Characterization of rainbow trout IL-6 and possible relationship with reproductive function
Published date: July 2008
Volume: 32
Number: 2 suppl.
Pagination: 263
Publisher: Société Française d’Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/2008-322SP-134
Abstract
The pleiotropic cytokine, IL-6, was isolated from a suppression subtractive hybridization library of rainbow trout macrophages, and found to be highly induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide. The highest tissue expression was found in the ovary suggesting that IL-6 has a reproductive function.
Keywords: IL6 - Interleukins - LPS - Macrophage
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