Involvement of skeletal muscle gene regulatory network in susceptibility to wound infection following trauma.

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 the...

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Main Authors: Yiorgos Apidianakis, Michael N Mindrinos, Wenzhong Xiao, George P Tegos, Michail I Papisov, Michael R Hamblin, Ronald W Davis, Ronald G Tompkins, Laurence G Rahme
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2131783?pdf=render