IL6 and Hypertension: Pathway enrichment analysis revealed that the up regulated genes were mainly enriched in thyroid hormone metabolism II (via conjugation and/or degradation), ECM-receptor interaction, IL6-mediated signaling events, collagen formation, C21 steroid hormone metabolism, genes encoding collagen proteins, integrin signalling pathway, hypertension and suprofen pathway, and are listed in Supplementary Table 3.