Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
IL6
Associated Variants
IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
Overall, the IL1α/IL1R/MYD88/IL6 pathway may be responsible for the reduced antitumor efficacy of erlotinib and other EGFRIs, and blockade of IL1 signaling may improve the efficacy of EGFRIs in the treatment of HNSCC.
Pubmed
25712126
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
12
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00488595369744546
Drugs