白血球介素-6 (Interleukin 6 ),簡稱白介素-6 (IL-6,在人體內由IL6 基因 編碼[ 5] ),最初由日本免疫學家岸本忠三 團隊發現[ 6] ,是一種介導 發炎 的白血球介素 (但在某些情況下也具有抗發炎症作用)[ 7] [ 5] 。白血球介素-6可由T細胞 、B細胞 、單核球 、纖維母細胞 、角質形成細胞 、內皮細胞 、繫膜細胞 ,以及一部分腫瘤細胞 分泌[ 8] 。
白血球介素-6最初被認為是一種能促進B細胞 分化 為漿細胞 的因子,後來陸續發現有其他功能[ 9] 。
例如,白血球介素-6能夠穿過血腦屏障 [ 10] ,與中樞神經系統的正常生理過程與損傷修復過程都有關聯[ 9] 。
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^ Keystone, Edward; Omair, Mohammed A. Interleukin-6 inhibition: 485–491. 2015. doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-09138-1.00062-0 .
^ 9.0 9.1 Erta, María; Quintana, Albert; Hidalgo, Juan. Interleukin-6, a Major Cytokine in the Central Nervous System. International Journal of Biological Sciences. 2012, 8 (9): 1254–1266. ISSN 1449-2288 . doi:10.7150/ijbs.4679 .
^ Banks WA, Kastin AJ, Gutierrez EG. Penetration of interleukin-6 across the murine blood-brain barrier. Neuroscience Letters. September 1994, 179 (1–2): 53–6. PMID 7845624 . doi:10.1016/0304-3940(94)90933-4 .