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, by phenol or alkaline dissociation was a higher N content 

 - and an optical rotation which differs from the conjugated 

 protein o It does not form an antigenic complex when mixed 

 with 'Shiga' polysaccharide in aqueous solution. 



325. NISHISHITA, So 



Studies on the fluctuation of the lipoid content of the blood 

 in the fever period 



Japc Jo Expero Med o 19:97-107, 19^1 



In normal rabbits, the total lipids are reduced after induced 

 fever o The drop may be as much as 30 per cent below normal 

 levels o After 24 hours, normal levels reappear. Cholesterol 

 is markedly affected. In infectious disease, blood lipids 

 may be slightly lower during the febrile phase and rise above 

 normal during convalescence. The cholesterol content varies 

 over a wide range. In starvation, blood lipids increase in 

 the early phases, fall slightly below normal in ten days; when 

 fever accompanies starvation, cholesterol rises with lecithin 

 and fatty acids, A rise of cholesterol of 155 per cent above 

 normal was seen on the 6th day of fever and starvation. 



326. OLITZKI5 L^, AVINERI-SHAPIRO, S, and BENDERSKY, I, 



The leucopenic action of different micro-organisms and the 

 antileucopenic immunity 



J, Immunol, 4l;36l, 19^1 



Heat-killed bacterial suspensions of various strains of Cocca - 

 ceae , Bacteriaceae , Baclllaceae and the mycobacteria were 

 injected into the guinea pig or rabbit to determine the effect 

 of different antigens and of varying amounts of each, the 

 development of antileukopenic immunity of both passive and 

 active character, and its species or strain specificity. The 

 leukopenic factor was present in certain groups of organisms 

 only and qualitative differences due to their chemical compo- 

 sition were noted. Within the same species of any one group, 

 quantitative variations for leukopenic activity could be 

 found. Bacterial vaccines or normal rabbit sera produced a 

 nonspecific antileukopenic resistance lasting from 2 to 3 days, 

 Anti-leukopenic immunity could be invoked by those bacteria 

 which contain a common heat-resistant antigen, but passive 

 immunity against leukopenia was conferred with difficulty. 



