Publications by authors named "Richard B Witkov"
Article Synopsis
- The study shows that fresh frozen plasma (FFP) helps reduce lung inflammation and injury after hemorrhagic shock in the gut, linked to the protein syndecan-1.
- The effects of plasma on gut injury were tested using both normal mice and those lacking syndecan-1, revealing that the absence of this protein worsens gut damage.
- Additionally, resuscitation with FFP not only reduced gut inflammation and injury more than other treatments but also lowered levels of inflammation-related proteins TNFα and ADAM-17, suggesting a protective mechanism involving syndecan-1.
