ESR1 and breast carcinoma: Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), which is part of the IL-6 family of cytokines, is a known breast epithelial growth suppressor [117] that also promotes breast cancer metastasis utilizing the AKT–mTOR signaling pathway in the absence of the lncRNA-CTP-210809.1 gene [118], which is, unlike the aforementioned lysyl oxidase, independent from the estrogen receptor status [117].