An INTERLEUKIN-6 related cytokine that exhibits pleiotrophic effects on many physiological systems that involve cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival. Leukemia inhibitory factor binds to and acts through the lif receptor.
Synonyms: Emfilermin, Cholinergic Differentiation Factor, Differentiation Factor, Cholinergic, Inhibitory Factor, Leukemia, Differentiation-Stimulating Factor, D Factor (Leukemia Inhibitory Factor), Myeloid Differentiation Stimulating Factor, Differentiation Stimulating Factor, 0, Differentiation-Stimulating Factor, Myeloid, AM424, Leukemia Inhibitory Factor, Myeloid Differentiation-Stimulating Factor
Instance information
2007; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR was indexed under INTERLEUKIN-6 2004-2006 and under GROWTH INHIBITORS & LYMPHOKINES 1988-2003, & under GLYCOPROTEINS 1980-1986 ,2007(1980)
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