Acute induction of interleukin-6 and biphasic changes of serum complement C3 by carrageenan in mice.
Carrageenan has been widely used as an irritant to evoke inflammation in animals or to selectively deplete macrophages in vivo. Although precise understanding of carrageenan activity is a prerequisite for the experimental use of this polysaccharide, the effects of this agent on host-biological syste...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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1998
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781837/ |