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The formation of pyrogen by rabbit leukocytes can be inhibited significantly by treating animals with high doses of chloramphenicol. The mechanism of this effect probably involves inhibition of protein synthesis at some point during the development of granulocytes. On the basis of experiments with inhibitors of protein synthesis it appears that leukocytes from inflammatory exudates do not synthesize much additional pyrogen during incubation in vitro.
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