IL6 and hepatocellular carcinoma: In human monocytes stimulated by human larynx epithelioma cancer cell supernatants, and in CD14+ cells obtained from blood of patients with HCC, increased expression of miR-17 and miR-20a resulted in the stimulation of angiogenesis by IL-6-dependent production of hypoxia-induced factor 2α (HIF2a) [200].