Differences in pyrogen production by mononuclear phagocytes and by fibroblasts or HeLa cells
Phagocytosis of bacteria stimulates "professional" phagocytes to produce and release endogenous pyrogen (EP), the protein that mediates fever. To determine whether "nonprofessional" phagocytes also have this capacity, mouse and human fibroblasts and HeLa cells were cultured after...
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1977
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2180710/ |