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Symbol
Name
ID
Il6
interleukin 6
MGI:96559
Phenotype annotations related to nervous system
*Aspects of the system are reported to show a normal phenotype.
Darker colors indicate more annotations
Human Phenotypes
Cerebral arteriovenous malformation
Abnormal cerebral vascular morphology
Stroke
Anorexia
Gliosis
Cerebellar atrophy
Neuronal loss in central nervous system
Ataxia
Gait ataxia
Bradykinesia
Chorea
Cranial nerve paralysis
Multifocal epileptiform discharges
Depression
Irritability
Personality changes
Polydipsia
Polyphagia
Hyperactivity
Memory impairment
Dementia
Reduced consciousness
Hyperreflexia
Migraine
Peripheral neuropathy
Polyneuropathy
Seizure
Disease(s) Associated with IL6
arteriovenous malformations of the brain
Graves' disease
Huntington's disease
lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma
type 1 diabetes mellitus

Mouse Phenotypes
nervous system phenotype
seizures
increased susceptibility to dopaminergic neuron neurotoxicity
abnormal microglial cell morphology
microgliosis
abnormal microglial cell physiology
brain inflammation
abnormal brain interneuron morphology
abnormal brain white matter morphology
abnormal substantia nigra pars compacta morphology
abnormal Purkinje cell dendrite morphology
decreased Purkinje cell number
abnormal cerebellar granule cell morphology
abnormal cerebellar molecular layer
abnormal glial cell morphology
abnormal CNS glial cell morphology
abnormal astrocyte morphology
astrocytosis
gliosis
abnormal neuron morphology
abnormal axon morphology
abnormal dendrite morphology
decreased neuron number
neurodegeneration
spongiform encephalopathy
abnormal nervous system physiology
abnormal neuron physiology
Availability Mouse Genotype
Il6tm1Kopf/Il6tm1Kopf
Il6tm1Mur/Il6tm1Mur
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G167Lms/Tg(Gfap-Il6)G167Lms *
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G369Lms/Tg(Gfap-Il6)G369Lms *
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G16Lms/0
Tg(Gfap-lacZ)1Lms/0
Tg(Gfap-Il6)G167Lms/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