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Circulating tumor necrosis factor-alpha does not mediate endotoxin-induced hypothermia in rats

K Schotanus1, G M Holtkamp, N van Rooijen

  • 1Research Institute Neurosciences, Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Medicine, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Summary

Eliminating macrophages abolished endotoxin-induced hypothermia and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) increases in rats. Circulating TNF-alpha is not the cause of hypothermia, suggesting complex immune responses.

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