Human IL-6 Mouse Monoclonal Antibody [A6D1] (HA601051)

UNIPROT #

P05231

PROTEIN NAME

Human IL-6

SYNONYMS

Interleukin BSF 2 antibody;B cell differentiation factor antibody;B cell stimulatory factor 2 antibody;B-cell stimulatory factor 2 antibody;BSF 2 antibody;BSF-2 antibody;BSF2 antibody;CDF antibody;CTL differentiation factor antibody;Cytotoxic T cell differentiation factor antibody;Hepatocyte stimulating factor antibody;Hepatocyte stimulatory factor antibody;HGF antibody;HSF antibody;Hybridoma growth factor antibody;Hybridoma growth factor Interferon beta-2 antibody;Hybridoma plasmacytoma growth factor antibody;IFN-beta-2 antibody;IFNB2 antibody;IL 6 antibody;IL-6 antibody;IL6 antibody;IL6_HUMAN antibody;Interferon beta 2 antibody;Interferon beta-2 antibody;Interleukin 6 antibody;Interleukin 6 (interferon beta 2) antibody;Interleukin BSF 2 antibody;Interleukin-6 antibody

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Secreted.

FUNCTION

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is an interleukin that acts as both a pro-inflammatory cytokine and an anti-inflammatory myokine. In addition, osteoblasts secrete IL-6 to stimulate osteoclast formation. Smooth muscle cells in the tunica media of many blood vessels also produce IL-6 as a pro-inflammatory cytokine. IL-6's role as an anti-inflammatory myokine is mediated through its inhibitory effects on TNF-alpha and IL-1 and its activation of IL-1ra and IL-10. There is some early evidence that IL-6 can be used as an inflammatory marker for severe COVID-19 infection with poor prognosis, in the context of the wider coronavirus pandemic. IL-6 is secreted by macrophages in response to specific microbial molecules, referred to as pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). These PAMPs bind to an important group of detection molecules of the innate immune system, called pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), including Toll-like receptors (TLRs). These are present on the cell surface and intracellular compartments and induce intracellular signaling cascades that give rise to inflammatory cytokine production. IL-6 is an important mediator of fever and of the acute phase response. IL-6 stimulates the inflammatory and auto-immune processes in many diseases such as multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), diabetes, atherosclerosis, depression, Alzheimer's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer, Behçet's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and intracerebral hemorrhage.