{{Rsnum
|rsid=2069845
|Gene=IL6
|Chromosome=7
|position=22730530
|Orientation=plus
|GMAF=0.2704
|Gene_s=IL6
|Assembly=GRCh38
|GenomeBuild=38.1
|dbSNPBuild=141
|geno1=(A;A)
|geno2=(A;G)
|geno3=(G;G)
}}{{ population diversity
| geno1=(A;A)
| geno2=(A;G)
| geno3=(G;G)
| CEU | 21.5 | 47.7 | 30.8
| HCB | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| JPT | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| YRI | 47.6 | 44.4 | 7.9
| ASW | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| CHB | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| CHD | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| GIH | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| LWK | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| MEX | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| MKK | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| TSI | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0
| HapMapRevision=28
}}{{PMID Auto
|PMID=22459738
|Title=Genetic and Immunological Evidence Implicates Interleukin 6 as a Susceptibility Gene for Leprosy Type 2 Reaction
}}{{PMID Auto
|PMID=18420533
|Title=The effect of IL6-174C/G polymorphism on postprandial triglyceride metabolism in the GOLDN studyboxs.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=18496509
|Title=An IL-6 haplotype on human chromosome 7p21 confers risk for impaired renal function in type 2 diabetic patients.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=18520591
|Title=Sequence variants in host cell factor C1 are associated with Meniere's disease.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19267250
|Title=C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and prostate cancer risk in men aged 65 years and older.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19359268
|Title=Associations of IL6 polymorphisms with lung function decline and COPD.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19387461
|Title=Interleukin-6 haplotypes and the response to therapy of chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19401628
|Title=Host genetics, steatosis and insulin resistance among African Americans and Caucasian Americans with hepatitis C virus genotype-1 infection.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19505919
|Title=Toll-like receptor signaling pathway variants and prostate cancer mortality.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19698145
|Title=Replication by the Epistasis Project of the interaction between the genes for IL-6 and IL-10 in the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=19750100
|Title=Modification of the interleukin-6 response to air pollution by interleukin-6 and fibrinogen polymorphisms.
|OA=1
}}

{{PMID Auto
|PMID=22228719
|Title=Common variants of IL6, LEPR, and PBEF1 are associated with obesity in Indian children.
|OA=1
}}
{{PMID Auto
|PMID=24314052
|Title=Sequencing of the IL6 gene in a case--control study of cerebral palsy in children
|OA=1
}}