because the plasma ketone body concentration is a function of the ratio of hepatic production and peripheral usage , a pneumococcal sepsis model was used in rats to measure the complex metabolic events that could account for this failure , including the effects of infection on lipolysis and esterification in adipose tissue , fatty acid transport in plasma and the rates of hepatic ketogenesis and whole body oxidation of ketones .
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