IL6 and Menkes disease: Cytokines MCP1, IL-6 and interferon gamma have been reported to have a great probability of contributing to both CVD (Moreno et al., 2008; Seifert et al., 2014; Georgakis et al., 2019) and MD (Eyre et al., 2016; Franscina Pinto and Andrade, 2016; Hodes et al., 2016).