IL6 and bacterial urinary tract infection: In the context of UTI, the function of hemolysin has been associated with exfoliation of uroepithelial cells in mice (47) and human bladder organoids (48), as well as inhibition of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) from human bladder epithelial cells (49) and peritoneal macrophages (50).