Oxytocin or Social Housing Alleviates Local Burn Injury in Rats

Iseri S. O. , Duesuenceli F., ERZİK C. , Uslu B., Arbak S., YEGEN B.

JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH, vol.162, no.1, pp.122-131, 2010 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 162 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jss.2009.02.018
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF SURGICAL RESEARCH
  • Page Numbers: pp.122-131
  • Keywords: oxytocin, burn, oxidative damage, social interactions, TNF-alpha, ATRIAL-NATRIURETIC-PEPTIDE, MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE, RECEPTOR MESSENGER-RNA, GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT, THERMAL-INJURY, IN-VITRO, DAMAGE, INFLAMMATION, VASOPRESSIN, INTERLEUKIN-6

Abstract

Background. Thermal injury may cause distant organ inflammation and multiorgan failure. Oxytocin (OT), a nonapeptide, modulates the immune and inflammatory processes.