Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- IL6
- Associated Variants
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IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION - Associated Disease
- Malignant neoplasm of prostate
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- Prostate cancer is frequently associated with elevated levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), which exerts its oncogenic effects through activation of Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) followed by activation of the transcription factor STAT3 (signal transducer and activator of transcription 3).
- Pubmed
- 25243457
- Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- ALL_TEXT_1/3
- Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- 1
- Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
- 3
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree,GAD
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.0508145069940506
Drugs