UNIPROT #

P08505

PROTEIN NAME

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; Hepatocyte stimulatory factor antibody; HGF antibody; HSF antibody; Hybridoma growth factor antibody; Hybridoma growth factor Interferon beta-2 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-7 antibody

SEQUENCE SIMILARITIES

Belongs to the IL-6 superfamily.

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION

Secreted

FUNCTION

Cytokines play an essential role in the final differentiation of B-cells into Ig-secreting cells Involved in lymphocyte and monocyte differentiation. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine with a wide variety of biological functions. IL-6 is implicated in the final differentiation of B-cells into immunoglobulin-secreting cells, myeloma and plasmacytoma growth, nerve cell differentiation, and activation of hepatocytes and mitogen-stimulated helper T cells.