Liver regeneration induced by a designer human IL‐6/ sIL‐6R fusion protein reverses severe hepatocellular injury
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (13) , 1979-1987
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.99-0913com
Abstract
The cytokine IL-6 plays a significant role in liver regeneration in conjunction with additional growth factors (HGF, TNF-a, and TGF-a). Many IL-6 effects depend on a naturally occurring soluble IL-6 ...Keywords
Funding Information
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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