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Tocilizumab, a Proposed Therapy for the Cachexia of Interleukin6-Expressing Lung Cancer
BACKGROUND: We previously reported the role of IL-6 in a murine model of cancer cachexia and currently documented a patient in whom tocilizumab, anti-IL-6 receptor antibody, dramatically improved cachexia induced by IL-6 over-expressing lung cancer. Despite this potential to alleviate cancer cachexi...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4092149/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25010770 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102436 |