Effect of Intestinal Tract Irradiation on Serum Proteins of the Rat.

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Abstract
Electrophoretic fractionation of rat serum following exposure of the intestinal tract to X and beta irradiation shows that marked change occurs in serum proteins. Similar changes following total body X-irradiation have been attributed to liver irradiation, but in the present studies this effect could occur only indirectly, by liberation of toxic material from the irradiated tissue. It is quite possible that the effect is augmented by protein loss from the damaged intestine.