IL-6 was serendipitously discovered as a myokine because of the observation that it increased in an exponential fashion proportional to the length of exercise and the amount of muscle mass engaged in the exercise.
O papel como miocina da IL-6 descubriuse por casualidade ao observarse que se incrementaba de modo expoñencial de xeito proporcional á duración do exercicio e á cantidade de masa muscular implicada.