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Lack of interleukin-6 (IL-6) enhances susceptibility to infection but does not alter latency or reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 in IL-6 knockout mice.
Journal of virology - 1 Oct 1999
LeBlanc R A, Pesnicak L, Cabral E S, Godleski M, Straus S E
Abstract excerpt
The ability of the pleotropic, proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) to affect the replication, latency, and reactivation of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in cell culture and in IL-6 knockout (KO) mice was studied. In initial studies, we found no effect of exogenous IL-6, monoclonal antibodies to IL-6, or monoclonal antibody to the IL-6 coreceptor, gp130, on HSV-1 replication in vitro by plaque...
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