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
Involvement of gp130/interleukin-6 receptor transducing component in interleukin-11 receptor
β Scribed by Maryvonne Fourcin; Sylvie Chevalier; Jean-Jacques Lebrun; Paul Kelly; Annick Pouplard; John Wijdenes; Hugues Gascan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 474 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-2980
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