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Abstract
Testicle extract possesses a notable power to increase red cell fragility. Testicle extracts of the rat, rabbit and guinea pig all exhibit this property, which is most pronounced with the extract from the rat and least so with that from the guinea pig. Splenic extract does not possess the property, or possesses it only to a very slight degree. These results support the hypothesis that the factor in testicle extract which enhances infections (the Reynals factor) does so by altering the permeability of the host tissue.Entities:
Year: 1931 PMID: 19869910 PMCID: PMC2131952 DOI: 10.1084/jem.54.2.197
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Med ISSN: 0022-1007 Impact factor: 14.307