Talk:Interleukin 6

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[edit] Stub still?

Does this article still really qualify for stub status? --Selket 06:47, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Looks like it has more info than a stub! Removed the tag for you. Ciar 17:28, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] waldenstrom

people with waldenstrom have elevated il-6 and that makes elevated fibrinogen. So IL-6 must be secreted by these lymphoplasmic cells in waldenstrom. find a hematologist to confirm this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.151.255.15 (talk) 18:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] IL6

Inhibition of transsignaling soluble IL6R by GP130: doi:10.1182/blood-2007-07-102137 JFW | T@lk 19:19, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Diabetes

In addition to other things IL6 is strongly associated with diabetes and its adverse effects on the macrovascular system.