Gene Disease Score gda Association Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE Some researchers suggested that the elevation of interleukin-6 (IL6) correlates with major depression and PTSD. 31291232

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 GeneticVariation BEFREE Sex difference in IL-6 modulation of cognition among Chinese individuals with major depressive disorder. 31629608

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Plasma levels of IL-6 and INF-γ and lipid profile, including total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TGs), low-density lipoproteins (LDLs), and high-density lipoproteins, were measured in 60 patients meeting criteria of the fifth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for Major Depression (22 patients who attempted suicide and 38 patients who did not attempt suicide) and 30 healthy controls. 30844329

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE These gray matter volume differences between bipolar disorder and unipolar depression were negatively correlated with soluble IL-6 receptor levels. 30359810

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE The level of IL-6 was associated with sleep disturbances in patients with major depressive disorder. 31417262

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Plasma levels of IL-6 in patients with untreated major depressive disorder: comparison with catecholamine metabolites. 31686824

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE While cross-sectional associations of inflammatory markers interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein with major depressive disorder are well established, evidence for longitudinal associations mostly comes from studies on depression symptoms, not diagnoses. 30819515

2019

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE Higher concentration of interleukin 6 - A possible link between major depressive disorder and childhood abuse. 29626828

2018

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Association between increased serum interleukin-6 levels and sustained attention deficits in patients with major depressive disorder. 29415791

2018

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE A PubMed/Medline database search was performed using the following search terms: sirukumab; anti-IL-6; IL-6; major depressive disorder; inflammation. 27913990

2017

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE Influence of fluvoxamine on plasma interleukin-6 or clinical improvement in patients with major depressive disorder. 28243095

2017

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE The plasma level of IL-6 increased in patients with BD and MD. 28074937

2017

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Changes in interleukin-6 levels during electroconvulsive therapy may reflect the therapeutic response in major depression. 27858966

2017

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Major depressive disorder is a condition associated with dysregulated cytokine levels; among these, IL6. 27796193

2017

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE An altered peripheral IL6 response in major depressive disorder. 26804030

2016

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE Identification of IL6 as a susceptibility gene for major depressive disorder. 27502736

2016

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker BEFREE Genetic variation in IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, TSPO and BDNF and response to duloxetine or placebo treatment in major depressive disorder. 26556688

2015

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker PSYGENET We confirmed a similar elevation of serum IL-6 in two separate cohorts of patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. 25331895

2014

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Plasma levels of interleukin-6 and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor response in patients with major depressive disorder. 23813968

2013

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker PSYGENET Plasma levels of interleukin-6 and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor response in patients with major depressive disorder. 23813968

2013

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 AlteredExpression BEFREE Reduced expression of glucocorticoid-inducible genes GILZ and SGK-1: high IL-6 levels are associated with reduced hippocampal volumes in major depressive disorder. 22832853

2012

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker PSYGENET Tryptophan depletion in depressed patients occurs independent of kynurenine pathway activation. 22683764

2012

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker PSYGENET Reduced expression of glucocorticoid-inducible genes GILZ and SGK-1: high IL-6 levels are associated with reduced hippocampal volumes in major depressive disorder. 22832853

2012

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker PSYGENET Leukocyte telomere length in major depression: correlations with chronicity, inflammation and oxidative stress--preliminary findings. 21448457

2011

Entrez Id: 3569
Gene Symbol: IL6
IL6
CUI: C0041696
Disease: Unipolar Depression
Unipolar Depression
0.600 Biomarker CTD_human Functional polymorphisms in the interleukin-6 and serotonin transporter genes, and depression and fatigue induced by interferon-alpha and ribavirin treatment. 18458677

2009