ReviewCytokine2021
Role of IL-6 in the commitment of T cell subsets.
Review in Cytokine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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77 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 111 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Probing Immune Signatures of Conjugated Pattern Recognition Receptor Ligands Identifies Chimeras with Potent Adjuvant and Antitumor Activities.Journal of medicinal chemistry · 2026Article
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- The role of monoclonal antibodies against IL-6 or IL-6R in the treatment of thyroid eye disease.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Douching Is Associated With Dysregulated Rectal Mucosal Immunity in Sexual Minority Men.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026Article
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- What has changed in thyroid eye disease in the last five years (2020-2025).European thyroid journal · 2026Review
- CD4European journal of immunology · 2026Article
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- Regenerating myofiber with activating of TGF-β signaling contributes to macrophage efferocytosis through enhancing Tregs response in inflamed muscle.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- IL-6 as a central driver of immune evasion in PDAC: from IDO-mediated tolerance to multi-pathway immunosuppression.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- A stage-based framework to interpret regulatory T cell biology after heart transplantation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Acne vaccine targetingBiotechnologia · 2026Article
- Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme E2O Primes Hepatocytes to Restore Immune Tolerance in Autoimmune Hepatitis via Inhibiting Y-Box Binding Protein 1/Interleukin-6 Axis.Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Article
- Mechanisms and clinical research progress of IL-6-mediated crosstalk between the alveolar microenvironment and the immune system in patients with severe pneumonia undergoing mechanical ventilation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Adrenal Dysfunction in Outpatients with Decompensated Cirrhosis: Impairment in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2025Article
17 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
IL-6 gained much attention with the discovery that this cytokine is a non-redundant differentiation factor for Th17 cells and T follicular helper cells. Adaptive immune responses to fungi and extracellular bacteria are impaired in the absence of IL-6. IL-6 is also required for the induction of ROR-γt
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