IL6 and nutritional deficiency disease: It is undoubtable that accumulation of other uremic toxins (such as beta-2-microglobulin, IL-6, indoxyl sulfate, p-cresyl sulfate, etc.)and not urea alone, accounts for dysregulation of erythropoiesis and malnutrition aggravation in hemodialyzed patients through a variety of mechanisms that are beyond the range of this publication [49,50].