IL6

interleukin 6

Details

HGNC
HGNC:6018
GeneCards
IL6
NCBI
3569
Ensembl
ENSG00000136244
UniProt
P05231
OMIM
147620
UCSC
uc064bxs.1
VEGA
OTTHUMG00000023178
ENA
M18403
Alias Symbols
IL-6, BSF2, HGF, HSF
Previous Symbols
IFNB2
Alias Names
"interferon, beta 2"
Previous Names
"interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)"

Associated Studies

SMPDL3B a novel biomarker and therapeutic target in myalgic encephalomyelitis

2025 | Rostami-Afshari, Bita; Elremaly, Wesam; Franco, Anita; Elbakry, Mohamed; Akoume, Marie-Yvonne; Boufaied, Ines; Moezzi, Atefeh; Leveau, Corinne; Rompré, Pierre; Godbout, Christian; Mella, Olav; Fluge, Øystein; Moreau, Alain

Associated cohorts
Phenotype: ME/CFS, ME/CFS - CCC criteria, Post-exertional malaise (PEM)

Multifaceted evolution focused on maximal exploitation of domain knowledge for the consensus inference of Gene Regulatory Networks

2025 | Segura-Ortiz, Adrián; Giménez-Orenga, Karen; García-Nieto, José; Oltra, Elisa; Aldana-Montes, José F.

Associated cohorts
Phenotype: ME/CFS, ME/CFS - CCC criteria, ME/CFS - ICC Criteria, Post-exertional malaise (PEM)
Phenotype: Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia - 1990 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria, Fibromyalgia - 2011 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria, ME/CFS, ME/CFS - CCC criteria, ME/CFS - ICC Criteria, Post-exertional malaise (PEM)
Phenotype: Fibromyalgia, Fibromyalgia - 1990 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria, Fibromyalgia - 2011 ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria

Diverse immunological dysregulation, chronic inflammation, and impaired erythropoiesis in long COVID patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

2024 | Saito, Suguru; Shahbaz, Shima; Osman, Mohammed; Redmond, Desiree; Bozorgmehr, Najmeh; Rosychuk, Rhonda J.; Lam, Grace; Sligl, Wendy; Cohen Tervaert, Jan Willem; Elahi, Shokrollah

Associated cohorts
Phenotype: Long COVID
Phenotype: Long COVID, ME/CFS, Post-exertional malaise (PEM)

Association of circulating biomarkers with illness severity measures differentiates myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and post-COVID-19 condition: a prospective pilot cohort study

2024 | Domingo, Joan Carles; Battistini, Federica; Cordobilla, Begoña; Zaragozá, Maria Cleofé; Sanmartin-Sentañes, Ramón; Alegre-Martin, Jose; Cambras, Trinitat; Castro-Marrero, Jesus

Associated cohorts
Phenotype: ME/CFS, ME/CFS - ICC Criteria, Post-exertional malaise (PEM)