 Interleukin-6
"Interleukin-6" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A cytokine that stimulates the growth and differentiation of B-LYMPHOCYTES and is also a growth factor for HYBRIDOMAS and plasmacytomas. It is produced by many different cells including T-LYMPHOCYTES; MONOCYTES; and FIBROBLASTS.
| Descriptor ID |
D015850
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.465.506 D12.776.467.374.465.506 D23.529.374.465.506
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| Concept/Terms |
Interleukin-6- Interleukin-6
- Interleukin 6
- Plasmacytoma Growth Factor
- Growth Factor, Plasmacytoma
- B-Cell Differentiation Factor-2
- B Cell Differentiation Factor 2
- B-Cell Stimulatory Factor 2
- B-Cell Stimulatory Factor-2
- BSF-2
- Differentiation Factor, B-Cell
- Differentiation Factor, B Cell
- Differentiation Factor-2, B-Cell
- Differentiation Factor 2, B Cell
- Hepatocyte-Stimulating Factor
- Hepatocyte Stimulating Factor
- Hybridoma Growth Factor
- Growth Factor, Hybridoma
- IFN-beta 2
- IL-6
- IL6
- MGI-2
- Myeloid Differentiation-Inducing Protein
- Differentiation-Inducing Protein, Myeloid
- Myeloid Differentiation Inducing Protein
- B Cell Stimulatory Factor-2
- B Cell Stimulatory Factor 2
- B-Cell Differentiation Factor
- B Cell Differentiation Factor
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Interleukin-6" by people in Profiles.
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Lu B, Nakamura T, Inouye K, Li J, Tang Y, Lundbäck P, Valdes-Ferrer SI, Olofsson PS, Kalb T, Roth J, Zou Y, Erlandsson-Harris H, Yang H, Ting JP, Wang H, Andersson U, Antoine DJ, Chavan SS, Hotamisligil GS, Tracey KJ. Novel role of PKR in inflammasome activation and HMGB1 release. Nature. 2012 Aug 30; 488(7413):670-4.
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Lee HS, Hattori T, Park EY, Stevenson W, Chauhan SK, Dana R. Expression of toll-like receptor 4 contributes to corneal inflammation in experimental dry eye disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2012 Aug; 53(9):5632-40.
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Starossom SC, Mascanfroni ID, Imitola J, Cao L, Raddassi K, Hernandez SF, Bassil R, Croci DO, Cerliani JP, Delacour D, Wang Y, Elyaman W, Khoury SJ, Rabinovich GA. Galectin-1 deactivates classically activated microglia and protects from inflammation-induced neurodegeneration. Immunity. 2012 Aug 24; 37(2):249-63.
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Hofmann SR, Morbach H, Schwarz T, Rösen-Wolff A, Girschick HJ, Hedrich CM. Attenuated TLR4/MAPK signaling in monocytes from patients with CRMO results in impaired IL-10 expression. Clin Immunol. 2012 Oct; 145(1):69-76.
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Kramer HR, Fontaine KR, Bathon JM, Giles JT. Muscle density in rheumatoid arthritis: associations with disease features and functional outcomes. Arthritis Rheum. 2012 Aug; 64(8):2438-50.
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McComsey GA, Kitch D, Daar ES, Tierney C, Jahed NC, Melbourne K, Ha B, Brown TT, Bloom A, Fedarko N, Sax PE. Inflammation markers after randomization to abacavir/lamivudine or tenofovir/emtricitabine with efavirenz or atazanavir/ritonavir. AIDS. 2012 Jul 17; 26(11):1371-85.
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Kim H, Chen L, Lim G, Sung B, Wang S, McCabe MF, Rusanescu G, Yang L, Tian Y, Mao J. Brain indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase contributes to the comorbidity of pain and depression. J Clin Invest. 2012 Aug 1; 122(8):2940-54.
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Kamat A, Lyons JL, Misra V, Uno H, Morgello S, Singer EJ, Gabuzda D. Monocyte activation markers in cerebrospinal fluid associated with impaired neurocognitive testing in advanced HIV infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Jul 1; 60(3):234-43.
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Mahindra A, Anderson KC. Role of interleukin 16 in multiple myeloma pathogenesis: a potential novel therapeutic target? J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Jul 3; 104(13):964-5.
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Gerlach K, Daniel C, Lehr HA, Nikolaev A, Gerlach T, Atreya R, Rose-John S, Neurath MF, Weigmann B. Transcription factor NFATc2 controls the emergence of colon cancer associated with IL-6-dependent colitis. Cancer Res. 2012 Sep 1; 72(17):4340-50.
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