Insulin transport by thoracic duct of male rabbits with CCI4-induced liver cirrhosis.
Insulin concentration in the peripheral blood and the thoracic duct lymph from male rabbits with CCl4-induced liver cirrhosis was measured using a radioimmunoassay technique. Although insulin concentration in the lymph was lower in the cirrhotic animals than in the control ones, the hourly transport of the hormone by the lymphatic vessel of the cirrhotic animals markedly increased in company with the higher flow rate of the lymph.
D000818:Animals; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D008196:Lymph / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D013897:Thoracic Duct
D007328:Insulin