The interleukin-6 -174promoter polymorph
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Müller-Steinhardt, Michael; Härtel, Christoph; Müller, Brigitte; Kirchner, Ho
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Article
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2002
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Nature Publishing Group
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English
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## Background: Th1-dependent effector mechanisms may be responsible for allograft rejection. recently, interleukin-6 (il-6) has been shown to antagonize cd4+ t cells to effector th2 cells and, in the process, differentiate them into th1 cells. ## Methods: To assess the role of il-6 in long-term a