The protein concentration of the thoracic duct lymph and the amount of protein transported by the thoracic duct decreased during an acute heat stress in rats. The changes in regional lymph flow into the thoracic duct were calculated and the ratio of the lymph from the skin increased 13% and that from the visceral organs decreased 6% during heat stress.

We measured steady state capillary hydrostatic pressure (P c,i), plasma and lymph protein concentrations, lymph and blood flow, and capillary filtration coefficients in an in situ loop of cat small intestine at venous outflow pressures (PV) of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 mm Hg. The data were used to calculate colloid osmotic pressure of lymph and plasma, interstitial fluid pressure (Pt), pre- ...

We sought to define the role of mesenteric lymph in the generation of remote organ damage at the early stage of gut ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury. The measurement of mesenteric lymph flow was carried out by cannulation of mesenteric lymphatics. The distribution of in vivo intestinal lymphocyte trafficking was performed by 51Cr labeled lymphocyte and measurement of 51Cr-lymphocytes distribut...

Overperfusion (high pressure and flow through a restricted microvascular bed) has been suggested as the mechanism for both microembolic and high altitude pulmonary edema. In eighteen anesthetized, ventilated sheep, we measured pulmonary hemodynamics, lung lymph flow, and lymph:plasma protein concentration ratio. After a 2-hour stable baseline, we resected 65% of lung mass (right lung and left u...

1. The lymph of the thoracic duct furnishes to the blood a larger proportion than is usually supposed of the lymphocytes in circulation. Gross variations in its output of such cells must affect very considerably the blood picture. 2. The quantity of lymphocytes supplied through the thoracic duct of the healthy dog remains practically constant from hour to hour, if the physiological conditions a...

Immunologic processes in diseased human skin have been extensively investigated, but little is known about the effect of skin diseases on human afferent skin lymph. Starting in the papillary dermis, the skin lymphatics drain the adjacent tissue in a one-way flow toward the regional lymph nodes. The composition of the afferent lymph, therefore, reflects the immunologic inflammatory processes in ...

background: in this study we evaluated the prognostic impact of metastatic lymph node ratio (mlr) in patients with gastric cancer undergoing curative surgical resection. methods: a total of 121 patients with gastric adenocarcinoma undergoing curative r0 surgical resection in our institutions between 2003 and 2010 were included in this study.  mlr was classified into 3 groups as follows: mlr0; 0...

So, what is going on? What is the level of involvement of the lymphatic system, is there some relationship between a ‘normally functioning’ and structurally sound lymphatic system and control of adipose tissue, and a poorly functioning and structurally weak lymphatic system and excess adiposity? Does fast lymph flow make you skinny, and can slow or poor lymph flow make you fat? NP Lymphatic sys...

In 65 patients with primary invasive ductal breast carcinoma the relation between classic prognosticators describing the extent of disease (lymph node metastases and tumour size) and newer promising morphometric and DNA flow cytometric prognostic factors was studied. There was no relation between DNA ploidy, lymph node state, and tumour size. Tumours with a mitotic activity index of more than 1...

To see how serotonin affects filtration from lung vessels, we measured vascular pressures, lung lymph flow, lung lymph and blood plasma protein concentrations, arterial blood gases, cardiac output, and lung water content in unanesthetized sheep before and during intravenous serotonin infusions and compared serotonin effects with the effects of inflating a balloon in the left atrium in the same ...