The phrase "acted as il" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a typographical error or an incomplete thought, as "il" does not convey a clear meaning in this context.
Example: "He acted as if he were the leader of the group."
Alternatives: "functioned as" or "served as".
Other cells such as neutrophils can act as IL-6 reservoirs, and it is likely that the fibroblast is not the only source of IL-6.
This was supported by the mechanistic study showing that IL-17 acted as a mediator of IL-1β-induced neutrophilia in influenza-induced COPD exacerbations in mice, and inhibition of IL-17 reduced neutrophil recruitment to the airways both in the initial phase of infection and at the peak of viral replication.
It has recently been shown that Treg cells can act as an IL-2 'sponge', competitively depriving adjacent T-cells of autocrine IL-2, and thus preventing the IL-2-dependent processes of T-cell activation and proliferation (de la Rosa et al., 2004; Scheffold et al., 2005).
Furthermore, sIL-11Rα can act as an IL-11 antagonist when tested on cells expressing the membrane IL-11Rα and gp130 [ 11].
And ILs acted as bridge connecting Au@Pd one another and bucky gel as platform within the whole nanocomposite.
MRPs formed during glycation of Ara h 1, at all studied time/temperature conditions (37, 60, 145 °C), acted as an inhibitor of IL-8 secretion by Caco-2 cells.
NO regulates chondrocyte and cartilage functions and often acts as an IL-1β second messenger.
Given that STAT6 has been demonstrated to act as an IL-4 signal mediator (Sajic et al., 2013), we thus first examined the impact of Cx3cr1 deficiency on the STAT6-PPAR-γ axis, an essential signaling pathway relevant to the induction of M2 macrophages (Sica and Mantovani, 2012).
Surfactant TX-100 acted as the stabilizer of the IL-microemulsion, which is of critical importance for the formation of BiOCl half-shells.
They found that Il-4 acted as a licensing factor for macrophage PPARγ that promoted PPARγ DNA binding to a subset of PPARγ PPREs in macrophages.
