Although green striped burrowing frogs (Cyclorana alboguttata) experience large reductions in the mass and absorptive surface area of the small intestine (SI) during aestivation, little is known about how this may affect the functional capacity of the SI. We examined changes in the function (L-...
protein - a clue to the function of the eosinophil granulocyte Jonas Bystrom1*, Kawa Amin2,3, David Bishop-Bailey1 Abstract Eosinophil granulocytes reside in respiratory mucosa including lungs, in the gastro-intestinal tract, and in lymphocyte associated organs, the thymus, lymph nodes and the ...
Cholesterol is required for the maintenance of plasma membrane fluidity and integrity, as well as many cellular functions. Tissues such as liver, adrenal gland, and gonads have a special requirement for cholesterol, which is used as a substrate for product biosynthesis (1, 2). In many species,...
Atkinson [7] reported that with increasing RUP levels, the content of amino acids entering the small intestine increases; therefore, a greater RUP content in the diet increases the absorption of amino acids in the small intestine. There is no way to determine the specific content of RUPs in ...
Bisset, K. A., 1947b, The effect of temperature on immunity in Amphibia,J. Pathol. Bacteriol.59:301. ArticlePubMedCASGoogle Scholar Bisset, K. A., 1947c, Natural and acquired immunity in frogs and fish,J. Pathol. Bacteriol.59:79. ...
the metabolic rate of isolated intestinal slices increased(per unit of wet mass)during three months of aestivation,such that when extrapolated to the whole intestine,the metabolic contribution of the gut to whole animal metabolic rate increased from about 6%in an active animal to over 20%in an ...