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Concentrations and origins of soluble interleukin 6 receptor-alpha in serum and synovial fluid.

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1997

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Alain Desgeorges, Cem Gabay, Paolo Silacci, Daniela Novick, P. Roux‐Lombard, Georges E. Grau, J M Dayer, T. L. Vischer, P A Guerne
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Abstract

Elevated levels of sIL-6R alpha were found in serum, likely to result from a marked release by hepatocytes in vitro. That levels are higher in inflammatory SF may be due in part to release by inflammatory cells in situ.