Therapeutic potential of IL6R blockade for the treatment of sepsis and sepsis-related death: A Mendelian randomisation study.

<h4>Background</h4>Sepsis is characterised by dysregulated, life-threatening immune responses, which are thought to be driven by cytokines such as interleukin 6 (IL-6). Genetic variants in IL6R known to down-regulate IL-6 signalling are associated with improved Coronavirus Disease 2019 (...

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Main Authors: Fergus W Hamilton, Matt Thomas, David Arnold, Tom Palmer, Ed Moran, Alexander J Mentzer, Nick Maskell, Kenneth Baillie, Charlotte Summers, Aroon Hingorani, Alasdair MacGowan, Golam M Khandaker, Ruth Mitchell, George Davey Smith, Peter Ghazal, Nicholas J Timpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004174&type=printable
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