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Body temperature and acid-base regulation (Review article)

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Evidence over the last few years would suggest that the observed acid-base equilibrium at various body temperatures is governed by the behavior of the protein buffer, imidazole of peptide histidine. If protein net charge is to remain the same as well as the CO2 stores of blood and tissues as the temperature changes in an open system, it is necessary for the ventilation to adjust itself to the metabolism in such a way that the relative alkalinity of the blood remains constant.

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  1. Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 14214, Buffalo, New York, USA

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This study was aided by Contract N00014-68-A-0216, (NR101-722), between the Office of Naval Research, Department of the Navy, and the State University of New York at Buffalo.

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Rahn, H. Body temperature and acid-base regulation (Review article). Pneumonologie 151, 87–94 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02097155

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