IL6, interleukin 6, 3569

N. diseases: 2367; N. variants: 22
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Deregulation of the expression of these interleukins was shown to be responsible for various diseases, such as i) IL-4 vs. immediate type hypersensitivity and ii) IL-6 vs. autoimmunity and multiple myelomas. 8691054 1989
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Abnormal production of IL-6 has been suggested to be involved in glomerulonephritis, plasmacytomagenesis and in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. 2127356 1990
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Deregulated IL-6 gene expression has been implicated as being involved in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases, especially autoimmune diseases and plasma cell neoplasias. 1728989 1992
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE In this report, we discuss the possible involvement of interleukin-6 in the pathogenesis of a variety of autoimmune diseases and the regulatory mechanism of expression of the interleukin-6 gene. 1627787 1992
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE On the other hand, accumulating evidence has revealed that overproduction of IL-6 may be responsible for the pathogenesis and/or several symptoms of a variety of diseases, including autoimmune diseases, malignancies, and viral diseases. 1380488 1992
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE In accordance with its pleiotropic functions, IL-6 is indicated to be involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases including autoimmunities, lymphoid malignancies and inflammations. 1380241 1992
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is an important immunoregulatory cytokine that has been implicated in a number of fibrotic autoimmune diseases such as scleroderma, interstitial nephritis, and pulmonary interstitial fibrosis. 10720455 2000
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Neutralization of IL-6 represents an attractive therapeutic option in several diseases, including B cell neoplasia, osteoporosis, and autoimmunity. 11254686 2001
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE In autoimmune or vasculitic disease, the ability of the IL-6/sIL-6R complex to inhibit apoptosis of autoreactive T-cells may be central to the development of tissue specific autoimmunity. 12421676 2002
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Hence, NS1 transactivation of proinflammatory cytokine promoters such as IL-6 may be pivotal in triggering the various inflammatory and autoimmune disorders that have been linked to parvovirus B19 infections. 11992589 2002
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Here we review the evidence for the involvement of IL-6 in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory proliferative diseases (CIPD) and discuss the possible molecular mechanisms of its involvement. 12220549 2003
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group LHGDN Here we review the evidence for the involvement of IL-6 in the pathophysiology of autoimmune diseases and chronic inflammatory proliferative diseases (CIPD) and discuss the possible molecular mechanisms of its involvement. 12220549 2003
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Thus, our results show that autoimmune disease in gp130 mutant mice is caused by increased homeostatic proliferation of CD4+ T cells, which is due to elevated production of IL-7 by nonhematopoietic cells as a result of IL-6 family cytokine-gp130-STAT3 signaling. 16717113 2006
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Immunoexpression of the CD30 ligand/CD30 and IL-6/IL-6R signals in thyroid autoimmune diseases. 16372246 2006
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE A study in mice demonstrated that IL-6 promotes the development of a new type of T-helper cells called Th17 cells that impact the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. 17978466 2007
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE In summary, IL-6 trans-signaling into T cells emerges as a key pathway for blockade of the development of adaptive Tregs and thus may play a pivotal role in shifting the balance between effector and regulatory T cell numbers in chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. 17675459 2007
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE High levels of IL-6 and sIL-6R have been reported in several chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases as well as in cancer. 17465721 2007
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Th17 cells, a recently described population, arise in the presence of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and IL-6 and appear to have an important effector role in inflammation and autoimmunity. 18528928 2008
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE While experimental models of myocarditis have clearly linked IL-6 to the generation of pathogenic autoreactive T cells, IL-6 has exhibited a protective role in autoimmune disease development in viral-induced disease models. 19758168 2009
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group CTD_human Therefore, the attenuated autoimmunity following loss of IL-4 and IL-6 is dose-dependent, as higher doses of Hg are able to override the attenuation observed using lower doses. 19077085 2009
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE We have focused on those involved in the proinflammatory response (IL-6, TNF-alpha), apoptosis (TGF-beta, Fas, FasL, C1QA), angiogenesis (IL-8) and autoimmunity (IL-10). 19811442 2009
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 AlteredExpression group BEFREE Attention will be given to the role of the soluble IL-6R, and we will provide a perspective into the clinical blockade of IL-6 activity in autoimmunity, inflammation, and cancer. 21881215 2011
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Like other autoimmune diseases, Th17 cells and their effector cytokines (such as interleukin 6) have been implicated in pathogenesis. 23202933 2012
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Levels of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), a proinflammation cytokine and a key factor in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, have been reported to be elevated in vitiligo lesions. 22871993 2012
CUI: C0004364
Disease: Autoimmune Diseases
Autoimmune Diseases
0.400 Biomarker group BEFREE Taking these data together, we conclude that IL-6 secretion is a major mechanism of B cell-driven pathogenesis in T cell-mediated autoimmune disease such as EAE and MS. 22547654 2012