Arrhythmia Center, Fuwai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Respiratory Medicine Department, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Thorac Cancer. 2020 Apr;11(4):835-839. doi: 10.1111/1759-7714.13341. Epub 2020 Feb 11.
IL-6 is a cytokine that plays an important role in response to injury or infection and is a promising biomarker for predicting poor prognosis and therapeutic targets in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This article reviews the biochemical mechanism, function and genotype of IL-6, and summarizes the diagnostic and prognostic value of IL-6 level. Anti-IL-6 therapy does not affect the effect of immunocheckpoint inhibitors (ICIs), but enhances its anticancer function, which may be the treatment option for immune-related adverse events (irAEs) in the future. Therefore, IL-6 may be a therapeutic target for the treatment of NSCLC.
白细胞介素 6(IL-6)是一种细胞因子,在应对损伤或感染时发挥着重要作用,是预测非小细胞肺癌(NSCLC)不良预后和治疗靶点的有前途的生物标志物。本文综述了 IL-6 的生化机制、功能和基因型,并总结了 IL-6 水平的诊断和预后价值。抗 IL-6 治疗并不影响免疫检查点抑制剂(ICIs)的疗效,但增强了其抗癌功能,这可能是未来治疗免疫相关不良反应(irAEs)的选择。因此,IL-6 可能是治疗 NSCLC 的治疗靶点。