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LIF - LIF interleukin 6 family cytokine Gene

Homo sapiens

Also known as CDF; DIA; HILDA; MLPLI

Gene ID: 3976 | Gene type: protein coding

About LIF

Cytogenetic location: 22q12.2 Genomic coordinates (GRCh38): 22:30,240,453-30,246,759 (from NCBI)

This gene has 2 transcripts (splice variants) and 126 orthologues. Broad expression in gall bladder (RPKM 20.9), appendix (RPKM 11.6) and 16 other tissues.

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]

LIF Products(2)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_001257135.2 NP_001244064.1 leukemia inhibitory factor isoform 2
NM_002309.5 NP_002300.1 leukemia inhibitory factor isoform 1 precursor

LIF Protein Structure

LIF_OSM

LIF_OSM: LIF / OSM family (43 - 202)

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  • 100
  • 202 a.a.
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

leukemia inhibitory factor

D factor

Recombinant LIF Proteins

Cat. No. Product Name Accession Purity
HY-P7049 LIF Protein, Human P15018 (S23-F202) ≥95%
HY-P70777 LIF, Human P15018(S23-F202) ≥95%
HY-P73276 LIF Protein, Human (HEK293) P15018-1 (S23-F202) ≥95%
HY-P73277 LIF Protein, Human (HEK293, Fc) P15018 (M1-F202) ≥95%
HY-P73278 LIF Protein, Human (HEK293, His) P15018 (M1-F202) ≥95%
HY-P78843 LIF Protein, Human (Biotinylated, HEK293, His-Avi) P15018 (S23-F202) ≥95%
HY-P700135AF Animal-Free LIF Protein, Human (His) P15018 (S23-F202) ≥95%
HY-P73276A LIF Protein, Human (HEK293, solution) P15018 (M1-F202) ≥95%

Related Diseases

Diseases Alias
Leukemia

Leukemias

Leukaemia, Unspecified, Without Mention Of Remission

Aleukemic Leukaemia

Chronic Leukaemia

Subacute Leukaemia

Leukaemia Disorder

Leukaemia Nos

Myeloid Leukemia

Myeloid Leukaemia

Leukaemia Myelogenous

Leukemia Myelogenous

Myeloid Granulocytic Leukaemia

Myeloid Granulocytic Leukemia

Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia

Leukemia, Myeloid

Granulocytic Leukaemia

Myelogenous Leukaemia

Myeloid Leukaemia, Unspecified, Without Mention Of Remission

Ectopic Pregnancy

Eccyesis

Pregnancy Ectopic

Pregnancy, Ectopic

Ectopic Pregnancies

Extrauterine Gestation Or Pregnancy

Extrauterine Pregnancy

Ep - [Ectopic Pregnancy]

Ectopic Mole

Aborted Ectopic Pregnancy

Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy

Embryonal Carcinoma

Embryonal Neoplasm

Embryonal Cancer

Primary Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma

Embryo Neoplasm

Carcinoma Embryonal

Cancer Embryonal

Carcinoma, Embryonal

Extragonadal Embryonal Carcinoma

Cancer, Embryonal

Complement Deficiency

Complement Deficiency Disease

Hereditary Complement Deficiency Diseases

Plasmacytoma

Solitary Plasmacytoma

Solitary Myeloma

Myeloma - Solitary

Myeloma, Solitary

Plasmacytoma - Category

Solitary Osseous Plasmacytoma

Solitary Plasmacytoma Without Mention Of Remission

Localised Malignant Plasma Cell Tumour Nos

Plasmacytoma Nos

Thrombocytosis

Thrombocythaemia

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Histiocytosis X

Lch

Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis

Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis

Letterer-Siwe Disease

Hashimoto-Pritzger Disease

Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell

Langerhan'S Cell Histiocytosis

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Intra-Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Intrapelvic Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Lymph Nodes Of Axilla And Upper Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Lymph Nodes Of Head, Face And Neck

