Platonin, a Cyanine Photosensitizing Dye, Inhibits Pyrogen Release and Results in Antipyresis

• Main Authors: Jie-Jen Lee (Author), Wu-Tein Huang (Author), Dong-Zi Shao (Author), Jyh-Fei Liao (Author), Mao-Tsun Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT: Intravenous injection of the supernatant fluids from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) incubated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) caused fever in rabbits. The fever was in parallel with the levels of either interleukin-1β (IL-1β), IL-6, or tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in supe...