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Interleukin-6 and the acute phase response
Biochemical Journal · 1990 · Vol. 265(3) · pp. 621–636
Peter C. Heinrich✉José V. Castell(Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe)Tilo Andus(University Medical Center Freiburg)
Abstract
ACTH Acutephas specific receptors on different target cells leading to a Corsol proteins systemic reaction characterized by fever, leukocytosis, increase in erythrocyte sedimentation rate, increases in Leucocytosis secretion of ACTH and glucocorticoids, activation of Complement activat
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Acute-Phase ProteinsAcute-Phase ReactionAnimalsBase SequenceHumansInflammationLiverMolecular Sequence DataProteinsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaSignal TransductionInterleukin-6Rats
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