Authors

Walter G. Land

Publications 2

Review article Open access

The Role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns (DAMPs) in Human Diseases: Part II: DAMPs as diagnostics, prognostics and therapeutics in clinical medicine

Walter G. Land · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/2075-0528.1676

This article is the second part of a review that addresses the role of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in human diseases by presenting examples of traumatic (systemic inflammatory response syndrome), cardiovascular (myocardial infarction), metabolic (type 2 diabetes mellitus), neurodegenerative (Alzheimer’ …

Review article Open access

The Role of Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns in Human Diseases: Part I - Promoting inflammation and immunity

Walter G. Land · Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal · 2025 · 10.18295/2075-0528.1648

There is increasing interest by physicians in the impact of the innate immune system on human diseases. In particular, the role of the molecules that initiate and amplify innate immune pathways, namely damage associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), is of interest as these molecules are involved in the pathogenesis of ma …