| Literature DB >> 24896536 |
Anthony J Covarrubias1, Tiffany Horng2.
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Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a pleiotropic cytokine that exerts either proinflammatory or anti-inflammatory effects and is implicated in diverse settings, including obesity, exercise, arthritis, and colitis. A new study shows that modulation of macrophage activation by IL-6 maintains glucose homeostasis in diet-induced obesity while limiting inflammation in endotoxemia (Mauer et al., 2014).Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24896536 PMCID: PMC4103792 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.05.009
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Metab ISSN: 1550-4131 Impact factor: 27.287