Sugiyama et al., Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005
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Our analyses using epiregulin-deficient mice with mixed and inbred genetic backgrounds revealed that epiregulin deficiency results in the reduction of IL-6 production levels in both cell types upon peptidoglycan stimulation, and that the extent of this reduction is more evident under the BALB/c background compared with the C57BL/6J background
Inatomi et al., Int J Mol Med 2006
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Among the various cytokines and growth factors, interleukin-1beta , tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and EGF strongly induced amphiregulin and epiregulin mRNA expression