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: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Our results show that IL6 promoter genotypes associated with altered gene expression are risk factors for development of KS. 11001912 2000
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus viral interleukin 6 gene affects metastasis and expression of B cell markers in a murine xenograft model. 30265712 2018
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In addition to the HHV-8 infection, the interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism G-174C is associated with a risk of development of KS in renal transplant recipients. 15154666 2004
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Abnormal expression of the IL-6 gene has been suggested to be involved in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis, Castleman's disease, mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis, multiple myeloma and Kaposi's sarcoma. 1643291 1992
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Angiogenesis and hematopoiesis induced by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded interleukin-6. 10361100 1999
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesviral IL-6 and human IL-6 open reading frames contain miRNA binding sites and are subject to cellular miRNA regulation. 21984125 2011
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A rhesus macaque rhadinovirus related to Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus/human herpesvirus 8 encodes a functional homologue of interleukin-6. 10364379 1999
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The genome of human herpes virus 8, which is associated with Kaposi's sarcoma, encodes proteins with similarities to cytokines and chemokines including a homologue of IL-6. 10779772 2000
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Viral IL-6 is also considered to contribute significantly to HHV-8-associated pathogenesis, since vIL-6 can promote cell proliferation, cell survival, and angiogenesis that are characteristic of HHV-8-associated Kaposi's sarcoma, PEL and multicentric Castleman's disease (MCD), in addition to proinflammatory activities observed in MCD-like "Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-induced cytokine syndrome." 30541844 2019
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE J Virol 1997;71:4187-4192; Nicholas J, Ruvolo VR, Burns WH, Sandford G, Wan X, Ciufo D, Hendrickson SB, Guo HG, Hayward GS, Reitz MS. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated human herpesvirus-8 encodes homologues of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 and interleukin-6. 10738139 2000
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE We observed a trend toward decreased IL-6 after omega-3 supplementation specific to Kaposi sarcoma patients (P = 0.08). 29381560 2018
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our novel finding of the huIL-6 induction by vIL-6 indicates that vIL-6 may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of HHV-8 associated diseases. 10861641 2000
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The detection of vIL-6--positive lymphoid cells in bone marrow suggests a homing for HHV-8--infected elements in this tissue. 11274637 2001
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-encoded interleukin-6 and G-protein-coupled receptor regulate angiopoietin-2 expression in lymphatic endothelial cells. 17483315 2007
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) microRNA K12-1 functions as an oncogene by activating NF-κB/IL-6/STAT3 signaling. 27166260 2016
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Viral interleukin-6: role in Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus: associated malignancies. 21767154 2011
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE By immunostaining, mesothelioma cells expressed interleukin-6 and platelet-derived growth factor, which are important for survival of Kaposi's sarcoma cells. 10628804 1999
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus Viral Interleukin 6 Signaling Upregulates Integrin Beta 3 Levels and is Dependent on STAT3. 31801855 2020
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Colocalization of the viral interleukin-6 with latent nuclear antigen-1 of human herpesvirus-8 in endothelial spindle cells of Kaposi's sarcoma and lymphoid cells of multicentric Castleman's disease. 11172301 2001
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Preincubation with recombinant human IL-6 or OSM sensitized KS in a dose dependent manner. 11380243 2001
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) interleukin-6 (vIL-6) promotes cell proliferation and survival and is proangiogenic, implicating it as a contributor to virus-associated Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma (PEL), and multicentric Castleman's disease. 24198402 2014
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Four virus proteins similar to two human macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) chemokines, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interferon regulatory factor (IRF) are encoded by the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) genome. vIL-6 was functional in B9 proliferation assays and primarily expressed in KSHV-infected hematopoietic cells rather than KS lesions. 8939871 1996
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Detection of viral interleukin-6 in Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-linked disorders. 11264189 2001
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE IL-4, a cytokine with pleiotropic effects, suppresses IL-6 in vivo and modestly inhibits AIDS-KS-derived cells in vitro. 12513914 2002