Cathepsin S provokes interleukin-6 (IL-6) trans-signaling through cleavage of the IL-6 receptor in vitro

Abstract The cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) fulfills its pleiotropic functions via different modes of signaling. Regenerative and anti-inflammatory activities are mediated via classic signaling, in which IL-6 binds to the membrane-bound IL-6 receptor (IL-6R). For IL-6 trans-signaling, which accounts...

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Main Authors: Charlotte M. Flynn, Yvonne Garbers, Stefan Düsterhöft, Rielana Wichert, Juliane Lokau, Christian H. K. Lehmann, Diana Dudziak, Bernd Schröder, Christoph Becker-Pauly, Stefan Rose-John, Samadhi Aparicio-Siegmund, Christoph Garbers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77884-4