IL6 and malaria: Furthermore, leukocytes induce the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-17, interferon-γ (IFN-γ), and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), that play an important role in the protection against malaria and elimination of parasites, by inducing monocyte phagocytosis, favoring the elimination of parasitized erythrocytes and limiting the progression of uncomplicated malaria to malaria with serious complications [5,6,7].