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  • Interleukin-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine, a messenger that cells of the immune system use to communicate with one another.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Interleukin-6 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine, a messenger that cells of the immune system use to communicate with one another.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • Interleukin-6 is responsible for the shift from acute inflammation to chronic inflammation, the root of so many diseases.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • Interleukin-6 IL-6: It stimulates an immune response to trauma and is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Interleukin-6 IL-6: It stimulates an immune response to trauma and is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Interleukin-6 IL-6: It stimulates an immune response to trauma and is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease.

    You Staying Young MEHMET C. OZ 2007

  • Turns out that stress causes a chemical called Interleukin-6 to be released into your bloodstream, and turns out that Interleukin-6 is bad cess.

    Boing Boing: June 29, 2003 - July 5, 2003 Archives 2003

  • Schwinzer B, McGregor JA (1993) Interleukin-6 levels in amniotic fluid in normal and abnormal pregnancies: preeclampsia, small-for-gestational-age fetus, and premature labor.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Vidya Devi Negi et al. 2010

  • Interleukin-6 release after carotid artery stenting and periprocedural new ischemic lesions

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Yuko Abe 2010

  • Corp. (CSS), is that certain chemicals in the immune system, specifically Interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha, interfere with sugar macrophages to stimulate immune response to trauma, whereas TNF-alpha is used to regulate immune cells.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010

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