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The role of interleukin-6 in nociception and pain
Raf F De Jongh1, Kris C Vissers, Theo F Meert
1*Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care, and Emergency Care and the Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Genk, Belgium; †Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Beerse, Belgium; and ‡Department of Anesthesia, University Hospital of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|March 26, 2003
Abstract
Implications:
That IL-6 is an interesting target in the study of pain is underscored by its biomolecular properties, its localization after experimental pain, and its modulating effect on pain after administration.