Leukemia Inhibitory Factor

"Leukemia Inhibitory Factor" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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.


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Bar chart showing 32 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1998 and 2010
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