Physiology and pathology of skin after burns and derangement of gene expression

Abstract

Temperature and time are two basic factors influencing the effect of heat on the human organism. The degree of resulting damage also depends on the anatomical organization of the skin and hypodermis.

Sweat glands and the vascular supply, with blood flowing in corium and hypodermis, act as an effective thermo-regulators for the deeper structures

Keywords

• burns
• physiology of burned skin
• pathology of skin
• genetic expression
• scarring process
• collagen
• keloids and hypertrophic scars