[Functional activity and mechanical properties of blood leukocytes during heating in rats]

Different phasic changes induced by exogenous hyperthermia in leukocytes correlated with the latter adhesion and resistance properties as well as osmotic factors. The changes seem to be related to unspecific reactions. Phagocytes' and migratory activity increased along with the time of heating exposure. Activation of protective reactions seems to be caused by humoral factors the amount of which increases in the blood along with the heating temperature.