Medical Definition of Endogenous pyrogen

1. Fever producing substance released by leucocytes (and Kuppfer cells in particular) that acts on the hypothalamic thermoregulatory centre. Now known to be interleukin-1. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endogenous Pyrogen

endogenised
endogenises
endogenising
endogenization
endogenize
endogenized
endogenizes
endogenizing
endogenote
endogenous
endogenous creatinine clearance
endogenous cycle
endogenous depression
endogenous fibres
endogenous infection
endogenous pyrogen (current term)
endogenous retrovirus
endogenous retroviruses
endogenous virus
endogenously
endogens
endogeny
endoglin
endoglobular
endoglossic
endoglucanase
endoglycoceramidase
endoglycosidase
endoglycosidases
endognath

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