gene

LIF

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128Connections
13Hypotheses
2Analyses
50Outgoing
35Incoming

Summary

LIF is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: activates, inhibits, therapeutic target. Associated with Autoimmune, Cancer, Carcinoma. Connected to 58 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.

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🧬 Gene Info
Gene SymbolLIF
Full NameLeukemia Inhibitory Factor
AliasesPage for LIF Receptor Protein
Chromosome5p13.1
FunctionThe LIF gene encodes a 202-amino acid secreted glycoprotein that acts as a multifunctional cytokine:
Molecular Weight190 kDa
Amino Acids202 aa
Exons20
PathwaysMAPK, PI3K
UniProt IDP15018
NCBI Gene ID3977
Ensembl IDENSG00000128342
OMIM159446
GeneCardsLIF
Human Protein AtlasLIF
Associated Diseasesmultiple sclerosis
InteractionsEGFR, STAT3, EP300, SMAD3, BRD4, BDNF
KG Connections128 knowledge graph edges
DatabasesGeneCardsHPASTRING
🔮 Predicted Structure: LIF — AlphaFold P15018 Click to expand

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Wiki Pages (21)

Knowledge base pages for this entity

Canonical Page

LIF — Leukemia Inhibitory Factor

gene · 1058 words

Astrocyte Reactivity Mechanism

mechanism · 5036 words

CNTF Signaling Pathway in Neurodegeneration

mechanism · 3667 words

JAK-STAT Signaling Pathway in Neurodegeneration

mechanism · 3502 words

CNTFR Gene

entity · 3392 words

SERPINA3 Gene — Alpha-1 Antichymotrypsin in Neurodegeneration

gene · 3284 words

Pathway Diagram

graph TD
    LIF["<b>LIF</b>"]
    LIFR["LIFR"]
    LIF -->|"binds"| LIFR
    neurite_damage(["neurite damage"])
    LIF -->|"protects against"| neurite_damage
    Cancer{"Cancer"}
    LIF -->|"inhibits"| Cancer
    Leukemia{"Leukemia"}
    LIF -->|"inhibits"| Leukemia
    Ms{"Ms"}
    LIF -->|"activates"| Ms
    Tumor{"Tumor"}
    LIF -->|"activates"| Tumor
    LIF -->|"activates"| Leukemia
    Carcinoma{"Carcinoma"}
    LIF -->|"activates"| Carcinoma
    LIF -->|"activates"| Cancer
    LIF -->|"therapeutic target"| Tumor
    EGFR["EGFR"]
    LIF -->|"activates"| EGFR
    Epigenetic(["Epigenetic"])
    LIF -->|"inhibits"| Epigenetic
    JAK_STAT(["JAK-STAT"])
    JAK_STAT -->|"activates"| LIF
    EGFR -->|"activates"| LIF
    GENES["GENES"]
    GENES -->|"activates"| LIF
    DNA["DNA"]
    DNA -->|"activates"| LIF
    STAT3["STAT3"]
    STAT3 -->|"activates"| LIF
    LIFR -->|"expressed in"| LIF
    GFAP["GFAP"]
    GFAP -->|"expressed in"| LIF
    SOX2["SOX2"]
    SOX2 -->|"activates"| LIF
    LIFR -->|"activates"| LIF
    AND["AND"]
    AND -->|"inhibits"| LIF
    CANCER["CANCER"]
    CANCER -->|"inhibits"| LIF
    HIPPO["HIPPO"]
    HIPPO -->|"activates"| LIF
    style LIF fill:#1a3a4a,stroke:#4fc3f7,stroke-width:3px,color:#e0e0e0

Outgoing (93)

TargetRelationTypeStr
Tumoractivatesdisease0.75
Leukemiaactivatesdisease0.75
Canceractivatesdisease0.75
neurite damageprotects_againstprocess0.70
CANCERactivatesgene0.70

Incoming (35)

SourceRelationTypeStr
JAK-STATactivatespathway0.70
EGFRactivatesgene0.60
STAT3activatesgene0.60
LIFRexpressed_ingene0.60
GFAPexpressed_ingene0.60

Targeting Hypotheses (13)

Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target

HypothesisScoreDiseaseAnalysis
SASP-Mediated Complement Cascade Amplification 0.703 neurodegeneration Senolytic therapy for age-related neurod
Targeting SASP-Complement Amplification Through HIF-1α Downs 0.610 neurodegeneration What molecular mechanism causes VCP muta
Timed Senolytic Therapy Eliminates p16^Ink4a/p21^Cip1-Senesc 0.587 neuroinflammation What molecular mechanisms drive the tran
TBK1 Loss-of-Function Amplifies C1q-Mediated Synapse Elimina 0.520 neurodegeneration How do the seven novel ALS genes functio
Heat Shock Protein 70 Disaggregase Amplification 0.511 neurodegeneration TDP-43 phase separation therapeutics for
Fractalkine Axis Amplification via CX3CR1 Positive Allosteri 0.503 neurodegeneration Synaptic pruning by microglia in early A
LPCAT3-Mediated Lands Cycle Amplification of Ferroptotic Sub 0.491 Alzheimer's Disease Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
LPCAT3-Mediated Lands Cycle Amplification of Ferroptotic Vul 0.485 Alzheimer's Disease Cell type vulnerability in Alzheimers Di
Circadian-Gated Maresin Biosynthesis Amplification 0.471 neurodegeneration Neuroinflammation resolution mechanisms
Dual-Circuit Tau Vulnerability Cascade with Glial-Mediated A 0.461 neuroscience Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
TREM2 Activation as an Amplification Node for R136S Protecti 0.459 neurodegeneration What molecular mechanisms underlie the d
CaMKII-Dependent Synaptic Circuit Amplification 0.444 neuroscience Circuit-level neural dynamics in neurode
TREM2 Antagonism in Late-Stage Tauopathy — Reducing Neuroinf 0.444 Alzheimer's disease TREM2 agonism vs antagonism in DAM micro

