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Review
. 1997 Oct;85(1):16-20.
doi: 10.1006/clin.1997.4420.

IL-6: insights into novel biological activities

B E Barton  1
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Review

IL-6: insights into novel biological activities

B E Barton. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

IL-6 has many novel activities both within the adaptive immune system and without. It has therapeutic potential in acute inflammation, such as toxic or septic shock, and it is a potential target for cachexia, multiple myeloma, and osteoporosis. Further work on these aspects of IL-6 biology should yield new insight into the possibility of IL-6 both as a therapeutic agent and as a target for antagonists.

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