Acute inflammation is essential to health—and, so too, is its resolution. Pathologists divide acute inflammation into 2 parts: Initiation Resolution When microbes invade the body by barrier break, tissue injury or trauma, they set into motion a cascade of events. The first part of this cascade is the initiation phase, also known as the acute inflammatory response, and as Dr. Serhan notes, “is actually protective of the host organism” because it signals the need for the second part or resolution phase of the…
Acute inflammation is essential to health—and, so too, is its resolution. Pathologists divide acute inflammation into 2 parts: Initiation Resolution When microbes invade the body by barrier break, tissue injury or trauma, they…