The increase in calcium current occurred within 1 minute of superfusion and the sustained inward holding current was slowly activated after prominent cell swelling.
So evidence of sustained rapid growth, even into late juvenile and subadult stages, implies that the animals in question had relatively high basal metabolic rates.
"The difference in treatment effects between the regimens may be related to the speed with which maximal serum levels of anti–interleukin-12 are attained or sustained," the authors write.