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lifr

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nomenclature changes

05.13.19

Human name has changed for Entrez Gene: 3977. From LIF receptor alpha to LIF receptor subunit alpha

Summary from NCBI, Human gene

This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the type I cytokine receptor family. This protein combines with a high-affinity converter subunit, gp130, to form a receptor complex that mediates the action of the leukemia inhibitory factor, a polyfunctional cytokine that is involved in cellular differentiation, proliferation and survival in the adult and the embryo. Mutations in this gene cause STUVE-WIEDEMANN SYNDROME; STWS, OMIM# 601559 [ also called Schwartz-Jampel syndrome type 2], a disease belonging to the group of the bent-bone dysplasias. A translocation that involves the promoter of this gene, t(5;8)(p13;q12) with the pleiomorphic adenoma gene 1, is associated with salivary gland pleiomorphic adenoma, a common type of benign epithelial tumor of the salivary gland. Multiple splice variants encoding two different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2018]