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- 18
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- 12
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- 773-789
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Simon A. Jones,
Brendan J. Jenkins
(2018).
Recent insights into targeting the IL-6 cytokine family in inflammatory diseases and cancer.
Nature reviews. Immunology
, 18
(12)
, 773-789.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-018-0066-7
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- 10.1038/s41577-018-0066-7