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Cytoprotection by interleukin-6 against liver injury induced by lipopolysaccharide.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Feb 2005
Inoue Ken-Ichiro, Takano Hirohisa, Shimada Akinori, Morita Takehito, Yanagisawa Rie, Sakurai Miho, Sato Masahiko, Yoshino Shin, Yoshikawa Toshikazu
Abstract excerpt
The role of interleukin (IL)-6 in inflammatory injury remains controversial. The present study elucidated the role of IL-6 in liver damage during severe inflammation induced by intraperitoneal administration of lipopolysaccharide (LPS; 1 mg/kg) using IL-6 null (-/-) mice and corresponding wild-type (WT) mice. Histological study showed that LPS treatment caused more severe liver injury with centrilobular...
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