Femoral fracture leads to moderate pulmonary organ damage in aged mice and induces immune alterations
Our data suggests that femoral fracture in the elderly impairs lung inflammatory regulation and early regeneration, which potentially increase the risk of pulmonary complications.
Authors
- Alessa Wagner
- Katrin Bundkirchen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5256-3732)
- Jasmin Maria Bülow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0671-7698)
- Helen Rinderknecht (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9311-0131)
- Claudia Neunaber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-2238)
- Borna Relja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5625-8823)
- Melanie Haffner-Luntzer
- Nils Becker
Institutions
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVA (AT)
- Biomechanics Institute of Valencia (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Immunology
- Published
- 2026-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2026.1763857
- Primary Topic
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00