Variant: rs2069837 

    present in Gene: IL6-AS1;IL6
    present in Chromosome: 7
    Position on Chromosome: 22728408
    Alleles of this Variant: A/C;G

rs2069837 in IL6-AS1;IL6 gene and Longevity PMID 26912274 2016 Novel loci and pathways significantly associated with longevity.

PMID 31413261 2019 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies multiple longevity genes.

rs2069837 in IL6-AS1;IL6 gene and Takayasu Arteritis PMID 25604533 2015 We identified genetic susceptibility loci for Takayasu arteritis with a genome-wide level of significance in IL6 (rs2069837) (odds ratio [OR] 2.07, P = 6.70 × 10(-9)), RPS9/LILRB3 (rs11666543) (OR 1.65, P = 2.34 × 10(-8)), and an intergenic locus on chromosome 21q22 (rs2836878) (OR 1.79, P = 3.62 × 10(-10)).