The effect of (1) hypophysectomy alone and (2) hypophysectomy plus various combinations of the steroids and ACTH upon phagocytosis by the reticuloendothelial system of intravenously injected India ink particles.
D000302:Adrenal Cortex; D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002244:Carbon; D003348:Cortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D007281:Ink; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D012157:Mononuclear Phagocyte System / Q000502:physiology*; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000601:surgery*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; C028433:chinese ink; D002244:Carbon; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D003348:Cortisone
ACTH/effects; ADRENAL CORTEX/hormones; CORTISONE/effects; INK; LIVER/physiology; PHAGOCYTOSIS/effect of drugs on; PITUITARY GLAND/effect of excision; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM/physiology