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Absence of IL-6 receptor expression in fresh childhood Burkitt's lymphoma cells and induction of IL-6 receptors by Epstein-Barr virus in vitro.
British journal of haematology - 1 May 1997
Tomeczkowski J, zur Stadt U, Reiter A, Welte K, Sykora K W
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a cytokine which is necessary for the differentiation of activated B cells and growth of early haemopoietic progenitors. It is used for ex-vivo expansion of myeloid progenitors in the setting of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT). Expression of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) was examined in six fresh Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cell preparations and 12 BL cell...
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