Heterogeneous modulation of acute-phase-reactant mRNA levels by interleukin-1 beta and interleukin-6 in the human hepatoma cell line PLC/PRF/5.
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SUBMITTER: Steel DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1151259 | biostudies-other | 1991 Jul
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