IL-6

[Scientific Reports] The authors found M-CSF secretion was increased in burn patients and a murine model of post burn ACI, so they neutralized M-CSF in ACI mice to determine if erythropoiesis was improved.

[European Respiratory Journal] The authors used a mouse model of concurrent cigarette smoke exposure and H1N1 influenza infection, colony-stimulating factor (CSF)3 supplementation/receptor blockade, and single-cell RNA sequencing to investigate this relationship.

[Journal of Interferon and Cytokine Research] Investigators showed that CCL18 did not change the expression of the inflammatory factors, interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha, or inducible nitric oxide synthase, but significantly induced expression of the macrophage markers, MRC-1 and ARG-1 M2, in a human microglial clone 3 cell line

[Oncogene] Researchers demonstrated that STAT3 was essential for the pro-tumorigenic functions of murine breast cancer cancer associated fibroblasts both in vitro and in vivo, and identified a STAT3 signature significantly enriched for genes encoding for secreted proteins.

[Science Advances] Investigators reported that exosomes from MSCs administered as eye drops notably alleviated graft-versus-host disease-associated dry eye disease by suppressing inflammation and improving epithelial recovery in mice and humans.

[Inflammation] Researchers evaluated galectin (Gal)-1 and Gal-3 levels, which are beta-galactoside-binding proteins with immunomodulatory functions and examined their effects on human keratinocytes stimulated with either interleukin (IL)-4 or IL-17A.