Mentioning Analyses (2)

Scientific analyses that reference this entity

Do perinatal immune challenges create persistent epigenetic modifications that p

developmental neurobiology | 2026-04-07 | 0 hypotheses

Microglia-astrocyte crosstalk amplification loops in neurodegeneration

neurodegeneration | 2026-04-01 | 0 hypotheses

Related Papers (20)

Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity

Title & PMIDAuthorsJournalYearCitations
Complement, Inflammasome, and Microglial Crosstalk in Glaucoma: From Neurodegene [PMID:41900887] Chen TY, Wu N, Sun X Life (Basel) 2026 1
Allosteric properties of mammalian ALOX15 orthologs. [PMID:41654134] Yang J, Borchert A, Kuhn H J Biol Chem 2026 1
Systemic Neurodegeneration and Brain Aging: Multi-Omics Disintegration, Proteost [PMID:40868276] Voicu V, Toader C, Șerban M, Covache-Bus Biomedicines 2025 1
Heat Shock Protein Family A Member 1A Attenuates Apoptosis and Oxidative Stress [PMID:40066224] Liu H, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Liu D, Li Y, Lai MedComm (2020) 2025 1
Complement C1q/C3-CR3 signaling pathway mediates abnormal microglial phagocytosi [PMID:38642614] Han QQ, Shen SY, Liang LF, Chen XR, Yu J Brain Behav Immun 2024 1
From sleep to cancer to neurodegenerative disease: the crucial role of Hsp70 in [PMID:37643058] Ghosh S, Vashisth K, Ghosh S, Han SS, Bh J Biomol Struct Dyn 2024 1
SBFI26 induces triple-negative breast cancer cells ferroptosis via lipid peroxid [PMID:38516826] He G, Zhang Y, Feng Y, Chen T, Liu M, Ze J Cell Mol Med 2024 1
Metabolic orchestration of cell death by AMPK-mediated phosphorylation of RIPK1. [PMID:37384704] Zhang T, Xu D, Trefts E, Lv M, Inuzuka H Science 2023 1
Plasma proteins and onset of type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications: Proteom [PMID:37652020] Yuan S, Xu F, Li X, Chen J, Zheng J, Man Cell Rep Med 2023 1
Fractalkine Enhances Hematoma Resolution and Improves Neurological Function via [PMID:37465997] Chen X, He X, Xu F, Xu N, Sharifi NH, Zh Stroke 2023 1
Microglia regulation of synaptic plasticity and learning and memory. [PMID:34472455] Cornell J, Salinas S, Huang HY, Zhou M Neural Regen Res 2022 1
Microglia-Mediated Neuroinflammation: A Potential Target for the Treatment of Ca [PMID:35642214] Wang M, Pan W, Xu Y, Zhang J, Wan J, Jia J Inflamm Res 2022 1
CX3CL1/CX3CR1 signaling targets for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. [PMID:34492237] Subbarayan MS, Joly-Amado A, Bickford PC Pharmacol Ther 2022 1
ALOX12 is required for p53-mediated tumour suppression through a distinct ferrop [PMID:30962574] Chu B, Kon N, Chen D, Li T, Liu T, Jiang Nat Cell Biol 2019 1
Emerging role of 12/15-Lipoxygenase (ALOX15) in human pathologies. [PMID:30472260] Singh NK, Rao GN Prog Lipid Res 2019 1
An ALOX12-12-HETE-GPR31 signaling axis is a key mediator of hepatic ischemia-rep [PMID:29227475] Zhang XJ, Cheng X, Yan ZZ, Fang J, Wang Nat Med 2018 1
Microglia in neurodegeneration. [PMID:30258234] Hickman S, Izzy S, Sen P, Morsett L, El Nat Neurosci 2018 1
Complement and microglia mediate early synapse loss in Alzheimer mouse models. [PMID:27033548] Hong S, Beja-Glasser VF, Nfonoyim BM, Fr Science 2016 1
How neuroinflammation contributes to neurodegeneration. [PMID:27540165] Ransohoff RM Science 2016 1
Circulating heat shock protein 70 (HSPA1A) in normal and pathological pregnancie [PMID:19821156] Molvarec A, Tamási L, Losonczy G, Madách Cell Stress Chaperones 2010 1