[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: "IL6" EXACT PRO-short-label [PRO:DNx] synonym: "B-cell hybridoma growth factor" EXACT [] synonym: "B-cell stimulatory factor 2" EXACT [] synonym: "BSF-2" EXACT [] synonym: "CDF" EXACT [] synonym: "CTL differentiation factor" EXACT [] synonym: "hybridoma growth factor" EXACT [] synonym: "IFN-beta-2" EXACT [] synonym: "IL-6" EXACT [] synonym: "interferon beta-2" EXACT [] synonym: "interleukin HP-1" EXACT [] synonym: "IFNB2" RELATED Gene-based [] xref: PIRSF:PIRSF001935 property_value: has_archetype PR:P05231 is_a: PR:000000001 ! protein