The Role of Leukemia Inhibitory Factor in Counteracting the Immunopathology of Acute and Chronic Lung Inflammatory Diseases

• Main Authors: Howard Yu (Author), Sahil Zaveri (Author), Meshach Pillai (Author), Harsha Taluru (Author), Michael Schaible (Author), Sahil Chaddha (Author), Asad Ahmed (Author), Said Tfaili (Author), Patrick Geraghty (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), a member of the IL-6 cytokine family, is highly expressed throughout the body in multiple tissues and cell types. LIF is primarily known to induce the differentiation of myeloid leukemia cells, but recent studies show that LIF has many other functions, including pla...