- most
common pyrogens are endotoxins,
which are
lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
produced by Gram-negative
bacteria such as E. coli. But
pyrogens include non-endotoxic...
- Look up
pyrogen in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Pyrogen may
refer to:
Pyrogen (fever), a
fever inducing substance.
Pyrogen (pyrotechnics), a pyrotechnic...
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substance that can
cause a fever.
Bacterial pyrogens include endotoxins and exotoxins,
although many
pyrogens are
endogenous to the host.
Endotoxins include...
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presentation is a
fever (release of
endogenous pyrogens often related to
lymphokines or
tissue pyrogens), but the
overall picture will
often include several...
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viral infection,
certain white blood cells within the
blood will
release pyrogens which have a
direct effect on the
anterior hypothalamus,
causing body temperature...
-
presence of
pyrogens,
basically mirroring the
process by
which these toxins cause fever in
humans (and rabbits, as in the
original pyrogen test). A protocol...
- set
point of core
temperature in the hypothalamus,
caused by
circulating pyrogens produced by the
immune system. To the subject, a rise in core temperature...
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initiator is an
electric match. The
energetic material used,
often called pyrogen, is
usually a
pyrotechnic composition made of a fuel and oxidizer, where...
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Factors which promote fibrinolysis include local trauma, estrogens, and
pyrogens from bacteria.
Bacteria may
secondarily colonize the socket, and lead to...
- Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) also
known as
leukocytic pyrogen,
leukocytic endogenous mediator,
mononuclear cell factor,
lymphocyte activating factor and...
