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Abstract
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.
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- Cholinergic Differentiation Factor
- D Factor (Leukemia Inhibitory Factor)
- Differentiation-Stimulating Factor
- Myeloid Differentiation-Stimulating Factor
- Differentiation Factor, Cholinergic
- Differentiation Stimulating Factor
- Differentiation-Stimulating Factor, Myeloid
- Inhibitory Factor, Leukemia
- Myeloid Differentiation Stimulating Factor
- AM424
- Emfilermin
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2007(1980)
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- National Library of Medicine. Leukemia Inhibitory Factor. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053605. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053605
- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24723759