The release of IL-6 and -8 in a case–control study that included three study groups (a control group of healthy children, well-nourished children with acute gastroenteritis and malnourished children with acute diarrhea) was more reduced in the group of malnourished children with gastroenteritis compared to the group of those with normal weight and acute gastroenteritis [74]. This evidence concerns the gene IL6 and gastroenteritis.