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Interleukin-6 gene ablation in a transgenic mouse model of malignant skin melanoma.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2005
von Felbert Verena, Córdoba Francisco, Weissenberger Jakob, Vallan Claudio, Kato Masashi, Nakashima Izumi, Braathen Lasse Roger, Weis Joachim
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin (IL)-6 is a pleiotropic cytokine that has been shown to inhibit the growth of early stage and to promote the proliferation of advanced stage melanoma cells in vitro. In patients with metastasizing melanomas, highly increased IL-6 blood levels correlate with a poor response to chemotherapy and a worse overall prognosis, suggesting that IL-6 promotes melanoma progression in vivo. Here, we analyzed the...
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