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SUBMITTER: Arnold P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5343444 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Arnold Philipp P Boll Inga I Rothaug Michelle M Schumacher Neele N Schmidt Frederike F Wichert Rielana R Schneppenheim Janna J Lokau Juliane J Pickhinke Ute U Koudelka Tomas T Tholey Andreas A Rabe Björn B Scheller Jürgen J Lucius Ralph R Garbers Christoph C Rose-John Stefan S Becker-Pauly Christoph C
Scientific reports 20170309
Soluble Interleukin-6 receptor (sIL-6R) mediated trans-signaling is an important pro-inflammatory stimulus associated with pathological conditions, such as arthritis, neurodegeneration and inflammatory bowel disease. The sIL-6R is generated proteolytically from its membrane bound form and A Disintegrin And Metalloprotease (ADAM) 10 and 17 were shown to perform ectodomain shedding of the receptor in vitro and in vivo. However, under certain conditions not all sIL-6R could be assigned to ADAM10/17 ...[more]