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Effect of Antihistamine on the Reticulo-endothelial System; Investigation of Reticulo-endothelial Function with the Aid of Radioactive Chromium Phosphate

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IN 1947, Jancsó1 put forward the view that histamine is an activator of the reticulo-endothelial system and antihistamine is an inhibitor. Halpern and his co-workers2 carried out investigations on the subject which supported Jancsó's observations. Biozzi3 has reported that antihistamines prevented the absorption of indian ink by endothelial cells.

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GABRIELI, E. Effect of Antihistamine on the Reticulo-endothelial System; Investigation of Reticulo-endothelial Function with the Aid of Radioactive Chromium Phosphate. Nature 168, 467–468 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168467a0

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