Point-counterpoint: Interleukin-6 does/does not have a beneficial role in insulin sensitivity and glucose homeostasis

J Appl Physiol (1985). 2007 Feb;102(2):821-2; author reply 825. doi: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01353.2006.
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Publication types

  • Letter
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Glucose / metabolism*
  • Homeostasis / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Insulin / metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance / physiology*
  • Interleukin-6 / genetics
  • Interleukin-6 / physiology*
  • Liver / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology

Substances

  • Insulin
  • Interleukin-6
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Glucose