Time for trauma immunology

PLoS Med. 2017 Jul 11;14(7):e1002342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002342. eCollection 2017 Jul.

Abstract

Timothy Billiar summarizes the role of the innate immune response in the clinical course following severe injury and envisions a field of "trauma immunology."

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Wounds and Injuries / etiology
  • Wounds and Injuries / immunology*

Grants and funding

The authors received no specific funding for this work.