Does tumor necrosis factor mediate impaired wound healing in chronic abdominal sepsis?
These studies provide evidence that TNF contributes to the impaired wound healing observed in this model of chronic abdominal sepsis.
Mild zinc deficiencies caused by a low zinc or phytate-containing diet accelerate the onset of hepatitis in LEC rats without increasing copper absorption, and zinc and iron metabolism may be involved in the earlier onset of jaundice of LEC rats.