IL6 and age-related macular degeneration: Because of the elevated levels of inflammatory cytokines and chemokines such as IL-6, IL-8, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), either locally in the ocular fluids or tissue or systemically in the serum of AMD patients, chronic inflammation is thought to facilitate the progress of AMD [9,10,11,12,13].