UNSW Cell Biology

Medicine: Society and Health: Injury

Introduction

Injury will be discussed in relation to the response at the cellular level of many different insults that result in tissue damage.

At the tissue level, there are coordinated cellular responses to tissue injury.

The degree of injury will determine the response; small injury may cause localized inflamation, serios injury will cause cell death by necrosis. There is also still discussion whether necrosis and/or apoptosis is the main form of cell death.

Student Guide

Brief Study (1-15 minutes)

Start by looking at the online textbooks. These links will give you an introduction to Injury and some images.

Detailed Study (15-30 minutes)

Next more detailed online resources introduce key steps in Injury response. Includes a link to a complete set of lecture slides on Injury.

In Depth (+30 minutes)

Then look at the regulation of Injury response.

Includes links to review articles and animations.

Links

Search NLM Online Textbooks- "Injury"

Molecular Biology of the Cell (4th edition)

Molecular Biology of the Cell (3rd edition)

Molecular Cell Biology

The Cell- A molecular Approach

Related Topics

injury, inflammation, signaling, necrosis, apoptosis