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The results of this investigation indicate that iron deficiency in the suckling rats alters immunodevelopment with respect to lysozyme activity. It was also found that suckling and mature rats have different tissue distributions and activities of lysozyme. The health and biomedical implications and significance of these findings are unclear at present.
The authors express sincere appreciation to Dr. Klaus Kuettner and Larry Masden, Department of Biochemistry and Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College, Chicago, for performing the milk lysozyme analyses. Barbara Kochanowski and Karen Stratz are thanked for their skilled technical assistance. This study was supported in part by Grant HL 18712-03, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, and funds provided by the School of Human Resources and Family Studies, University of Illinois.
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