IL6 and acute respiratory distress syndrome: The excessive secretion of proinflammatory cytokines (e.g., IL-6, IL-1, TNF-α, etc.)with the help of the innate immune system within the body leads to several lung complications like pneumonitis and ARDS which can cause multi-organ failure and death (Nicholls et al., 2003; Mahallawi et al., 2018; Ragab et al., 2020).