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Lymph Nodes Of Head, Face, And Neck

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Lymph Nodes Of Inguinal Region And Lower Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Lymph Nodes Of Multiple Sites

Letterer-Siwe Disease Involving Spleen

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Intra-Abdominal Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Intrapelvic Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Intrathoracic Lymph Nodes

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Axilla And Upper Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Axilla And/Or Upper Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Head, Face And Neck

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Head, Face And/Or Neck

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Inguinal Region Amd/Or Lower Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Inguinal Region And Lower Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Inguinal Region And/Or Lower Limb

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Lymph Nodes Of Multiple Sites

Letterer-Siwe Disease Of Spleen

Familial Letterer-Siwe Disease

Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis Nos

Choriocarcinoma

Chorioepithelioma

Arthrogryposis, Distal, Type 1a

Distal Arthrogryposis Type 1

Digitotalar Dysmorphism

DA1A

Da1

Amcd1

Arthrogryposis, Distal, Type 2b4

Distal Arthrogryposis Type 1a

Arthrogryposis, Distal, Type 1

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita Distal Type 1

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Distal Type 1

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Distal, Type I

Distal Arthrogryposis Type 1b

Arthrogryposis, Distal, 1a

Amc

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita

Arthrogryposis, Distal, 2b4

DA2B4

Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita, Distal, Type 1

Arthrogryposis

Placental Abruption

Abruptio Placentae

Abruptio Placenta

Abortion, Threatened

Threatened Miscarriage

Haemorrhage Specified As Due To Threatened Abortion

Spontaneous Threatened Abortion

Prolactinoma

Prolactin-Producing Pituitary Gland Adenoma

Prolactin-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma

Forbes-Albright Syndrome

Lactotroph Adenoma

Prl-Secreting Pituitary Adenoma

Prloma

Pituitary Lactotrophic Adenoma

Familial Prolactinoma

Pituitary Adenoma, Prolactin-Secreting

Prolactinoma Of Pituitary Gland

PSPA

Infertility
Motor Neuron Disease

Anterior Horn Cell Disease

Motor Neuron Diseases

Mnd - [Motor Neurone Disease]

Lou Gehrig Disease

Creeping Palsy

Creeping Paralysis

Bulbar Motor Neuron Disease

Bulbar Syndrome

Anterior Horn Cell Disorder

Hereditary Motor Neuron Disease

Endometriosis

Endometriosis, Site Unspecified

Endometrial Ectopia

Retinal Vascular Disease

Retinal Vascular

Retinal Vascular Disorder

Retina Circulation Disorder

Null-Cell Leukemia

Null Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Null Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Null-Cell Leukaemia

Developmental And Epileptic Encephalopathy 35

DEE35

Epileptic Encephalopathy, Early Infantile, 35

Eiee35

Developmental And Epileptic Encephalopathy, 35

Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy 35

Itpa-Related Encephalopathy

Itpa-Related Lethal Infantile Neurological Disorder With Cataract And Cardiac Involvement

Martsolf-Like Syndrome

Germ Cell And Embryonal Cancer

Germ Cell And Embryonal Neoplasm

Aplastic Anemia

Aplastic Anemia, Susceptibility To

Anemia Aplastic

Idiopathic Aplastic Anemia

Secondary Aplastic Anemia

Idiopathic Bone Marrow Failure

Aplastic Anemia Idiopathic

AA

Anemia, Aplastic

Aplastic Anemia, Idiopathic

Erythroid Aplasia

Aa - [Aplastic Anaemia]

Haematopoietic Aplasia

Aleukia Haemorrhagica

Anaemia Due To Decreased Red Cell Production

Aplasia Bone Marrow

Aplastic Bone Marrow

Hypoplastic Anaemia Nos

Myeloid Bone Marrow Aplasia

Pancytopenia

Panhaematopenia

Hypoproliferative Anaemia

Medullary Hypoplasia

Red Blood Cells Hypoplastic Anaemia

Panmyelophthisis

Panhemocytopenia

Refractive Hypoproliferative Anaemia

Toxic Anaemia

Toxic Aplastic Anaemia

Aplastic Anaemia Due To Toxic Cause

Idiopathic Aplastic Anaemia Nos

Medulloblastoma

MDB

Cpnet

Localized Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Classic Medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma Predisposition Syndrome

