IL6 and polycystic ovary syndrome: In PCOS rat ovaries, NF-κB, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Tumor Necrosis Factor α (TNF-α), TERT, Bax, and Caspase-3 exhibited notable upregulation, while Bcl-2 decreased, with telomere elongation (P are all less than 0.05).