| Protein Name | interleukin 6 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 24498 |
| Gene Symbol | Il6 |
| UniProt | P20607 (IL6_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
2269
Total Number of Articles : 4916 |
Description |
interleukin 6 |
| Gene Summary |
Enables cytokine activity and interleukin-6 receptor binding activity. Involved in several processes, including cellular response to cytokine stimulus; positive regulation of cell communication; and positive regulation of metabolic process. Located in extracellular space. Used to study several diseases, including acute necrotizing pancreatitis; disseminated intravascular coagulation; hypertension (multiple); impotence; and steatotic liver disease. Biomarker of several diseases, including acute necrotizing pancreatitis; artery disease (multiple); auditory system disease (multiple); liver disease (multiple); and lung disease (multiple). Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including autoimmune disease (multiple); eye disease (multiple); glucose metabolism disease (multiple); liver disease (multiple); and periodontal disease (multiple). Orthologous to human IL6 (interleukin 6). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, May 2025] |
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