The role of zinc in endotoxin fever.
Compared to pair-fed controls, zinc deficient rats developed significantly smaller fevers in response to an injection of E. coli endotoxin.
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McGill University, School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D004435:Eating; D004731:Endotoxins; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005334:Fever / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D013977:Tibia / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency / Q000502:physiology*
D004731:Endotoxins; C044101:endotoxin, Escherichia coli; D015032:Zinc