Cutting Edge: Inhibition of IL-6 Trans-Signaling Protects from Malaria-Induced Lethality in Mice

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Circulating IL-6 levels correlate with the severity of blood-stage malaria in humans and mouse models, but the impact of IL-6 classic signaling through membrane IL-6Rα, as well as IL-6 trans-signaling through soluble IL-6Rα, on the outcome of malaria has remained unknown. In this study, we created IL-6Rα-deficient mice that exhibit a 50% survival of otherwise lethal blood-stage malaria of the genus Plasmodium...

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