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THE ORIGIN OF ALBUMIN IN HEPATIC LYMPH
Author(s) -
Woolley G,
Courtice FC
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1962.15
Subject(s) - lymph , albumin , chemistry , globulin , serum albumin , blood proteins , medicine , endocrinology , pathology , biochemistry
SUMMARY The albumin of liver lymph may derive entirely from the plasma or newly metabolized protein may be added directly to lymph by the liver cells. Following the injection of T‐1824 and 131 I‐albumin the disappearance of label from plasma and its appearance in liver lymph was studied. When specific activity curves were compared with similar curves for liver following injection of 131 I‐γ‐globulin, and for leg following 131 I‐albumin it was apparent that only minor amounts, if any, of new protein could be reaching the liver lymph directly from the synthesizing cells.