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10146611

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
The use of devices which result in exposure of blood to artificial surface has gained increasing importance in routine medical and surgical practice. In the field of biocompatibility, attention has long been directed at the mechanisms of thrombus formation of surfaces. In recent years however, a special interest has emerged for the study of the immunological consequences of blood-artificial surface interactions, thus broadening the concept of hemocompatibility. The contact of blood with artificial devices results in the activation of a number of humoral and cellular processes involved in natural and in specific immunological recognition of foreign surfaces by the host, and in the secondary occurrence of acute and chronic adverse reactions in patients undergoing extracorporeal circulation. The purpose of this review is to discuss the mechanisms involved in immunological bioincompatibility of extracorporeal circuits, with particular emphasis on the molecular basis of the activation of the complement system, the role of endotoxins, and the induction of cytokine production by activated monocytes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
T
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0267-6605
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Complement activation and cytokine production as consequences of immunological bioincompatibility of extracorporeal circuits.
pubmed:affiliation
Unite d'Immunopathologie, INSERM U 28, Hôpital Broussais, Paris Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't