Inhibition of IRE1 RNase activity by MKC8866 in breast cancer cells leads to the decreased production of pro-tumorigenic factors including IL-6, IL-8, chemokine (C-X-C) ligand 1 (CXCL1), transforming growth factor β 2 (TGFβ2), and granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating-factor (GM-CSF), linking constitutive IRE1 RNase activity to maintenance of a pro-tumorigenic secretome. Here, IL6 is linked to breast cancer.