Aging is associated with inflammaging, a low-grade, chronic, systemic inflammatory state involving increased levels of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) [8] which may contribute to the increased prevalence of autoimmunity seen in the aged [1]. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and Autoimmunity.