The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Leukemia Inhibitory Factor across different species:

leukemia inhibitory factor (cholinergic differentiation factor) (LIF), leukemia inhibitory factor (Lif), leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF)

Other aliases include:

CDF, DIA, HILDA, LIF

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Leukemia Inhibitory Factor:

leukemia inhibitory factor (cholinergic differentiation factor) – D factor – cholinergic differentiation factor – differentiation stimulating factor – differentiation inhibitory activity – leukemia inhibitory factor – d factor – OTTMUSP00000005253 – differentiation-stimulating factor

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – leukemia inhibitory factor receptor binding

Leukemia Inhibitory Factor is relevant to the following processes:

immune response – leukemia inhibitory factor signaling pathway – multicellular organismal development – negative regulation of hormone secretion – positive regulation of MAPKKK cascade – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of macrophage differentiation – positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation – positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat3 protein – astrocyte differentiation – blood vessel remodeling – decidualization – embryo implantation – lung alveolus development – lung development – lung lobe morphogenesis – lung vasculature development – maternal process involved in female pregnancy – muscle organ morphogenesis – negative regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade – negative regulation of angiogenesis – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of meiosis – neuron development – organ regeneration – positive regulation of adrenocorticotropin secretion – positive regulation of astrocyte differentiation – positive regulation of gene-specific transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of neuron projection development – regulation of cell differentiation – retina development in camera-type eye – spongiotrophoblast differentiation – stem cell maintenance – transdifferentiation – trophoblast giant cell differentiation – tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat3 protein

Locations for Leukemia Inhibitory Factor:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology