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recombinant interleukin-6 A recombinant therapeutic agent which is chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) with antiapoptotic, proinflammatory, antiinflammatory, proproliferative and proangiogenic activities. IL-6 binds to its receptor (IL-6R), activating a receptor-CD130 receptor complex; the CD130 portion of the complex is a signal transduction protein that activates JAK kinases and ras-mediated signaling pathways, which in turn activate downstream signaling pathways, resulting in the activation of various transcription factors (STAT, ELK-1, NF-IL-6, etc.) and gene transcription. The physiological effects of IL-6 are complex and varied and include hematopoietic, pyrogenic and thermogenic, proinflammatory, antiinflammatory, proproliferative (anti-apoptotic), and angiogenic effects. Check for active clinical trials or closed clinical trials using this agent. (NCI Thesaurus)
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Synonyms: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | B-cell differentiation factor-2 B-cell stimulatory factor 2 hepatocyte-stimulating factor hybridoma growth factor plasmacytoma growth factor recombinant IFN beta 2 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | US brand name: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Sigosix | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | Abbreviations: | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) | HSF HSF IL-6 | | ![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090115023106im_/http://www.cancer.gov/images/spacer.gif) |
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