Medulloblastoma, Somatic

Brain Medulloblastoma

Cns Pnet

Infratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive

Medulloblastomas

Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma

Medulloblastoma, With Extensive Nodularity

Medulloblastoma Of Unspecified Site

Medullomyoblastoma Of Unspecified Site

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia Type Ii

46,Xy Disorder Of Sex Developement Due To Partial Lh Receptor Inactivation

46,Xy Disorder Of Sex Developement Due To Partial Lh Resistance

46,Xy Disorder Of Sex Developement Due To Partial Luteinizing Hormone Resistance

46,Xy Dsd Due To Partial Lh Receptor Inactivation

46,Xy Dsd Due To Partial Lh Resistance

46,Xy Dsd Due To Partial Luteinizing Hormone Resistance

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia Due To Partial Lh Receptor Inactivation

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia Due To Partial Lh Resistance

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia Due To Partial Luteinizing Hormone Receptor Inactivation

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia Due To Partial Luteinizing Hormone Resistance

Leydig Cell Hypoplasia, Type Ii

Mesangial Proliferative Glomerulonephritis

Glomerulonephritis - Mesangial Proliferative

Mesangial Proliferative Gn

Mesangioproliferative Glomerulonephritis

Glomerulonephritis Mesangial Proliferative

Crisponi/Cold-Induced Sweating Syndrome 2

Cold-Induced Sweating Syndrome 2

CISS2

Sweating Syndrome, Cold-Induced, Type 2

Polyneuropathy

Polyneuropathies

Germ Cell Cancer

Malignant Germ Cell Tumor

Neoplasms, Germ Cell And Embryonal

Germ Cell Neoplasm

Germ Cell Tumour

Malignant Tumor Of The Germ Cell

Neoplasms Germ Cell

Malignant Germ Cell Neoplasm

Submucous Uterine Fibroid

Submucous Leiomyoma Of Uterus

Melanoma

Malignant Melanoma

Cutaneous Melanoma

Naevocarcinoma

Malignant Melanomas

Rheumatoid Arthritis

RA

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Susceptibility To

Arthritis Or Polyarthritis, Rheumatic

Atrophic Arthritis

Rheumatism Arthritis

Rheumatoid Polyarthritis

Sodoku Disease

Spirillosis

Sodoku

Spirillary Fever

Rat-Bite Fever

Rat-Bite Fever Due To Spirillum Minus

Spirillary Rat-Bite Fever

Sokosho

Multiple Sclerosis

MS

Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To

Disseminated Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis, Disease Progression, Modifier Of

Insular Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Modifier Of Disease Progression

Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To 1

Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 1

Multiple Sclerosis 1

Generalized Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Variant

Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility To

Cerebrospinal Sclerosis

Generalised Multiple Sclerosis

Ms - [Multiple Sclerosis]

Disseminated Cerebrospinal Sclerosis

Disseminated Multiple Sclerosis

Disseminated Nervous System Myelosclerosis

Multiple Cerebrospinal Sclerosis

Multiple Combined Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Generalised

Disseminated Brain Sclerosis

Disseminated Spinal Sclerosis

Insular Brain Sclerosis

Miliary Brain Sclerosis

Multiple Combined Sclerosis Of Spinal Cord

Multiple Ascending Sclerosis

Multiple Brain Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Of Brain Stem

Multiple Sclerosis Of The Brain Stem

Multiple Sclerosis Of Cord

Sclérose En Plaques

Plaque Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Of The Spinal Cord

Inflammatory Bowel Disease 16

IBD16

Inflammatory Bowel Disease 16, Susceptibility To

Ewing Sarcoma

Neuroepithelioma

Ewing'S Tumor

Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Ewings Sarcoma

Ewing'S Sarcoma

Peripheral Neuroepithelioma

ES

Ewings Sarcoma-Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Localized Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Ewing Tumor

