Basic information of IL6 :

Official Symbol of Gene	IL6
Species	Homo sapiens
Entrez Gene ID	3569
Official Full Name	interleukin 6
Also known as	CDF; HGF; HSF; BSF2; IL-6; BSF-2; IFNB2; IFN-beta-2
Gene Type	protein coding
dbXrefs	Ensembl:ENSG00000136244 MIM:147620; AllianceGenome:HGNC:6018
Map Location	7p15.3
Drug	IFN-b treatment
Interaction Type	inhibitor

Sample information of multiple sclerosis:

Descent	N/A
Disease	MS

Literature information of multiple sclerosis :

Pubmed ID	12437583
Year	2002
Title	Modulation of astrocyte inducible nitric oxide synthase and cytokine expression by interferon beta is associated with induction and inhibition of interferon gamma-activated sequence binding activity

Results of multiple sclerosis :

Result	IFN-b inhibits TNF-a, iNOS and IL-6 mRNA expression induced by IL-1/IFN-c. Pre- ()16 h), co- (0 h) and post-treatment (4 h) with IFN-b relative to the timing of IL-1/IFN-c addition show that pretreatment resulted in a greater inhibition of mRNA expression.
Mechanism/pathway	human fetal astrocytes revealed that IL-1-induced TNF-a, IL-6, as well as iNOS, are regulated by type-I and type-II IFNs.