Interleukin-6: An autocrine regulator of mesangial cell growth
Coleman D, Ruef C. Interleukin-6: An autocrine regulator of mesangial cell growth. Kidney International 1992, 41: 604-606. PMID: 1573836, DOI: 10.1038/ki.1992.91.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterleukin-6Transgenic miceVivo studiesTransgenic mouse modelMesangial cell growthIL-6 geneGranulocyte-macrophage colonyIgG1 plasmacytosisCytokine productionImmune cellsMesangioproliferative glomerulonephritisInterleukin-1Autocrine regulatorMouse modelGlomerular cellsCell culture modelProliferative effectTarget cellsTissue distributionImmunoglobulin heavy chain enhancerChain enhancerTissue cellsCulture modelMiceNontransformed cell types