IL-6 Proteins

Protein Information

IL-6 is a gene that encodes a cytokine that plays a role in inflammation and the maturation of B cells. The protein produced by this gene is an endogenous pyrogen that can induce fever in people with autoimmune diseases or infections. The gene is primarily expressed at sites of acute and chronic inflammation, where it is secreted into the serum and induces a transcriptional inflammatory response through interleukin 6 receptor, alpha. The functioning of this gene is implicated in a wide variety of inflammation-associated disease states, including suspectibility to diabetes mellitus and systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Elevated levels of the encoded protein have been found in virus infections, including COVID-19 (disease caused by SARS-CoV-2). Diseases associated with IL6 include Kaposi Sarcoma and Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Juvenile.

Synonyms

B-cell differentiation factor; B-cell hybridoma growth factor; B-cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF2; BSF-2; CDF; ChIL-6; CTL differentiation factor; cytokine; HGF; H-IL-6; HSF; Hybridoma growth factor; Ifnb2; IFN-beta-2; IL6; Il-6; ILg6; ILN; Interferon beta-2; Interleukin; interleukin 6; interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2); interleukin 6 precursor; interleukin BSF-2; Interleukin HP-1; Interleukin6; Interleukin-6; interleukin-6 precursor; interleukin-6 protein; M-IL-6; prointerleukin 6; R-IL-6