Protein Information

Name IL 6
Synonyms 26 kd protein; B cell differentiation factor; B cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF 2; BSF2; CDF; CTL differentiation factor; HGF…

Compound Information

Name DDT
CAS 1,1′-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene]

Reference List

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14668922 Weglarz L, Dzierzewicz Z, Skop B, Orchel A, Parfiniewicz B, Wisniowska B, Swiatkowska L, Wilczok T: Desulfovibrio desulfuricans lipopolysaccharides induce endothelial cell IL-6 and IL-8 secretion and E-selectin and VCAM-1 expression. Cell Mol Biol Lett. 2003;8(4):991-1003.

Confluent monolayers of HUVEC were incubated in the absence or presence of 20 microg/ml and 60 microg/ml LPSs derived from the DdT and DdA bacterial strains.
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15104118 Kim JY, Choi CY, Lee KJ, Shin DW, Jung KS, Chung YC, Lee SS, Shin JG, Jeong HG: Induction of inducible nitric oxide synthase and proinflammatory cytokines expression by o,p'-DDT in macrophages. Toxicol Lett. 2004 Mar 7;147(3):261-9.


This study investigated the effects of o,p'-DDT on the production of nitric oxide (NO) and proinflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, TNF-alpha) and analyzed the molecular mechanism in mouse macrophages.
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17035600 Medina-Diaz IM, Arteaga-Illan G, de Leon MB, Cisneros B, Sierra-Santoyo A, Vega L, Gonzalez FJ, Elizondo G: Pregnane X receptor-dependent induction of the CYP3A4 gene by o,p'-1,1,1,-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane. Drug Metab Dispos. 2007 Jan;35(1):95-102. Epub 2006 Oct 11.


At higher doses, a decrease of CYP3A4 inducibility was observed together with an increase in levels of interleukin 6 mRNA, a proinflammatory cytokine that strongly represses CYP3A4 transcription.
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