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MENUThe mechanism by which interleukin-1 beta reduces net fluid absorption from the rat colon Volume 13, numéro 3, September 2002
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
- Page(s) : 358-63
- Année de parution : 2002
INTRODUCTION IL-1beta is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that is involved in a broad array of physiological responses. Among these could be listed the classical sickness responses that include fever, decreased food and water intake, increased sleep, exaggerated pain, increased synthesis of prostaglandins and acute phase proteins, stimulation of bone resorption and cartilage breakdown, proliferation of various cell types, alteration in the levels [...]