title: Plasma kallikrein clearance by the liver in food-restricted rats.
abstract: We measured the clearance rate of plasma kallikrein by the liver in three groups of rats: one recently weaned, and two seven weeks old (control and food-restricted groups). The clearance rates were similar in the three groups when expressed as units/g liver. The livers of the recently weaned and food-restricted rats were, however, smaller than those of the controls and consequently their livers cleared plasma kallikrein less efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Gastroenterologia Clínica Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kouyoumdjian
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Sawaya
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Dolnikoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005508:Food Deprivation / Q000502:physiology; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000097:blood*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D007610:Kallikreins