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: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Increased inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1β (IL-1 β), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) are associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and multiple sclerosis (MS). 28856541 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE After adjusting for a large set of confounders, including the use of anti-inflammatory drugs, only higher LBP levels were significantly associated with a 30% higher odds of developing AD over 12 years (OR 1.30, 95% CIs [1.07-1.59]), regardless of IL6 levels. 31450497 2019
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We examined the associations of hippocampal subfield volumes with age, a vascular risk factor (hypertension), and genetic polymorphisms associated with variation in pro-inflammatory cytokines levels (IL-1β C-511T and IL-6 C-174G) and risk for Alzheimer's disease (APOEε4) in healthy adult volunteers (N = 80; age = 22-82 years). 24947882 2015
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These findings suggest that the IL-6prom G allele which may affect plasma IL-6 concentration might be a risk factor for sporadic AD in Japanese. 11992567 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, genotype CC of IL-6-174 G/C and genotype GG plus GC of IL-6-572 C/G could decrease the risk of AD. 22701584 2012
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These findings indicate that the IL-6 -174G/C polymorphism may not be an independent risk factor for the development of AD. 21767605 2011
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We performed a genetic screening of sporadic, late-onset AD cases and age-matched controls to evaluate the role of Cat D and IL-6 polymorphisms in AD. 10869806 2000
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN These findings suggest that IL-6 may play a multifaceted role in AD by affecting the turnover of the cytokine. 12928051 2003
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Most genes conferring susceptibility to AD are related to amyloid-beta deposition (APP; PS1; PS2; APOE; Cystatin-C; ubiquilin-1), oxidative stress (NOS2; NOS3) and inflammatory response (IL-1 alpha; IL-1 beta; IL-6; TNF-alpha). 17851196 2007
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE No association was found between any IL-6 polymorphism and AD; however the haplotype composed of the -597 A allele and the -174G allele indicated a crude odds ratio (OR) of 0.15 (p = 0.0021) and a significantly adjusted OR (adjusted for the APOE E4 allele value) of 0.15 (p = 0.00294). 23666170 2013
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our data indicate that the IL-6 gene polymorphism is associated with AD in Italians and confirm that IL-6 is crucial in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative disorders. 12352619 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE These data do not support the hypothesis that the IL-1-beta-511 and IL-6-174 polymorphisms affect dementia or AD risk. 16297587 2006
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interactions have been reported between the low-activity -1021T allele (rs1611115) of DBH and polymorphisms of the pro-inflammatory cytokine genes, IL1A and IL6, contributing to the risk of AD. 21070631 2010
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In the present study, we investigated the possible association of (1) a naturally occurring variable number tandem repeat (vntr) polymorphism (C allele) in the 3' flanking region of the interleukin-6 gene (IL-6), previously demonstrated to modify the course of Alzheimer's disease, systemic lupus erythematodes and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), (2) a tetranucleotide repeat polymorphism (TAAA)(n) in the 3' flanking region of the MOG gene and (3) HLA class II alleles with adult clinical phenotypes and serum antibody responses to MOG in 70 adult X-ALD patients. 12576235 2003
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our study suggests that a common coding region variant of the IL-6 receptor results in neuroinflammatory changes that may influence the age of onset of Alzheimer's disease in APOE ɛ4 carriers. 28106546 2017
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism: risk and pathology of Alzheimer's disease. 15193763 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this case-control study, we examined C677T and A1298C (rs1801133 and rs1801131) polymorphism in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) genes and their correlation with plasma levels of homocysteine (Hcy) in AD and VaD cases and evaluated the gene-gene interaction (epistasis) with IL-6-174 G/C (rs1800795). 22015309 2012
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The genotype IL-6-174G/C occurred in 44.5% of patients of the control group and in 60.8% of patients of the AD group. 18975235 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Genotype CC of IL-6 -174 G/C could decrease the risk of AD. 21748280 2012
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the promoter region of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene at position -174 (G>C) has been reported to be associated with a variety of major diseases, such as Alzheimer disease, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease, cancer, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, sepsis, and systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis. 15364891 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE However, previous studies relating IL-6 genetic polymorphisms to AD included few and unrepresentative single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the results were inconsistent. 22272811 2012
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this case-control study, we aimed to investigate whether single nucleotide polymorphisms in the BIN1 (rs744373) and IL-6 (rs1800795) genes are associated with AD. 26733302 2016
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, the age-associated rise in IL-6 has been linked to lymphoproliferative disorders, multiple myeloma, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease. 10774463 2000
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Sixty-nine patients with AD on tacrine with or without transaminitis were genotyped for 17 IL6 polymorphisms. 18075466 2007
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This meta-analysis suggested that the -174G/C polymorphism of IL-6 gene would be a protective risk factor for AD in Asians. 23510010 2013