Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
"Leukemia Inhibitory Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D053605
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.470 D12.776.467.374.470 D23.529.374.470
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor- Leukemia Inhibitory Factor
- Inhibitory Factor, Leukemia
- Differentiation-Stimulating Factor
- Differentiation Stimulating Factor
- D Factor (Leukemia Inhibitory Factor)
- Myeloid Differentiation-Stimulating Factor
- Differentiation-Stimulating Factor, Myeloid
- Myeloid Differentiation Stimulating Factor
- Cholinergic Differentiation Factor
- Differentiation Factor, Cholinergic
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