Protein Information

Name interleukin (protein family or complex)
Synonyms Interleukin; Interleukins; interleukin receptor; interleukin receptors

Compound Information

Name OCH
CAS 2,3,4,4,5,5,6,6-octachloro-2-cyclohexen-1-one

Reference List

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18067888 McNally AK, Macewan SR, Anderson JM: Foreign body-type multinucleated giant cell formation requires protein kinase C beta, delta, and zeta. Exp Mol Pathol. 2008 Feb;84(1):37-45. Epub 2007 Nov 9.


Here, we investigate the participation of protein kinase C (PKC) in the interleukin (IL)-4-induced fusion of human monocyte-derived macrophages and foreign body giant cell (FBGC) formation in vitro.
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12392968 Van Och FM, Van Loveren H, De Jong WH, Vandebriel RJ: Cytokine production induced by low-molecular-weight chemicals as a function of the stimulation index in a modified local lymph node assay: an approach to discriminate contact sensitizers from respiratory sensitizers. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2002 Oct 1;184(1):46-56.


In general, contact sensitizers have been shown to selectively induce Th1 immune responses, such as interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) production, whereas Th2 responses, such as interleukin (IL)-4 production, were seen after exposure to respiratory allergens.
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18698251 Haeryfar SM, Lan Z, Leon-Ponte M, Duffy KR, Ge W, Liu W, Mele T, Garcia B, Wang H: Prolongation of cardiac allograft survival by rapamycin and the invariant natural killer T cell glycolipid agonist OCH. Transplantation. 2008 Aug 15;86(3):460-8.


These were accompanied by elevated intragraft mRNA levels of interleukin (IL)-4, and to a lesser extent IL-10 and IL-13, and high transcript levels of Valpha14-Jalpha18 T-cell receptor gene segment.
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16178791 Miyake S, Yamamura T: Therapeutic potential of glycolipid ligands for natural killer (NK) T cells in the suppression of autoimmune diseases. Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord. 2005 Sep;5(3):315-22.


OCH is a unique ligand to stimulate NKT cells to selectively produce Th2 cytokines whereas alpha-GC induces both interleukin (IL)-4 and interferon (IFN)-gamma, and is more beneficial for treatment of a wide variety of Th1-mediated autoimmune diseases.
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