Interleukin-6 Is Neither Necessary Nor Sufficient for Preterm Labor in a Murine Infection Model

Autocrine generation and requirement of BSF-2/IL-6 for human multiple myelomas

Michio Kawano, Toshio Hirano, Tadashi Matsuda et al. · Nature · 1988 · 1.7K citations

Medicine, Immunology, Oncology +11

The complex pattern of cytokines in serum from patients with meningococcal septic shock. Association between interleukin 6, interleukin 1, and fatal outcome.

Anders Waage, P Brandtzæg, Alfred Halstensen et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1989 · 1.2K citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +9

Interleukin‐6 in synovial fluid and serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory arthritides

Frédéric Houssiau, Jean‐Pierre Devogelaer, Jo Van Damme et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism · 1988 · 854 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Internal Medicine +10

Infection and labor

Roberto Romero, Dan T. Brody, E Oyarzún et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 1989 · 604 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Obstetrics +15

The relationship of amniotic fluid cytokines and preterm delivery, amniotic fluid infection, histologic chorioamnionitis, and chorioamnion infection.

Sharon L. Hillier, Steven S. Witkin, M A Krohn et al. · PubMed · 1993 · 586 citations

Medicine, Immunology, Obstetrics +17