| Protein Name | LIF interleukin 6 family cytokine |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 3976 |
| Gene Symbol | LIF |
| UniProt | P15018 (LIF_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 1152 |
Description |
LIF interleukin 6 family cytokine |
| Gene Summary |
The protein encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cytokine with roles in several different systems. It is involved in the induction of hematopoietic differentiation in normal and myeloid leukemia cells, induction of neuronal cell differentiation, regulator of mesenchymal to epithelial conversion during kidney development, and may also have a role in immune tolerance at the maternal-fetal interface. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding multiple isoforms have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2012] |
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