Interleukin-6 Cytokine: A Multifunctional Glycoprotein for Cancer

Paul Zarogoulidis^1,2*, Lonny Yarmus³, Kaid Darwiche², Robert Walter^2,4, Haidong Huang⁵, Zhigang Li⁶, Bojan Zaric⁷, Kosmas Tsakiridis⁸ and Konstantinos Zarogoulidis¹

¹Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, ``G. Papanikolaou`` General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

²Department of Interventional Pneumology, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

³Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sheikh Zayed Cardiovascular & Critical Care Tower, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

⁴Institute of Pathology and Neuropathology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

⁵Department of Respiratory Diseases Shanghai Hospital, II Military University Hospital, Shanghai, China

⁶Department of Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

⁷Institute for Pulmonary Diseases of Vojvodina, Clinic for Thoracic Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

⁸Cardiothoracic Surgery department, ``Saint Luke`` Private Hospital of Health Excellence, Thessaloniki, Greece

^*Corresponding Author: Paul Zarogoulidis, M.D, Ph.D, Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, “G. Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece, Tel: 00306977271974, Fax: 0030-231-099-2432 Email: