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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Consecutive severely traumatized patients (n = 16) requiring intensive care underwent serial monitoring of complement activation and monocyte migratory function with the chemoattractant activated serum (C5a) and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). Complement was found to be activated, and chemotaxis to C5a was correspondingly depressed maximally at a mean 5 to 7 days after injury (p = less than 0.01). The migratory response to FMLP was within the normal range throughout. Conversely, in a consecutive series of patients undergoing aortoiliac bypass grafting (n = 11), there was no evidence of complement activation, and monocyte migratory function remained normal for both C5a and FMLP. These data suggest that in patients with severe trauma, the activation of complement, particularly the fifth component (C5a), reduces the migratory responsiveness of circulating monocytes to C5a. This reduction in a host-response mechanism may explain the propensity to infection and poor wound healing seen in patients with severe trauma and also indicates that C5a, thought to be the major in vivo chemoattractant for leukocytes, has profound systemic actions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0039-6060
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-37
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Monocyte dysfunction in severe trauma: evidence for the role of C5a in deactivation.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.