Expression of interleukin-6, interleukin
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Aldona Karczewska; Sergiusz Nawrocki; Danuta BrΘ©borowicz; Violetta Filas; Andrze
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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BACKGROUND. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is secreted by normal epithelial breast cells but not by oncogene-transformed cells. Interleukin-6 is able to inhibit growth of breast carcinoma cells in culture. Interleukin-6 exerts its activity via two receptor subunits, IL-6R and glycoprotein 130 (gp130). The exp