The PANSS total scores in schizophrenia displayed moderate-to-strong relations with IL-6 and TNF-α (r = 0.54 and r = 0.48), yet IL-6 and IL-1β exhibited these relations with HAM-D in patients with MDD (r = 0.46 and r = 0.41). The gene discussed is IL6; the disease is schizophrenia.