Pathogenic and diagnostic significance of IL-6 in rebal glomerular diseases

• Authors: F. Kacprzyk
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

IL-6 issynthetized by various types of cells and has multiple biological functions.In the kidney, IL-6 synthesized by mesangial cells and acts as an autocrine growth factor.Il-6 was demonstrated in the glomerular measangium and in teh urine of patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis, suggesting that it has an important role in the pathogenesis of renal glomerular diseases.

Keywords

EN

GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MESANGIAL CELL; RENAL GLOMERULAR DISEASE

Discipline

• EXPERIMENTAL_BIOLOGY_&_MEDICINE: EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY & MEDICINE

• Journal: Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej
• Year: 1995
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 513-522

Contributors

author

F. Kacprzyk

• Document Type: article
• Publication order reference: F.Kacprzyk