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IL-6 regulates neutrophil trafficking during acute inflammation via STAT3.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Aug 2008
Fielding Ceri A, McLoughlin Rachel M, McLeod Louise, Colmont Chantal S, Najdovska Meri, Grail Dianne, Ernst Matthias, Jones Simon A, Topley Nicholas, Jenkins Brendan J
Abstract excerpt
The successful resolution of inflammation is dependent upon the coordinated transition from the initial recruitment of neutrophils to a more sustained population of mononuclear cells. IL-6, which signals via the common receptor subunit gp130, represents a crucial checkpoint regulator of neutrophil trafficking during the inflammatory response by orchestrating chemokine production and leukocyte apoptosis. However,...
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