IL6 and depressive symptom measurement: Regarding to the roles of let-7e in a genetic rat model of depression, a recent work reported that Flinders Sensitive Line (FSL) showed elevation of interleukin-6 and decrease of the let-7 family in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), suggesting that disturbance of the let-7 family biogenesis may function to increase proinflammatory markers in the depression [46].