Pro-inflammatory effect of obesity on rats with burn wounds.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A burn is an inflammatory injury to the skin or other tissue due to contact with thermal, radioactive, electric, or chemical agents. Burn injury is an important cause of disability and death worldwide. Obesity is a significant public health problem, often causing underlying systemic inflammation. Studying the combined impact of burn injuries on obese patients has become critical to the successful treatment of these patients. The aim of this paper is to highlight the effect of inflammation associated with burn injuries on several body weight group in a rat study.

Materials and methods

Different degrees of obesity and burns were established in rats and divided into a normal weight group, overweight group, obese group, second-degree burn group, third-degree burn group

SUBMITTER: Nie C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7731656 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature