Usefulness of a Highly Sensitive Urinary and Serum IL-6 Assay in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

Masahiko Shikano,Hiroshi Sobajima,Hiroto Yoshikawa,Takako Toba,Hiroko Kushimoto,Hideki Katsumata,Makoto Tomita,Shirou Kawashima

Usefulness of a Highly Sensitive Urinary and Serum IL-6 Assay in Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy

2000

Masahiko Shikano
Hiroshi Sobajima
Hiroto Yoshikawa
Takako Toba
Hiroko Kushimoto
Hideki Katsumata
Makoto Tomita
Shirou Kawashima

Background/Aim: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) promotes the growth of renal mesangial cells. IL-6 may play a major role in such mesangial proliferation, but there has been little research on

Keywords:

Nephropathy
Kidney disease
Internal medicine
Endocrinology
Diabetic nephropathy
Interleukin 6
Urinary system
Immunology
Cytokine
Mesangial cell
Diabetes mellitus
Medicine
Pathogenesis

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