Anti–interleukin-6 autoantibodies in rheumatic diseases
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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 and its soluble receptor (sIL-6Ralpha) are elevated to various degrees in many rheumatic disease...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0004-3591,1529-0131
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780350814