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 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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Detectable KSHV VL and elevated IL-6 levels are present in a subset of children with KS. 30204240 2019
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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Among downstream genes, two specific metalloproteases, ADAMTS1 and 9, are strongly expressed in AIDS-KS tissues and contribute to KSHV-infected endothelial cell invasiveness through up-regulation of IL-6 and VEGF. 26675551 2016
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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Pretreatment of KS cells with poly (I:C) for 24 h followed by removal of the poly (I:C) led to high levels of IL-6 secreted into medium that induced proliferation in KS cells. 8283061 1994
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Expression of the viral interleukin-6 homolog from Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus is also sufficient to induce significant D6 upregulation both in vitro and in vivo, and Kaposi sarcoma and primary effusion lymphoma cells demonstrate high levels of D6 expression. 23479571 2013
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 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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE While vCYC (AKS 6 of 6; CKS 3 of 3), vMIP-I (AKS 5 of 6, CKS 3 of 3), vBCL2 (AKS 6 of 6; CKS 3 of 3), and vIRF1 (AKS 5 of 6, CKS 3 of 3) transcripts were detected in both AKS and CKS, vGCR and HIV-1 Tat were expressed only in AKS samples (vGCR: AKS 3 of 6, CKS 0 of 3; Tat: AKS 4 of 6, CKS 0 of 3). vMIPII, vCBP, and vIL6 expression were not detected in any KS samples. 10662620 2000
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN Rta of the human herpesvirus 8/Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus up-regulates human interleukin-6 gene expression. 12176919 2002
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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Several groups have reported that vIL-6 is expressed from the HHV-8 genome at higher levels in PEL and MCD lesions than in KS lesions. 12134031 2002
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 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encoded vFLIP induces cellular IL-6 expression: the role of the NF-kappaB and JNK/AP1 pathways. 12776188 2003
CUI: C0036220
Disease: Kaposi Sarcoma
Kaposi Sarcoma
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Molecular mechanisms for viral mimicry of a human cytokine: activation of gp130 by HHV-8 interleukin-6. 14672670 2004
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