Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
IL6
Associated Variants
IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Carcinogenesis
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Collectively, our data reveal that a key molecular mechanism by which NNK promotes tumour cell proliferation during tobacco carcinogen-induced lung carcinogenesis is via upregulation of IL-6 and the preferential usage of gp130-dependant ERK MAPK signalling to downmodulate tumour suppressor gene expression.
Pubmed
24727895
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
ALL_TEXT_3/3
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
3
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
9
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.0219867916385046
Drugs