Annotation Detail

Information
Associated Genes
EMSY
Associated Variants
rs7130588
rs7130588
Associated Disease
asthma
Source Database
DisGeNET
Description
[The IL6R association further supports the hypothesis that cytokine signalling dysregulation affects asthma risk, and raises the possibility that an IL6R antagonist (tocilizumab) may be effective to treat the disease, perhaps in a genotype-dependent manner]
Pubmed
21907864
Original source reporting the Gene Disease association
GAD
DisGENET score for the Gene Disease association
0.00263847385068233
Year of publication
2011
Drugs