Annotation Detail
Information
- Associated Genes
- IL6
- Associated Variants
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IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION - Associated Disease
- Obesity, Visceral
- Source Database
- DisGeNET
- Description
- The C allele at the -174 locus of IL-6 gene is independently associated with the occurrence of metabolic syndrome, emphasizing the importance of inflammatory genetic background in the pathogenesis of visceral obesity and related cardiovascular burden.
- Pubmed
- 25815341
- Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- CONCLUSION
- Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
- 4
- Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
- 8
- Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
- BeFree
- DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
- 0.000271441872080303
Drugs