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IL6R

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Class type of: protein-coding gene Q18027836

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
gene
Subclass of
protein-coding gene
Chromosome
human chromosome 1[12]
Cytogenetic location
1q21.3[17]
Encodes
interleukin 6 receptor[10]
Expressed in
blood, monocyte, right lobe of liver, gastrocnemius muscle, granulocyte, trabecular bone, bone marrow cell, synovial joint, saphenous vein, gastric mucosa[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Found in taxon
Homo sapiens[11]
Genetic association
rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis[13][14][15]
Genomic end
154469450, 154441926[6][7]
Genomic start
154405193, 154377669[4][5]
HomoloGene ID
474[3]
Ortholog
Il6ra, Il6r, il6r[8][9]
Strand orientation
forward strand[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en CD126 en gp80 en IL6Q en IL6R en IL-6R-1 en IL-6RA en IL6RA en IL6RQ en interleukin 6 receptor en Interleukin-6 receptor ja インターロイキン6受容体 zh 抗白介素-6 受體 zh 白細胞介素6受體 zh 白细胞介素-6受体
🔖 Identifiers · 13
OpenAlex ID
C200155923
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Protein IL6R PDB 1n26.png ↗
Ensembl gene ID
ENSG00000160712
Ensembl transcript ID
ENST00000622330, ENST00000344086, ENST00000368485, ENST00000476006, ENST00000502679, ENST00000507256, ENST00000512471, ENST00000515190
Entrez Gene ID
3570
Exact match
identifiers.org
Freebase ID
/m/03cv526
HGNC ID
6019
HGNC gene symbol
IL6R
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
200155923
OMIM ID
147880
RefSeq RNA ID
XM_006711299, NM_000565, NM_001206866, NM_181359, XM_005245139, XM_005245140, XM_006711298, XM_017001199, XM_017001200, XM_017001201
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UMLS CUI
C1416409

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Summary

IL6R is a gene[1]. IL6R is a type of protein-coding gene[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Open Targets Platform. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Ensembl Release 99. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HGNC gene symbol → IL6R
    Genetic association → rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, seropositive rheumatoid arthritis
    RefSeq RNA ID → XM_006711299, NM_000565, NM_001206866 +7
    Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued) → 200155923
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [gsw] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32527: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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