“…More recently, IL-1p has been implicated in fever regulation through a direct action of the hypothalamus thermoregulation center and the stimulation of acute-phase protein synthesis by the liver (di Giovine and Duff, 1990). In addition, several recent studies have provided evidence that this cytokine may be an important regulator of connective tissue synthesis (Bitterman et al, 1986;Dedhar, 1989b;Duncan and Berman, 1989;Goldring and Krane, 1987;Hagiwara et al, 1989Hagiwara et al, , 1990. IL-1p stimulates proliferation of fibroblasts (Bitterman et al, 1986), affects collagen and fibronectin synthesis (Duncan and Berman, 1989;Goldring and Krane, 19871, modulates bone metabolism (Felix b;let al, 1989;Garrett and Mundy, 1989;Lorenzo et al, 1988), and induces chondrolysis (Saklatvala et al, 1985).…”