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Cytokines for surgeons.

Christopher D Raeburn1, Forest Sheppard, Katherine A Barsness

  • 1Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 E. Ninth Ave., Campus Box C-320, Denver, CO 80262, USA. christopher.raeburn@uchsc.edu

American Journal of Surgery
|April 12, 2002
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Cytokines are cell-signaling molecules crucial for surgical patients, communicating between stressed cells. Future cytokine therapies hold promise for surgical care, potentially matching the impact of antibiotics.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Cellular Biology
  • Surgical Pathophysiology

Background:

  • Cells continuously communicate via hormones for homeostasis and cytokines in response to challenges.
  • Cytokines are produced sporadically by nucleated cells during surgical stress, ischemia, or sepsis.
  • These cytokines act as a communication system between surgically stressed somatic and myeloid cells.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce surgically relevant cytokines.
  • To highlight the role of cytokines in the context of surgical patients.
  • To underscore the potential of cytokine-based therapies in surgery.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on cytokines in surgical contexts.
  • Analysis of the communication pathways involving cytokines in surgical stress.

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  • Discussion of therapeutic implications and historical context of treatments.

    • Main Results:

    • Surgical patients exhibit dynamic cytokine profiles in response to stress.
    • Cytokines are integral to the cellular language during surgical ischemia and sepsis.
    • Past therapeutic manipulations of cytokines have yielded mixed but notable outcomes.

    Conclusions:

    • Cytokine-based therapies are anticipated to significantly benefit surgical patients.
    • The future of cytokine therapeutics in surgery may parallel the historical success of antibiotics.
    • Understanding surgically relevant cytokines is key to advancing patient care.