Interleukin-6 a putative mediator of anterior pituitary hormone secretion during the stress of infection?
Interleukin-6 may have an important role as a cytokine involved in the neuroendocrine-immune response. It is produced by adenohypophysis and may modulate pituitary hormone release during the stress of infection.
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Laboratory of Cell Pharmacology University of Leuven School of Medicine B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.