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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
1
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1994-8-16
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pubmed:abstractText |
Human interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a cytokine with a broad spectrum of activity, similar to interleukin-6 (IL-6). However, its role in human disease is poorly understood, partly because of a lack of sensitive bioassays. A subclone (B9-11) obtained from the B9 hybridoma (which responds poorly to human IL-11) enabled us to develop a highly sensitive bioassay for human IL-11. B9-11 cells responded only to human IL-11 and IL-6 and not to other human cytokines using the same gp130 transducer chain (ciliary neurotrophic factor, leukemia inhibitory factor and oncostatin M) or to other human interleukins (interleukin-1 to interleukin-13), human hematopoietic cytokines (granulocyte colony stimulating factor, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor, colony stimulating factor-1) and various other human cytokines (interferon-alpha, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, tumor necrosis factor-beta, fibroblast growth factor and nerve growth factor). In addition, these cytokines did not interfere with the IL-11 response of B9-11 cells. IL-11-induced proliferation of B9-11 cells was unaffected by anti-murine IL-6 receptor mAb but inhibited by anti-gp130 mAb. Half-maximal proliferation of B9-11 cells was obtained with 30 pg/ml of recombinant IL-11, a concentration 300-fold lower than IL-11 concentrations known to be active on human cells. Finally, culturing of B9-11 cells with an anti-IL-6 mAb enabled us to measure the natural IL-11 produced by various cell lines. Thus, B9-11 cells should be useful for studies of IL-11 involvement in various human diseases as well as for a better understanding of the mechanisms of action of this cytokine.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Jul
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pubmed:issn |
0022-1759
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
12
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pubmed:volume |
173
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
19-26
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Biological Assay,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Cell Division,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Cell Line,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Cytokines,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Evaluation Studies as Topic,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Hybridomas,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Interleukin-11,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Interleukin-6,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:8034982-Sensitivity and Specificity
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pubmed:year |
1994
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pubmed:articleTitle |
A highly sensitive quantitative bioassay for human interleukin-11.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Institute for Molecular Genetics, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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