Interleukin-6 and neural stem cells : more than gliogenesis

• Main Authors: Omedul Islam, Gong, Xian Di, Rose-John, Stefan, Heese, Klaus
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Immunology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104592; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6200
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Besides its wide range of action as a proinflammatory cytokine in the immune system, interleukin-6 (IL-6) has also attracted much attention due to its influence on the nervous system. In the present study we show that the designer fusion protein H-IL-6, consisting of IL-6 and its specific receptor I...