Excellent performance of the isolated rabbit kidney perfused with platelet and leukocyte-poor blood.
It has been shown that the isolated rabbit kidney, perfused with fresh homologous, platelet- and leukocyte-poor blood, has a functional performance almost equivalent to the kidney in vivo. This is the first report that strongly indicates the deleterious role of platelets and leukocytes in blood when used as a perfusing medium.
D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology*; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods*; D011817:Rabbits; D012996:Solutions
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