Targeting Interleukin-6: All the Way to Treat Autoimmune and Inflammatory Diseases

<p>Interleukin (IL)-6, a cytokine featuring redundancy and pleiotropic activity, contributes to host defense against acute environmental stress, while dysregulated persistent IL-6 production has been demonstrated to play a pathological role in various autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseas...

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Main Author: Toshio Tanaka, Tadamitsu Kishimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Biological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.biolsci.org/v08p1227.htm