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Interleukin-6 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to liver diseases: A meta-analysis.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hepatic steatosis and steatohepatitis: a functional meta-analysis of sex-based differences in transcriptomic studies.Biology of sex differences · 2021Pooled it
- The role of IL-6 -174C/G polymorphism in hepatitis B virus infection: a genetic association study.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2026Article
- From IL-6 production to IL-6R buffering: a unified IL-6-IL-6R framework for immune homeostasis during viral infection.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- From Pathophysiology to Practice: Evolving Pharmacological Therapies, Clinical Complications, and Pharmacogenetic Considerations in Portal Hypertension.Metabolites · 2025Review
- Autoimmune hepatitis under the COVID-19 veil: an analysis of the nature of potential associations.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Review
- Association of IL-6 G-174C (rs1800795) variant with the susceptibility to hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2024Article
- Exploring the role of genetic variations in NAFLD: implications for disease pathogenesis and precision medicine approaches.European journal of medical research · 2024Review
- Increased Frequencies of the ‒174G and ‒572CMolecular biology · 2023Article
- Clinical and Genetic Risk Factors for Drug-Induced Liver Injury Associated with Anti-Tuberculosis Treatment-A Study from Patients of Portuguese Health Centers.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
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- Serum Interleukins as Potential Prognostic Biomarkers in HBV-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure.Mediators of inflammation · 2022Review
- Cytokine (IL-10, IL-6, TNF-α and TGF-β1) Gene Polymorphisms in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Malay Male Drug Abusers.Biomedicines · 2021Article
- Association of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes (GSTM1 and GSTT 1), and pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) genetic polymorphisms with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.Molecular biology reports · 2021Article
- Association between interleukin 6 polymorphisms (rs1800796, rs1800795, rs2069837, rs17147230, and rs1800797) and hepatocellular carcinoma susceptibility: a meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental hepatology · 2020Article
- Observational
- Interleukin-6-174G/C polymorphism is associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus.World journal of hepatology · 2020Article
- Interleukin-6 polymorphisms in HCC patients chronically infected with HCV.Infectious agents and cancer · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral studies have explored the associations between interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene polymorphisms and the susceptibility to liver diseases, however, results remain ambiguous. The goal of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis to provide more credible evidence.
methodsStudies identified in the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and EMBASE databases were used to perform a meta-analysis via the STATA software. Pooled odds ratios (OR) were calculated under fixed- and random-effects models to estimate the potential genetic associations.
resultsTwenty-five case-control studies involving 5813 cases and 5298 controls were included in this meta-analysis. Overall, the pooled results suggested that rs1800795 polymorphism was significantly associated with the risk of liver diseases in heterozygote (GC vs CC; OR = 1.57) and dominant (GG+GC vs CC: OR = 1.47) models; rs1800796 polymorphism was significantly associated with the susceptibility to liver diseases in heterozygote (GG vs GC; OR = 0.58) and recessive (GG vs GC+CC: OR = 0.68) models; rs1800797 polymorphism was significantly associated with genetic predisposition to liver diseases in homozygote (GG vs AA: OR = 1.63), heterozygote (GA vs AA; OR = 1.53) and dominant (GG + GA vs AA: OR = 1.61) models. A similar conclusion was found in the HBV, HCV, HCC, NASH and alcoholic liver disease of all ethnic populations for rs1800795; HBV and Asian subgroups for rs1800796; HCV and non-Asian subgroups for rs1800797. However, IL-6 rs2069837 and rs2066992 polymorphisms did not exhibit significant associations with the risk of liver diseases under any genetic models.
conclusionThis meta-analysis suggests that patients carrying G (rs1800795), C (rs1800796) or G (rs1800797) allele or genotypes of IL-6 may be more likely to suffer from liver diseases, which was ethnic-dependent.
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