Gene: IL6 (interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2))  Homo sapiens
Symbol: IL6
Name: interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2)
Description: This gene encodes a cytokine that functions in inflammation and the maturation of B cells. In addition, the encoded protein has been shown to be an endogenous pyrogen capable of inducing fever in people with autoimmune diseases or infections. The protein is primarily produced 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. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2011]
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: REVIEWED
Also known as: B cell stimulatory factor-2; B-cell differentiation factor; B-cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF-2; BSF2; CDF; CTL differentiation factor; HGF; HSF; hybridoma growth factor; IFN-beta-2; IFNB2; IL-6; interferon beta-2; interleukin BSF-2; interleukin-6; OTTHUMP00000158544; OTTHUMP00000198486; OTTHUMP00000198489; OTTHUMP00000198490
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Il6 (interleukin 6)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Il6 (interleukin 6)
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_1722,740,807 - 22,745,662+NCBI
Human Alternate Assembly CRA_TCAGchr7v2722,817,875 - 22,822,730+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef722,649,846 - 22,654,701+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh37722,766,766 - 22,771,621+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 36722,733,343 - 22,738,145+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map7p21 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly722,540,059 - 22,544,856 NCBI
Model

Launch Genome Browser (GBrowse) : build 36 (hg18) build 37 (hg19)

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