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Interleukin-6 and rheumatic diseases

IL-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine involved in both the initiation and the maintenance of the inflammatory and immunologic responses in certain autoimmune diseases. Blocking of these two complementary functions of IL-6 may confer additive, or even unique, benefits to the patient. The levels of both IL-6...

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Autor principal: Lipsky, Peter E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2946778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16899108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar1918