Change in lymph flow during low-grade fever and febrile fever under experimental conditions.

Abstract

Experiments on rats showed that low-grade fever is accompanied by a decrease in the central lymph flow rate, which results from inactivation of lymphangion components in lymphatic microvessels of the small intestine mesentery. Lymph flow rate was shown to increase during pyrogenal-induced fever, which did not depend on the duration of the disease.

• Authors: K A Triandafilov, L V Plaksina, A M Farkhutdinov, F I Mukhutdinova, M M Minnebaev
• Journal: Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine (Bull Exp Biol Med) Vol. 147 Issue 3 Pg. 305-7 (Mar 2009) ISSN: 1573-8221 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 19529849 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Animals
• Fever (physiopathology)
• Intestine, Small (blood supply)
• Lymph (physiology)
• Lymphatic Vessels (physiopathology)
• Mesentery (blood supply)
• Microcirculation
• Microvessels (physiopathology)
• Rats