Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction, deficits in verbal and non-verbal communication, and repetitive behavior and restricted interests. Emerging evidence suggests that aberrant neuroimmune responses may contribute to phenotypic deficits and could be appropriate targets for pharmacologic intervention. Interleukin (IL)-6, one of the mo...

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) plays essential roles not only in the immune response, but also in hematopoiesis, and in the central nervous system. Dysregulated production of IL-6 has been found in chronic inflammatory autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Many reports have indicated that lipid levels, such as total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, are changed under inflammatory cond...

background: to investigate the expression of tnf-α, il-6, il-10 in the plasma of patients with lung cancer who received radiation therapy (rt), and to analyze the correlation between these cytokines and radiation pneumonitis (rp). materials and methods: patients with lung cancer who received 3d-crt in our hospital were prospectively evaluated. circulating cytokine levels were measured with elis...

Background: Management of multiple sclerosis (MS) is based on the usage of immunosuppressive and immune-modulating medications. Cytokines play an important role in the pathogenesis of MS. Objective: To evaluate the effects of rapamycin on the concentrations of Th1/Th2/Th17 serum cytokines in patients with MS. Methods: Six patients with relapsing remitting MS as a case group and 6 healthy indivi...

Objective(s): To reveal the detailed mechanism underlying the functions of salidroside on the inflammation of intestinal epithelial cells during IBD.Materials and Methods: Quantitative real-time PCR was employed to assess the expression of IL-6, IL-10, and α-defensins 5 and 6. ELISA assay was performed to measure the secretion of IL-6 and IL-10. MTT assay was used to determine the cell viabilit...

Muscle wasting is a common feature of systemic inflammation and malignant diseases. The primary cause is accelerated proteolysis. Protein degradation was found to be accelerated by IL-6 with activation of intracellular proteases in C2C12 myotubes. IL-6 transgenic mice displayed extensive muscle wasting together with an increase of proteolytic pathways. The increase in activities and mRNA levels...