutrophils have amazing abilities to migrate fast and efficiently towards sites of infection and inflammation. Although neutrophils ability to migrate is perturbed in patients after major burns, no correlations have yet been demonstrated between altered migration and higher rate of infections and sepsis in these patients when compared to healthy individuals. To...
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