Human IL6 enhances leptin action in mice

Interleukin-6-deficient mice develop mature-onset obesity

Ville Wallenius, Kristina Wallenius, Bo Åhrén et al. · Nature Medicine · 2002 · 1.2K citations

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation +8

Production of interleukin‐6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise‐induced increase in plasma interleukin‐6

Adam Steensberg, Gerrit van Hall, Takuya Osada et al. · The Journal of Physiology · 2000 · 1K citations · Full text

Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

Andrew L. Carey, Gregory R. Steinberg, S. Lance Macaulay et al. · Diabetes · 2006 · 877 citations · Full text

Immunology, Il-6 Treatment, Fatty Acid Oxidation +20

Interleukin-6 Induces Cellular Insulin Resistance in Hepatocytes

Joseph J. Senn, Peter Klover, Irena Nowak et al. · Diabetes · 2002 · 868 citations · Full text

Exercise and IL‐6 infusion inhibit endotoxin‐induced TNF‐α production in humans

Rebecca L. Starkie, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Sune Jauffred et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2003 · 757 citations

Physical Activity, Immunology, Immune System +18