the outcome may be acute lung injury, which is part of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). DAMPs, damage-associated molecular patterns; PAMPs, pathogen-associated molecular patterns.

DAMPs are capable of initiating an inflammatory response similar to that produced by PAMPs (Lotze et al. 2007), even when there are no microbial infections present. So, why are the signaling ...

DAMPs are endogenous molecules released from tissue damage, while PAMPs come from the bacteria that have invaded the body. My thesis investigates the concentrations of these molecules in severe ...