Administration of a specific Nln inhibitor Agaricoglyceride A (AgaA) to mice after stroke in a middle cerebral artery occlusion model, dose-dependently aggravated injury measured by increased infarct and edema volumes, blood-brain barrier disruption, increased levels of interleukin 6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, neurological and motor deficit 24 h after stroke.
We hypothesized that serum concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL6) and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (LpPLA2) were inversely associated with long-term functional decline independently of vascular risk factors, stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) occurring during follow-up.
Patients in the stroke group had higher levels of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) (391 pg/ml (107-1249) vs 109 (46-236); p = 0.003), interleukin 6 (2.6 pg/ml (0.8-8.1) vs 0.7 (0.4-1.2) p = 0.002) and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) (0.44 μmol/L (0.39-0.55) vs 0.36 (0.32-0.4); p = 0.0002) than the control group.
In conclusion, IL-6 released after stroke, which is enhanced by wt-tPA through activation of NMDA-Rs and upregulation of ET-1 and JNK, impairs cerebrovascular autoregulation and increases histopathology.
Mediation analyses showed that IL-6 mediated the black-white disparity in stroke risk, but mediation was via IL-6 associations with stroke risk factors.
The astrocytic IL-6 was essential to the promoting effects of hyperforin on the neural precursor cells proliferation, neuronal differentiation, angiogenesis, and functional recovery after stroke.
Factors with an independent influence on the neurological status on the first day of stroke were: sex, WBC, total blood platelet (PLT) count, CRP, S100B and IL-6 levels.
Female sex, older age, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP) and higher National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score as well as lower mHLA-DR levels, higher IL-6 and LBP-levels at day 1 were associated with poor outcome at 3 months in bivariate analysis.
When dividing PAH patients by median IL-6 level, patients with higher IL-6 had significantly worse RV function (fractional area change [FAC] 23 ± 12% vs 38 ± 11%, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion [TAPSE] 1.3 ± 0.3 cm vs 2.1 ± 0.5 cm), impaired RV-PA coupling (0.6 ± 0.5%/mm Hg vs 0.9 ± 0.5%/mm Hg), higher right atrial pressure (13 ± 7 mm Hg vs 9 ± 5 mm Hg), reduced cardiac index (2.0 ± 0.5 liters/min/m<sup>2</sup> vs 2.8 ± 1.0 liters/min/m<sup>2</sup>) and lower stroke volume (48 ± 20 ml vs 70 ± 28 ml).
Although the prognostic value of IL6 is limited for the prediction of CHD events, it may have a role for the prediction of stroke, HF and all-cause death in asymptomatic statin users.
The relationships among leukocyte numbers, cortisol, adrenocorticotropic hormone, interleukin-6, and metanephrines were assessed at 72 hours after stroke.
Herein we investigated, for the first time, the association of genetic polymorphisms of IL-6, CDKN2A- CDKN2B and other genes with ischemic stroke among indigenous West African participants in the Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) Study.
In this large cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke, IL-6 and NT-proBNP at admission were strong and independent prognostic markers for 90-day all-cause mortality, and provided complementary prognostic information to the routinely used stroke severity score NIHSS.
Quantitative PCR analysis of whole cell lysate as well as flow-sorted myeloid cells from the perilesional cortex showed increased cellular interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β), interleukin 6 (IL-6), and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) mRNA levels but reduced plasma levels of these cytokines in MS P2X4R KO mice after stroke.
By comparing the serum levels of inflammatory biomarkers, it was observed that IL‑6 and B1R levels tended to decline whereas IL‑10 levels increased in stroke patients from <30 days to over 180 days.
Our findings have implications for the use of cancer therapies that target VEGF or IL6 and for understanding abnormal angiogenesis in cancers, chronic inflammatory disease, and stroke.