The importance of interleukin 6 (IL-6) in pathogenesis and diagnosis of renal glomerular diseases

Kacprzyk, F.

Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doswiadczalnej 49(4): 513-522

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0032-5449
PMID: 8657645
Document Number: 451244
IL-6 synthesized by various types of cells and has multiple biological functions. In the kidney, IL-6 is synthesized by mesangial cells and acts as an autocrine growth factor. IL-6 was demonstrated in the glomerular mesangium and in the urine of patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis, suggesting that it has an important role in the pathogenesis of renal glomerular diseases.

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