Nomenclature	http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/ObjectDisplayForward?objectId=1708	http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/ObjectDisplayForward?objectId=2317
Systematic nomenclature	interleukin 6 receptor	interleukin 6 signal transducer
Common abbreviation	IL6R	IL6ST
HGNC, UniProt	https://www.genenames.org/data/gene‐symbol‐report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:6019, http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P08887	https://www.genenames.org/data/gene‐symbol‐report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:6021, http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P40189
Endogenous agonists	http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/LigandDisplayForward?ligandId=4998 (https://www.genenames.org/data/gene‐symbol‐report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:6018, http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P05231) (IL6R) expressed stably in murine NIH/3T3 fibroblasts.exhibited a single class of binding sites for 125I‐labeled recombinant human interleukin‐6 (125I‐rhIL‐6) (Kd = 440 pM, 20,000 receptors per cell).) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1995637?dopt=AbstractPlus]	–
Antibodies	http://www.guidetopharmacology.org/GRAC/LigandDisplayForward?ligandId=7999 (Binding) (pK d 10.6–11.1) [205]	–