“…It has a wide spectrum of activities including B-cell stimulation, monocyte differentiation and induction of IL-4 producing cells (Rincon et al, 1997). Similarly, IL-6 Esser et al, 1991Esser et al, ,1996Esser et al, ,1998 In vivo Sadeghi et al, 1995;Baqui et al, 2000 IL-2 CD4 T cells In vitro Fan et al, 1997 PBMC, CD4 T cells In vitro -gp160 stimulation Hu et al, 1994 PBMC In vivo Barcellini et al, 1994;Meroni et al, 1996;Meyaard et al, 1996;Hong et al, 1998 IL-4 PBMC, CD4 T cells In vivo Barcellini et al, 1994;Maggi et al, 1994;Imami et al, 1999 No change CD4 T cells In vivo Meyaard et al, 1996 CD4 T cells In vivo Re et al, 1992 IL-6 MDM In vitro Esser et al, 1991Esser et al, ,1996Esser et al, , 1998Foli et al, 1997 THP-1 Stimulation with HIV-1 glycoproteins gp41 or gp120 increases IL-6 production by the human monocytic cell line, THP-1, and mitogen-activated PBMC, respectively (Takeshita et al, 1995;Capobianchi, 1996).…”