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‘Triton WR 1339’ is known to cause a marked rise of the lipæmia and cholesterolæmia when injected into experimental animals1. It has been suggested that the mechanism responsible for the enhancement of the cholesterol-level of the blood is an increased synthesis of cholesterol, chiefly in the liver2, combined with an alteration in the exchange of cholesterol between the blood and the different organs. This results in a high cholesterolæmia, with normal or even lowered cholesterol-levels in the organs3.
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DE SOMER, P., VAN DEN BOSCH, J. & JOOSSENS, J. Surface Tension of the Blood and Atherogenesis. Nature 182, 59 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182059a0
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