IL6 and postmenopausal osteoporosis: Other studies have shown that pilose antler polypeptide can play a role in the treatment of osteoporosis by preventing bone loss in ovariectomized rats, and its mechanism may be related to promoting the proliferation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts and inhibiting IL-1 and IL-6, which also indicates that pilose antler polypeptide is expected to be an alternative drug for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis [14].