SynthesisPloS one2015
Association between IL-6-174G/C polymorphism and the risk of sepsis and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.
- IL-6 Baseline Values and Dynamic Changes in Predicting Sepsis Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Biomolecules · 2025Pooled it
- The association between interleukin-6 gene -174G/C single nucleotide polymorphism and sepsis: an updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis.BMC medical genetics · 2019Pooled it
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- Interleukin-6-174G/C Polymorphism Contributes to Periodontitis Susceptibility: An Updated Meta-Analysis of 21 Case-Control Studies.Disease markers · 2016Pooled it
- Exploratory Analysis of TLR2, TLR4, Interleukin 6 and Interleukin 10 Gene Polymorphisms in Relation to Clinical Early-Onset Sepsis in Preterm Neonates: A Single-Center Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal patterns of cytokine expression at the individual level in humans after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2020Article
- Quality Control Measures and Validation in Gene Association Studies: Lessons for Acute Illness.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2020Review
- Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of IL-6 and sTREM-1 in SIRS and Sepsis in Children.Mediators of inflammation · 2020Article
- Common Inflammation-Related Candidate Gene Variants and Acute Kidney Injury in 2647 Critically Ill Finnish Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Article
- IL-6 rs1800795 polymorphism is associated with septic shock-related death in patients who underwent major surgery: a preliminary retrospective study.Annals of intensive care · 2017Article
- The Relevance of Coding Gene Polymorphysms of Cytokines and Cellular Receptors in Sepsis.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2017Review
- Association between theInfection and drug resistance · 2017Review
- Association between Interleukin-6 Promoter Polymorphism (-174 G/C), Serum Interleukin-6 Levels and Mortality in Severe Septic Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2016Observational
- The role of genetics and antibodies in sepsis.Annals of translational medicine · 2016Review
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Abstract
backgroundRecent studies have reported the association between IL-6-174G/C polymorphism and sepsis. However, the results are inconclusive and conflicting. To better understand the role of IL-6-174G/C polymorphism in sepsis, we conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis. METHODOLOGY: Literature search was conducted through PubMed, Embase, Web of Knowledge databases until July 29, 2013. The pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated using fixed- or random-effect model based on heterogeneity test in total and subgroup analyses.
resultsTwenty studies on the risk of sepsis and seven studies on sepsis mortality were included. None of the results showed evidence of a significant association between IL-6-174G/C polymorphism and sepsis risk in overall analysis or subgroup analyses based on sepsis type, ethnicity, source of control and age under any genetic model (the allele comparison, the codominant, the recessive or the dominant model). Although there was a statistically significant association between IL-6-174 G/C polymorphism and sepsis-related mortality under the recessive model, the significance did not exist after Bonferroni's correction.
conclusionsCurrent evidence does not support a direct effect of IL-6-174 G/C polymorphism on the risk of sepsis. In addition, there was no association between IL-6-174 G/C polymorphism and sepsis mortality after Bonferroni's correction. Further analyses of gene-environment interactions and more studies based on larger sample size and homogeneous sepsis patients are required.
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