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: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The presence of IL-6 and IL-8 in the arterial wall where complement activation also occurred, clearly show the involvement of inflammatory events in initiation and progression of atherosclerosis. 9125317 1996
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In apolipoprotein E-null mice, a model for atherosclerosis, levels of BMP-4, HSP70, MGP, and interleukin-6 were elevated in the aortic wall. 19661459 2009
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Infection with an adenovirus delivering the EMMPRIN-siRNA ameliorated AS, promoted macrophage autophagy in plaques and reduced the serum TNF-α, IL-6, MCP-1 and NF-κB expression levels in the AS mice. 29154780 2018
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Compared with those in the NC group, the serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-10, IL-13 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in the AS group significantly increased (p<0.05). 31002155 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE This study demonstrated that in a large healthy family population, children included, levels of IL-6 are closely associated with traditional and non-traditional atherosclerosis risk factors. 14612208 2003
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The crude odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were used to estimate the association between the IL-6 gene -174G>C polymorphism and atherosclerosis ( AS ) risk. 23954871 2013
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We investigated the relationship of IL-6 and P4Hα1 in atherosclerosis-prone mice and human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs). 23022409 2012
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The anti-oxidant <i>N</i>-acetylcysteine (NAC) not only suppresses IL-6 production and VSMC pathological responses including migration and proliferation but also prevents atherosclerosis in <i>ApoE</i><sup>-/-</sup> mice. 31817202 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Chronic inflammation due to high IL-6 production occurs in type 2 diabetes (NIDDM) and atherosclerosis. 16518702 2005
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism modulates the effects of heavy alcohol consumption on early carotid artery atherosclerosis: the Carotid Atherosclerosis Progression Study (CAPS). 12574550 2003
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Polymorphisms in the IL6 gene in Asian Indian families with premature coronary artery disease--the Indian Atherosclerosis Research Study. 18449426 2008
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE IL-6 may have a role in aberrant differentiation of VSCs contributing to vascular calcification in atherosclerosis. 26840742 2016
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The purpose of our study was to investigate the effects of endothelial lipase gene polymorphism and inflammation markers (CRP, IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α) in the atherosclerosis. 23673478 2013
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE As IL-6 increases in atherosclerosis, the study of the polymorphism of IL-6 may be a useful tool in identifying old subjects at risk for atherosclerosis. 15050298 2004
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies showed that interleukin 6 (IL-6) has a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis by binding 2 specific receptors, gp80 and gp130. 17472849 2007
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE This study is that ginsenoside Rb1 exerted an inhibitory effect on early atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice via decreasing body weight and food intake daily, upregulating the lipid levels of serum plasma, including those of TC, TG and LDL-C and HDL-C and reducing the atherosclerotic plaque area, suppressing inflammatory cytokines (levels of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α) in the serum of ApoE-/- mice, changing the expression levels of BCL-2, BAX, cleaved caspase-3 and cleaved caspase-9 and weakening apoptosis associated with anti-inflammatory activity. 30413028 2018
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to explore the relation between abdominal fat distribution and some inflammatory risk factors of atheromatosis and IL-6 174G_C gene polymorphism in non-obese healthy subjects. 19569017 2009
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Stromelysin-1 and interleukin-6 gene promoter polymorphisms are determinants of asymptomatic carotid artery atherosclerosis. 11116068 2000
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We aimed to evaluate the associations and prognostic value of interleukin-6 (IL6) for the prediction of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events, heart failure (HF), and other chronic diseases in a large, multi-ethnic, contemporary population. 30312930 2018
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE In summary, our data reveal that in contrast to young MSCs, MSCs from elderly individuals with ATH secrete high levels of IL-6, IL-8/CXCL8 and MCP-1/CCL2 which mediate their reduced immunopotency. 28194905 2017
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE This could be of importance for the association between cytokines (e.g., IL-6) and insulin resistance and atherosclerosis. 12736161 2003
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE In CANTOS, the magnitude of benefit of this cytokine-targeted approach to atherosclerosis treatment was associated to the magnitude of reduction of the central signaling cytokine IL-6 and the downstream clinical biomarker high-sensitivity CRP (C-reactive protein). 30702995 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We have previously reported that peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha) ligands (fibrates) lower elevated plasma concentrations of IL-6 in patients with atherosclerosis and inhibit IL-1-stimulated IL-6 secretion by human aortic smooth muscle cells (SMC). 10542237 1999
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE These results suggested that appropriate WBV may delay the progression of AS, which was associated with acutely elevated serum IGF-1 and lower levels of IGF-1 and IL-6 in the aorta for long-term treatment. 29707570 2018
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE It can also be protective in CAD patients since the reduced adiponectin-induced IL-6 release in CAD macrophages compared to controls, could be beneficial in the development of inflammation related atherosclerosis. 21626471 2011