PLASMA FOLLISTATIN CONCENTRATIONS INCREASE FOLLOWING LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE ADMINISTRATION IN SHEEP
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology
- Vol. 23 (8) , 754-755
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1681.1996.tb01773.x
Abstract
1. The effect of inflammation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection on plasma follistatin (FS) concentrations was investigated. 2. Plasma FS and tumour necrosis factor‐α concentrations increase following LPS administration in ewes. 3. The rise in FS is similar, but more sustained, to that previously observed after surgery. 4. These results indicate a possible functional link between FS, inflammation and the acute‐phase response.Keywords
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