[Term]
id: PR:000001393
name: interleukin-6
def: "A protein that is a translation product of the human IL6 gene or a 1:1 ortholog thereof." [PRO:JAN]
comment: Category=gene.
synonym: "CDF" EXACT []
synonym: "IL6" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx]
synonym: "IL-6" EXACT []
synonym: "BSF-2" EXACT []
synonym: "IFNB2" RELATED Gene-based []
synonym: "IFN-beta-2" EXACT []
synonym: "interleukin HP-1" EXACT []
synonym: "interferon beta-2" EXACT []
synonym: "hybridoma growth factor" EXACT []
synonym: "CTL differentiation factor" EXACT []
synonym: "B-cell stimulatory factor 2" EXACT []
synonym: "B-cell hybridoma growth factor" EXACT []
xref: PIRSF:PIRSF001935
is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein