IL6 and malignant colon neoplasm: Remarkably, the existing data suggest an important cell-intrinsic role for NFAT family transcription factors in intrinsic negative T cell regulation and Weigmann et al. [53] supported that oxazolone-induced ulcerative colitis and progression to colon cancer are attenuated in NFATC2 KO mice due to ineffective production of IL-6.