A health educator is teaching a group of colleagues about the physiology of thermoregulation. Which of the following statements is most accurate? A) "Endogenous pyrogens induce host cells to produce exogenous pyrogens." B) ^{"Prostaglandin}^E2 ^(PGE2⁾^exerts^a^direct^{fever-producing}^effect^on^the hypothalamus." C) ^"PGE2 ^{induces Kupffer cells to initiate a fever response via hepatic}^sinusoids." D) "Arachidonic acid induces cytokines to act on the temperature regulation center."

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^PGE2 ^{is the protein that exerts control on the hypothalamus and induces fever.}Exogenous pyrogens induce host cells to produce endogenous pyrogens, and Kupffer ^{cells produce PGE}2^{. Cytokines do not act directly in the hypothalamus.}

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