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Name
ID
Il6
interleukin 6
MGI:96559
Phenotype annotations related to immune system
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Monoclonal immunoglobulin M proteinemia
Polyclonal elevation of IgM
Impaired lymphocyte transformation with phytohemagglutinin
Abnormality of neutrophils
Leukemia
Acute myeloid leukemia
Severe periodontitis
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Lymphadenopathy
Splenomegaly
Subacute progressive viral hepatitis
Cryoglobulinemia
Autoimmunity
Recurrent infections
Disease(s) Associated with IL6
acute myeloid leukemia
aggressive periodontitis
hepatocellular carcinoma
Hodgkin's lymphoma
lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
Sjogren's syndrome
type 1 diabetes mellitus

Mouse Phenotypes
immune system phenotype
abnormal osteoclast differentiation
abnormal B cell proliferation
increased susceptibility to induced colitis
decreased pro-B cell number
abnormal T cell differentiation
abnormal lymphocyte cell number
absent NK cells
decreased T cell number
abnormal T-helper 1 cell morphology
abnormal effector T cell morphology
abnormal microglial cell morphology
microgliosis
abnormal neutrophil physiology
impaired neutrophil recruitment
decreased IgA level
decreased IgE level
increased IgG2a level
abnormal T cell physiology
abnormal T-helper 1 physiology
abnormal T-helper 2 physiology
decreased cytotoxic T cell cytolysis
abnormal macrophage physiology
abnormal microglial cell physiology
abnormal osteoclast physiology
increased circulating interleukin-10 level
decreased circulating interleukin-12 level
abnormal acute phase protein level
abnormal interferon level
abnormal immune system physiology
decreased interferon-gamma secretion
decreased interleukin-17 secretion
increased interleukin-4 secretion
abnormal interleukin-6 secretion
decreased susceptibility to induced arthritis
abnormal inflammatory response
decreased inflammatory response
brain inflammation
increased susceptibility to bacterial infection
increased susceptibility to bacterial infection induced morbidity/mortality
increased susceptibility to fungal infection
increased susceptibility to parasitic infection
increased susceptibility to Poxviridae infection
Availability Mouse Genotype
Il6tm1Kopf/Il6tm1Kopf
Il6tm1Kopf/Il6tm1Kopf
Tg(Rorc-EGFP)1Ebe/?
Il6tm1Mur/Il6tm1Mur *
Il6tm1Poli/Il6tm1Poli *
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G16Lms/0
Tg(Gfap-lacZ)1Lms/0
*
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G369Lms/0 *
Il6tm1.1Jho/Il6tm1.1Jho
Tg(GFAP-cre)8Gtm/0  (conditional)

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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory