別名
CDF; HGF; HSF; BSF2; IL-6; BSF-2; IFNB2; IFN-beta-2.
背景
IL-6基因編碼一種在炎癥和B細(xì)胞成熟過程中起作用的細(xì)胞因子。此外,編碼的蛋白質(zhì)已被證明是一種內(nèi)源性熱原,能夠使患有自身免疫性疾病或感染的人發(fā)燒。這種蛋白主要在急性和慢性炎癥部位產(chǎn)生,在那里它被分泌到血清中,并通過白細(xì)胞介素6受體α誘導(dǎo)轉(zhuǎn)錄的炎癥反應(yīng)。該基因的功能與多種炎癥相關(guān)疾病狀態(tài)有關(guān),包括糖尿病和全身性幼年類風(fēng)濕性關(guān)節(jié)炎的易感性。在病毒感染中發(fā)現(xiàn)編碼蛋白水平升高,包括新冠肺炎(由SARS-CoV-2引起的疾病)。
1.Brock M., Trenkmann M., Gay R.E., Michel B.A., Gay S., Fischler M., Ulrich S., Speich R., Huber L.C.Interleukin-6 modulates the expression of the bone morphogenic protein receptor type II through a novel STAT3-microRNA cluster 17/92 pathway.
Circ Res 104:1184-1191(2009) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
2.Tagliabracci V.S., Wiley S.E., Guo X., Kinch L.N., Durrant E., Wen J., Xiao J., Cui J., Nguyen K.B., Engel J.L., Coon J.J., Grishin N., Pinna L.A., Pagliarini D.J., Dixon J.E.A single kinase generates the majority of the secreted phosphoproteome.
Cell 161:1619-1632(2015) [PubMed] [Europe PMC] [Abstract]
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