Leukemia inhibitory factor in rat fetal lung development: expression and functional studies.

BACKGROUND: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) are members of the family of the glycoprotein 130 (gp130)-type cytokines. These cytokines share gp130 as a common signal transducer, which explains why they show some functional redundancy. Recently, it was demonstrated that IL-6...

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Main Authors: Cristina Nogueira-Silva, Paulina Piairo, Emanuel Carvalho-Dias, Francisca O Peixoto, Rute S Moura, Jorge Correia-Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3264589?pdf=render