IL6 and Alzheimer disease: To assess the impact of menopause on peripheral inflammation in an AD model, ten proinflammatory cytokines—IFN-γ, IL-1β, IL-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-10, IL-12p70, KC/GRO, and TNF-α—were measured in plasma using a multiplex MSD proinflammatory cytokine array.