Another piece in the puzzle

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Thomas S. Maxey, University of South Florida College of Medicine; William Keeling, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2005-02-01
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc3019
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Critical Care
• ISSN: 1364-8535
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• Start Page: 27
• End Page: 28
• Keywords: lung injury; CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE; pulmonary; Science & Technology; REPERFUSION INJURY; Critical Care Medicine; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; General & Internal Medicine; ischemia-reperfusion injury; ALPHA
• Research Categories: Health Sciences, General; Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery

Abstract

Pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury is complex and involves many cell types and mechanisms of action. Van Putte and coworkers have attempted to provide insight into and describe some of the complex components of this process. Their study describes two new components of the multifaceted process of reperfusion injury. The time-dependent course of neutrophil activation and the discovery of programmed cell death in reperfused lung tissue are two new pieces of a complex puzzle.