Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
IL6
Associated Variants
IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION
Associated Disease
ovarian carcinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Ovarian cancer ascites were collected from patients, and we found that primary CD11b+CD14+ cells, which were predominantly M2-polarized macrophages, are the major source of IL-6 production in an ovarian cancer microenvironment.
Pubmed
25658637
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_2/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
2
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
4
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00895758177865001
Drugs