OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRODUCTION OF PYROGENIC SUBSTANCES BY RABBIT AND HUMAN LEUCOCYTES

1. The mechanism of release of a pyrogen from leucocytes has been studied in cells obtained from sterile rabbit peritoneal exudates and from rabbit blood. Attempts were made to induce human leucocytes—from blood—to release a pyrogen. 2. Rabbit leucocytes, kept below 4°C., were not pyrogenic and did...

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Main Authors: Fessler, J. H., Cooper, K. E., Cranston, W. I., Vollum, R. L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1961
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2137426/