ArticleJournal of human hypertension2002
The -174 G/C polymorphism of the interleukin-6 gene promoter and essential hypertension in an elderly Italian population.
Article in Journal of human hypertension, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association Between Interleukin-6 -572 C>G and -174 G>C Polymorphisms and Hypertension: A Meta-analysis of Case-control Studies.Medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Dietary Risk Factors and Eating Behaviors in Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD).International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Statins in High Cardiovascular Risk Patients: Do Comorbidities and Characteristics Matter?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Association of Genetic Variants inGenes · 2022Article
- Principal predictors of major adverse limb events in diabetic peripheral artery disease: A narrative review.Atherosclerosis plus · 2021Review
- Arterial Hypertension and Interleukins: Potential Therapeutic Target or Future Diagnostic Marker?International journal of hypertension · 2019Review
- Investigation of relationship between IL-6 gene variants and hypertension in Turkish population.Cytotechnology · 2015Article
- Interleukin 6 and cognitive dysfunction.Metabolic brain disease · 2014Review
- The -174 G/C polymorphism in interleukin-6 (IL-6) promoter region is associated with serum IL-6 and carcinoembryonic antigen levels in patients with colorectal cancers in Taiwan.Journal of clinical immunology · 2010Article
- Independent association between inflammatory markers (C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and TNF-alpha) and essential hypertension.Journal of human hypertension · 2005Article
- Genetic variations related to hypertension: a review.Journal of human hypertension · 2005Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Several studies have proposed a relationship between blood pressure and inflammation. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine involved in inflammation and tissue injury and potentially influencing blood pressure. Recently, a common polymorphism of the IL-6 gene, associated with differences in the transcription rate of the protein, has been described. The aim of this study was to investigate a possible association between genetic variations of the -174GC polymorphism of the IL-6 gene promoter and hypertension in humans. IL-6 gene promoter polymorphism was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction enzyme analysis in 210 elderly Italian patients affected by essential hypertension (EH) and 177 age- and sex-matched controls. The distribution of IL-6 genotypes was 85 GG, 88 GC, 37 CC in the hypertensive patients and 65 GG, 73 GC, 39 CC in the control subjects. In this elderly cohort, no statistically significant association was found between the two groups (P = 0.45 for GG homozygous, P = 0.89 for GC heterozygous and P = 0.27 for CC homozygous). In conclusion the -174 GC polymorphism of the IL-6 gene promoter is not a marker for EH in this sample of elderly Italians.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.