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IT was reported in 19571 that a single administration of insulin renders the rat more sensitive to the inflammation produced by injections of egg white or dextran. The mechanism by which insulin exerts this effect is not known, and we have now studied this problem.
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SANYAL, R., SPENCER, P. & WEST, G. Insulin and Hypersensitivity. Nature 184, 2020 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1842020a0
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