A study of the [[Medova Hospital]], [[Necmettin Erbakan University]] in [[Konya]], showed significant neuroprotective effects of tocilizumab on rabbit spinal cord I/R injury ((Karatas Y, Erdi MF, Kaya B, Keskin F, Cüce G, Kılınc I, Uyar M, Izci EK, Kalkan E. Neuroprotective effects of tocilizumab on experimentally induced spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury. World Neurosurg. 2018 Dec 26. pii: S1878-8750(18)32892-4. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.069. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30593966. )).