Sarcoma, Ewing'S

Ewing Family Of Tumors

Extraosseous Ewing Tumor

Askin Tumor

Ewing'S Family Localized Tumor

Ewing'S Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Localized Ewing Sarcoma

Localized Ewing'S Sarcoma

Localized Ewing'S Sarcoma/Peripheral Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor

Localized Ewing'S Tumor

Pnet Of Thoracopulmonary Region

Tumor Of The Ewing Family

Skeletal Ewing Sarcoma

Osseous Ewing Sarcoma

Ppnet

Peripheral Pnet

Extraskeletal Ewing Sarcoma

Eoe

Extraosseous Ewing Sarcoma

Extraskeletal Ewing Tumor

Esft

Ewing Sarcoma Family Of Tumors

Pne

Pnet

Pnet Of The Chest Wall

Sarcoma, Ewing

Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive, Peripheral

Neuroectodermal Tumor, Primitive

Disorder Of Eye

Askin'S Tumor

Extraosseous Ewings Sarcoma-Primitive Neuroepithelial Tumor

Neuroepithelioma, Peripheral

Osteoporosis

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal

Bone Mineral Density Quantitative Trait Locus

Bmnd

Osteoporosis, Involutional

Osteoporosis, Susceptibility To

Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal, Susceptibility

Bone Mineral Density Variation Qtl, Osteoporosis

OSTEOP

Involutional Osteoporosis

Senile Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis Postmenopausal

Bone Mineral Density, Quantitative Trait Locus

Osteoporosis, Senile

Idiopathic Osteoporosis

Bone Rarefaction Nos

Type 1 Osteoporosis

Muscular Dystrophy

Muscular Dystrophies

Congenital Md

Congenital Muscular Dystrophy

Cmd

Mdc

Dystrophy, Muscular

Gower'S Muscular Dystrophy

Progressive Musclular Dystrophy

Pseudohypertrophic Atrophy

Pseudohypertrophic Muscle Paralysis

Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Atrophy

Pseudohypertrophic Muscular Dystrophy

Pseudohypertrophic Paralysis

Pseudomuscular Hypertrophy

Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Carcinoma

Carcinoma Of Pancreas

Familial Pancreatic Carcinoma

Pancreatic Neoplasm

Pancreatic Carcinoma, Familial

Malignant Neoplasm Of Pancreas

Pancreatic Acinar Carcinoma

Pancreatic Tumor

Familial Pancreatic Cancer

Neoplasm Of The Pancreas

Cancer Of The Pancreas

Pancreatic Carcinoma, Somatic

Pancreatic Cancer, Somatic

Ca Body Of Pancreas

Ca Head Of Pancreas

Ca Tail Of Pancreas

Malignant Neoplasm Of Body Of Pancreas

Malignant Neoplasm Of Head Of Pancreas

Malignant Neoplasm Of Tail Of Pancreas

Pancreas Neoplasm

Exocrine Cancer

Exocrine Pancreas Carcinoma

Hereditary Pancreatic Cancer

Hereditary Pancreatic Carcinoma

PNCA

Pancreatic Cancer, Susceptibility To

Carcinoma Of Head Of Pancreas

Pancreatic Neoplasms

Pancreatic Tumors

Cancer, Pancreatic

Cancer Of Pancreas

Mixed Islet Cell With Exocrine Carcinoma Of Unspecified Site

Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian Carcinoma

Ovarian Neoplasm

Malignant Tumour Of Ovary

Cancer Of The Ovary

Epithelial Ovarian Cancer

Neoplasm Of Ovary

Ovarian Neoplasms

Ovarian Cancers

Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary

Primary Malignant Neoplasm Of Ovary

Ovarian Cancer, Somatic

Malignant Ovarian Tumor

