BACKGROUND/AIM Tubal pregnancy is a major cause of maternal death in the first trimester and exploration of its underlying molecular mechanism is of great importance. This study aimed to explore the association of tubal pregnancy with leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) expression in oviduct tissues. MATERIALS AND METHODS Immunohistochemistry was pe...

Background: Leukemia inhibitor factor (LIF) is a very important pleiotropic cytokine which belongs to interleukin-6 (IL-6) family. LIF exerts multiple effects on different types of cells and tissues with numerous regulatory effects in vivo and in vitro. It is a lymphoid factor, which performs a number of activities including cholinergic neuron differentia‌tion, contro...

The inhibitory effect by hairy cell conditioned medium (HCCM) on the growth of granulocyte and erythrocyte colony forming cells was studied in vitro. The percent inhibition of CFU-C formation by HCCM from four hairy cell leukemia (HCL) patients ranged from 36% to 76%, while no inhibition was observed with conditioned medium (CM) obtained from three B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) pa...

objective: the appropriate interaction between a blastocyst and the endometrium is essential for successful implantation. numerous factors, including hormone receptors (progesterone receptor), cytokines [leukemia inhibitory factors (lif)], and adherence molecules such as e-cadherin are involved in the cross-talk that occurs between the embryo and endometrium. studies show that a lack of these g...

background: leukemia inhibitor factor (lif) is a very important pleiotropic cytokine which belongs to interleukin-6 (il-6) family. lif exerts multiple effects on different types of cells and tissues with numerous regulatory effects in vivo and in vitro. it is a lymphoid factor, which performs a number of activities including cholinergic neuron differentia­tion, control of stem cell pluripotency...