Elevated levels of other cytokines, such as monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1), IL-2, IL-6, IL-9, IL-12, IL-18, and chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1, are associated with ischemic stroke [64,70,71,149,150]. The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is ischemic stroke.