Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
3976
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
LIF interleukin 6 family cytokine
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
LIF
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CDF, DIA, HILDA, MLPLI
Chromosome Chromosome number
22
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
22q12.2
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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, regulato
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT004325 hsa-miR-199a-5p ELISA, Luciferase reporter assay 19011087
MIRT001040 hsa-miR-346 ELISA, Luciferase reporter assay 19011087
MIRT001039 hsa-miR-26a-5p ELISA 19011087
MIRT004326 hsa-miR-125a-5p ELISA 19011087
MIRT001037 hsa-miR-125b-5p ELISA 19011087
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
EGR2 Unknown 24007274
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0000902 Process Cell morphogenesis IEA
GO:0001666 Process Response to hypoxia IEA
GO:0001974 Process Blood vessel remodeling IEA
GO:0005102 Function Signaling receptor binding IEA
GO:0005102 Function Signaling receptor binding IPI 8999038
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
159540 6596 ENSG00000128342
Protein
UniProt ID P15018
Protein name Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) (Differentiation-stimulating factor) (D factor) (Melanoma-derived LPL inhibitor) (MLPLI) (Emfilermin)
Protein function LIF has the capacity to induce terminal differentiation in leukemic cells. Its activities include the induction of hematopoietic differentiation in normal and myeloid leukemia cells, the induction of neuronal cell differentiation, and the stimul
PDB 1EMR , 1PVH , 2Q7N , 7N0A , 8D6A
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF01291 LIF_OSM 43 202 LIF / OSM family Domain
Sequence
Sequence length 202
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
Signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells
JAK-STAT signaling pathway
TNF signaling pathway
  Interleukin-10 signaling
Interleukin-4 and Interleukin-13 signaling
IL-6-type cytokine receptor ligand interactions
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
Breast Cancer Postmenopausal breast cancer N/A N/A GWAS
Crohn Disease Crohn's disease N/A N/A GWAS
Dementia Dementia N/A N/A GWAS
Diabetes Type 2 diabetes N/A N/A GWAS
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Abortion Habitual Inhibit 22252755, 25165882
Abortion Habitual Associate 22698642
Abortion Habitual Stimulate 25128195
Adenomyosis Associate 19361790, 32933042
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Associate 10951288
Anastomotic Leak Associate 32307587
Arthritis Associate 1522240
Arthritis Rheumatoid Associate 10632674, 1522240, 15642131
Astrocytoma Associate 11284716
Ataxia Telangiectasia Associate 31958078