Ovary Neoplasm

Primary Ovarian Cancer

Tumor Of The Ovary

Malignant Neoplasm Of The Ovary

Malignant Tumor Of The Ovary

Ovarian Malignant Tumor

OC

Ovarian Carcinomas

Cancer, Ovarian

Cancer Of Ovary

Ovary Cancer

Ca Ovary

Myeloma, Multiple

Multiple Myeloma

Plasma Cell Myeloma

Kahler Disease

Myelomatosis

Medullary Plasmacytoma

Multiple Myeloma, Resistance To

Myeloma

Plasma Cell Dyscrasia

Kahler'S Disease

Multiple Myeloma, Susceptibility To

Myeloma - Multiple

Kahler-Bozzolo Disease

Plasma Cell Myelomas

MM

Plasma Cell Neoplasm

Primary Systemic Amyloidosis

Primary Amyloidosis

Immunoglobulin Deposition Disease

Plasmacytic Myeloma

Multiple Myelomata

Multiple Myeloma Nos

Multiple Myeloma Without Mention Of Remission

Monostotic Plasma Cell Myeloma

Mm - [Multiple Myeloma]

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Bowel Disease, Inflammatory

Deficiency Anemia

Anemia

Deficiency Anemias

Anaemia

Alzheimer Disease, Familial, 1

Alzheimer Disease

Alzheimer'S Disease

Presenile And Senile Dementia

AD1

Alzheimer Disease, Susceptibility To

Alzheimer Disease, Late-Onset, Susceptibility To

Alzheimer Disease 1, Familial

AD

Familial Alzheimer Disease

Alzheimer Disease, Late-Onset

Alzheimers Dementia

Alzheimer Dementia

Alzheimer Sclerosis

Alzheimer Syndrome

Alzheimer-Type Dementia

Dat

Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia

Sdat

Alzheimer Disease 1

Autosomal Dominant Alzheimer Disease

Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Late Onset Alzheimer Disease

Alzheimers Disease

Alzheimer Disease, Early-Onset, With Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Late-Onset Alzheimers Disease

Alzheimer'S Disease Pathway Kegg

Dementia Due To Alzheimer'S Disease

Alzheimer Disease Type 1

Alzheimers

Body Mass Index Quantitative Trait Locus 11

OBESITY

Obesity, Susceptibility To

Leanness, Inherited

Obesity, Susceptibility To, Bmiq11

Obesity, Mild, Early-Onset

Obesity, Association With

Obesity, Early-Onset, Susceptibility To

Obesity, Severe

Obesity, Severe, And Type Ii Diabetes

Obesity, Late-Onset

Obesity , Susceptibility To

BMIQ11

Obesity Bmiq11

Obesity, Early-Onset

Simple Obesity Nos

Excess Fat

Obesity, Not Elsewhere Classified, Body Mass Index Not Elsewhere Classified

Adiposis

Retinitis Pigmentosa

RP

Rod-Cone Dystrophy

Autosomal Recessive Retinitis Pigmentosa

Non-Syndromic Retinitis Pigmentosa

Pericentral Pigmentary Retinopathy

Pigmentary Retinopathy

Tapetoretinal Degeneration

Rcd

Retinitis Pigmentosa Autosomal Recessive

ARRP

Retinitis Pigmentosa, Autosomal Recessive

Retinitis Pigmentosa 1

Diseases Alias
Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Waldenstroem'S Macroglobulinemia

Macroglobulinemia Of Waldenstrom

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma With Igm Gammopathy

Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Canis familiaris LIF VGNC VGNC:42671
Felis catus LIF VGNC VGNC:80450
Bos taurus LIF VGNC VGNC:30880
Macaca mulatta LIF VGNC VGNC:95355
Mus musculus LIF MGD MGI:96787
Rattus norvegicus LIF RGD RGD:620865
Others LIF NCBI