… Historically, IL 6 was probably first detected in T cell supernatants as a helper T cell factor
(or factors) that was observed to induce immunoglobulin secretion by B cells, the so-called …

… In this review, Toshio Hirano and colleagues discuss the possible involvement of IL-6 in a …
, and may play a central role in host defense mechanisms T.2. It was previously known as [32-…

… IL-6 on the diversity of T h 1 and T h 2 cells is not … T reg cells to T h 17 cells, and this process
is inhibited by IL-2. The IL-6/TGFβ and IL-2/TGFβ axes regulate the balance of T h 17 and T …

… We thank Professor T. Oi for advice on the homology search and Ms K. Hirano for preparation
of the manuscript. Supported by grants from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture …

… Human B cell stimulatory factor 2 (BSF-2) was originally charac-terized and isolated as a T
cell-derived … Responses are also seen in T cells 11,12 , plasmacytomas 6 , hepatocytes 7,13 , …

NF‐IL6 is a nuclear factor that specifically binds to an IL1‐responsive element in the IL‐6
gene. In this study the gene encoding NF‐IL6 has been cloned by direct screening of a lambda …

… coupled to ovalbumin as described by Hirano et al. (1987). Antibody was affinity-purified …
Rabbit antiIL-6 antibody was prepared as described by Hirano et al. (1988). MT18 is a mouse …

We report here purification and characterization of chro- mosome condensation protein
complexes (termed condensins) containing XCAP-C and XCAP-E, two Xenopus members of the …

Observations of X-ray spectra for four low-mass binary X-ray sources, Sco X-1, 4U 1608-522,
GX5-1 and GX349+ 2 were performed with the gas scintillation proportional counters on …

… In fact, when transfected with IL-6-R cDNA, human Jurkat T cells and mouse L fibroblast cells
expressed both high and low affinity IL-6 binding sites, although the number of high affinity …