siRNA FOR INHIBITING IL-6 EXPRESSION AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING THEM

摘要

Disclosed is a double-strand siRNA capable of suppressing interleukin-6 (IL-6) expression, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same. The siRNA of the present invention and the pharmaceutical composition containing the same may be useful to treat inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, neoplasmic disease and central nervous system diseases, which are all associated with the over-expressed IL-6 level, by lowering an IL-6 level.