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Enhancing Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-11 receptor cleavage.
The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology - 1 Apr 2017
Lokau Juliane, Wandel Marieke, Garbers Christoph
Abstract excerpt
Proteolytic cleavage of the membrane-bound Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) by the metalloprotease ADAM17 releases an agonistic soluble form of the IL-6R (sIL-6R), which is responsible for the pro-inflammatory trans-signaling branch of the cytokine's activities. This proteolytic step, which is also called ectodomain shedding, is critically regulated by the cleavage site within the IL-6R stalk, because mutations or...
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