Cancer Protein Description
This report provides a detailed description of a selected cancer protein with information collected from various sources, including UniProt, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute’s Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC), and the Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology.
| Protein Name: | IL6 |
| Gene Name: | IL6 |
| Protein Full Name: | Interleukin-6 |
| Alias: | B-cell stimulatory factor 2;CTL differentiation factor;Hybridoma growth factor;Interferon beta-2 |
| Mass (Da): | 23718 |
| Number AA: | 212 |
| UniProt ID: | P05231 |
| Locus ID: | 3569 |
| COSMIC ID: | IL6 |
| Gene location on chromosome: | 7p15.3 |
| Cancer protein type: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of cancer mutation on protein: | UNCLEAR |
| Effect of active protein on cancer: | UNCLEAR |
| Number of cancer specimens: | 19625 |
| Percent of cancer specimens with mutations: | 0.23 |
| Normal role description: | Cytokine with a wide variety of biological functions. It is a potent inducer of the acute phase response. Plays an essential role in the final differentiation of B-cells into Ig-secreting cells Involved in lymphocyte and monocyte differentiation. It induces myeloma and plasmacytoma growth and induces nerve cells differentiation Acts on B-cells, T-cells, hepatocytes, hematopoietic progenitor cells and cells of the CNS. Also acts as a myokine. It is discharged into the bloodstream after muscle contraction and acts to increase the breakdown of fats and to improve insulin resistance. |
| Commentary on involvement of protein in cancer: | Cytokine with a wide variety of biological functions. It is a potent inducer of the acute phase response. Plays an essential role in the final differentiation of B-cells into Ig-secreting cells Involved in lymphocyte and monocyte differentiation. It induces myeloma and plasmacytoma growth and induces nerve cells differentiation Acts on B-cells, T-cells, hepatocytes, hematopoeitic progenitor cells and cells of the CNS. Also acts as a myokine. It is discharged into the bloodstream after muscle contraction and acts to increase the breakdown of fats and to improve insulin resistance. |