... type family of neuropoieticcytokines that comprises interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-11(IL-11), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), oncostatin M,cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), and novel neurotrophin-1 ... transport of IL-6R through thesecretory pathway [32]. Secondly, we avoided the use of asynthetic polypeptide linker in order to minimize immun-ogenicity. Instead, the 16 C-terminal amino acids of CNTF-R ... Germany;4Department of Medicine, Section Pathophysiology, JohannesGutenberg University of Mainz, Germany;5Department of Biochemistry, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, GermanyCiliary neurotrophic...