Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
IL6
Associated Variants
IL6 MUTATION
IL6 MUTATION
Associated Disease
Basal-Like Breast Carcinoma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
IL-6 mRNA is detectable only in basal-like breast carcinoma tissues; our results reveal that IL-6 triggers a Notch-3-dependent upregulation of the Notch ligand Jagged-1, whose interaction with Notch-3 promotes the growth of MS and Michigan Cancer Foundation-7 (MCF-7)-derived spheroids.
Pubmed
25881039
Section of the abstract supporting the evidence
RESULTS
Number of the section of the abstract supporting the evidence
3
Number of the sentence supporting the evidence
10
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
BeFree
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.000542883744160607
Drugs