INTERLEUKIN-6 (IL-6) IN ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS OF RATS AND ITS PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION

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THEISENPOPP, P [1 ]
PAPE, H [1 ]
MULLERPEDDINGHAUS, R [1 ]
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[1] TROPONWERKE GMBH & CO KG,DEPT ANTIPHLOGIST RES,BERLINER STR 156,W-5000 COLOGNE 80,GERMANY
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY | 1992年 / 14卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0192-0561(92)90117-4
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
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The levels of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) were measured during the course of adjuvant arthritis (FAA) in male Lewis rats. In the course of the disease serum IL-6 levels increase with a clear correlation with morphologic disease signs. Additionally, the FAA-inducing antigen, heat-killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was found to be a strong inducer of IL-6 production by spleen cells in vitro. The effects of the anti-rheumatic drugs indometacin, dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide and cyclosporin A (CsA) on IL-6 levels during FAA were determined. Complete normalization of serum IL-6 levels was observed with dexamethasone, cyclophosphamide and CsA whereas indometacin only partly reduced serum IL-6 levels.
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