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Elevated interleukin-6 during ethanol consumption acts as a potential endogenous protective cytokine against ethanol-induced apoptosis in the liver: involvement of induction of Bcl-2 and Bcl-x(L) proteins.
Oncogene - 3 Jan 2002
Hong Feng, Kim Won-Ho, Tian Zhigang, Jaruga Barbara, Ishac Edward, Shen Xuening, Gao Bin
Abstract excerpt
Elevation of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels is always associated with alcoholic liver disease (ALD), but the significance of such elevation is not clear. Here we show that chronic ethanol consumption induces significant apoptosis in the liver of IL-6 (-/-) mice but not IL-6 (+/+) mice. IL-6 (-/-) hepatocytes are more susceptible to ethanol- and tumor necrosis factor alpha- (TNFalpha-) induced apoptotic...
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