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General information
Gene symbol	IL6
Gene name	interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)
Chromosome	7
Chromosomal band	p21-p15
Imprinted	Unknown
Genomic reference	NG_011640.1
Transcript reference	NM_000600.3
Associated with diseases	IBD-1, IDDM, Cerebral arteriovenous malformation, Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic juvenile, sarcoma, Kaposi, susceptibility to
Citation reference(s)	-
Curators (1)	Johan T. den Dunnen
Total number of public variants reported	11
Unique public DNA variants reported	5
Individuals with public variants	12
Hidden variants	-
Date created	October 29, 2013
Date last updated	September 20, 2016
Version	IL6:160920

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Graphs	Graphs displaying summary information of all variants in the database »
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NCBI Sequence Viewer	Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
External URL	List of LSDBs for this gene The reference LOVD for this gene, if available
HGNC	HGNC:6018
Entrez Gene	3569
PubMed articles	IL6
OMIM - Gene	147620
OMIM - Diseases	IBD-1 (bowel disease, inflammatory, type 1 (IBD-1)) IDDM (diabetes mellitus, insulin-dependent (IDDM)) Cerebral arteriovenous malformation Rheumatoid arthritis, systemic juvenile sarcoma, Kaposi, susceptibility to
HGMD	IL6
GeneCards	IL6
GeneTests	IL6

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ID	Chr	Name	NCBI ID	NCBI Protein ID	Variants
00003821	7	interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)	NM_000600.3	NP_000591.1	11

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IL6 (interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2))