Interleukin-6 : obstacles to targeting a complex cytokine in critical illness

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Circulating concentrations of the pleiotropic cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) are known to be increased in pro-inflammatory critical care syndromes, such as sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Elevations in serum IL-6 concentrations in patients with severe COVID-19 have led to renewed interest in the cytokine as a therapeutic target. However, although the pro-inflammatory properties of IL-6 are widely known, the cytokine also has a series of important physiological and anti-inflammatory functions. An adequate understanding of the complex processes by which IL-6 signalling occurs is crucial for the correct interpretation of IL-6 concentrations in the blood or lung, the use of IL-6 as a critical care biomarker, or the design of effective anti-IL-6 strategies. Here, we outline the role of IL-6 in health and disease, explain the different types of IL-6 signalling and their contribution to the net biological effect of the cytokine, describe the approaches to IL-6 inhibition that are currently available, and discuss implications for the future use of treatments such as tocilizumab in the critical care setting.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

The Lancet. Respiratory medicine - 9(2021), 6 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 643-654

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

McElvaney, Oliver J [VerfasserIn]
Curley, Gerard F [VerfasserIn]
Rose-John, Stefan [VerfasserIn]
McElvaney, Noel G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Biomarkers
I031V2H011
Immunologic Factors
Interleukin-6
Journal Article
Review
Tocilizumab

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Date Completed 15.06.2021

Date Revised 10.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00103-X

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324271883