Stats by Source
Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)
Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.
Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.
Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.
Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.
| Total | Cell line | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutations | 436 | 52 | 376 |
| Samples | 106 | 17 | 84 |
| Peptides | 101 | 15 | 83 |
Function
IL6 · Interleukin 6
This gene encodes a cytokine that functions in inflammation and the maturation of B cells. In addition, the encoded protein has been shown to be an endogenous pyrogen capable of inducing fever in people with autoimmune diseases or infections. The protein is primarily produced at sites of acute and chronic inflammation, where it is secreted into the serum and induces a transcriptional inflammatory response through interleukin 6 receptor, alpha. The functioning of this gene is implicated in a wide variety of inflammation-associated disease states, including suspectibility to diabetes mellitus and systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Elevated levels of the encoded protein have been found in virus infections, including COVID-19 (disease caused by SARS-CoV-2). [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020].
Isoforms & Proteins
6 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)
Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.
The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.
Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 84 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000258743 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom
A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).
X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.
Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.
The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.
Mutation frequency across cancer types
% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in IL6 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in IL6 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).
Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.
| Cancer type | Cell lines | Tissue samples |
|---|---|---|
| Chordoma | 1/7 14% | 0/13 0% |
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 0/42 0% | 6/612 1% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 2/44 5% | 1/305 0% |
| Melanoma | 1/210 0% | 15/1899 1% |
| Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/16 0% | 1/122 1% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 6/143 4% | 15/3239 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 1/58 2% | 5/956 1% |
| Germ Cell Tumour | 1/25 4% | 0/169 0% |
| Osteosarcoma | 1/45 2% | 0/166 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 3/810 0% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 0/63 0% | 1/262 0% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 2/304 1% | 3/1390 0% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 2/769 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 4/1574 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 5/2127 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 5/2210 0% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 0/35 0% | 1/422 0% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 0/94 0% | 3/1515 0% |
| Other Blood Cancers | 0/61 0% | 4/2725 0% |
| Neuroendocrine Tumour | 1/154 1% | 0/577 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 4/3264 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 0/89 0% | 2/1611 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 2/1809 0% |
| Biliary Tract Carcinoma | 0/54 0% | 1/950 0% |
| B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 1/55 2% | 1/2640 0% |
| Neuroblastoma | 0/87 0% | 1/1331 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 1/1862 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 1/2105 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 0/88 0% | 1/2534 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where IL6 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in IL6 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.
Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.
This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.
GTEx Expression
Median TPM across 54 healthy tissues
Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.
Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.
Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.
Mutations
All 436 mutations in IL6
Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.
The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).
Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.
| ID | Sample | Transcript | AA Change | CDS | Type | Source | Mutant Peptide | Wild-type Peptide |
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