MIF, macrophage migration inhibitory factor
Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the cytokine Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)
... Mass Spectrometric Immunoassay (MSIA), an immu- noenrichment technique that was developed by Nelson et al. [50], utilizes antibodies immobilized to an acti- vated solid support within an affinity pipette tip to cap- ture ...
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Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Anti-MIF Antibody Induces Delay of Nerve Regeneration and the Apoptosis of Schwann Cells
... recruitment, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is considered to play a pivotal role to concentrate macrophages at inflammatory loci ...
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Original Article Association of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) with metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma
... on macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), which was confirmed in vitro and in ...that MIF mRNA expression was elevated ...of MIF in the ...abundant MIF ...
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Functional disruption of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) suppresses proliferation of human H460 lung cancer cells by caspase-dependent apoptosis
... of MIF in ...dampening MIF ex- pression using specific siRNA sequences. We found that MIF siRNA transfection inhibited both the proliferation and induced the apoptosis of H460 cells through mecha- ...
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Regulation of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Expression by Glucose and Insulin in Adipocytes In Vitro
... The MIF mRNA level was significantly de- creased in adipose tissues in vivo, as described above, despite the fact that there was no signif- icant difference in plasma insulin level betwe[r] ...
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Increased serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in patients with microscopic polyangiitis
... serum MIF levels are increased in patients with systemic vasculitis as compared with normal ...serum MIF were seen in patients with MPA as compared with the levels seen in patients of the other two ...
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A genetic role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in adult onset Still's disease
... the MIF gene (MIF) [Genebank GeneID:307284] are still largely ...the MIF gene promoter have been stu- died in autoimmune diseases such as juvenile inflamma- tory arthritis [14], rheumatic arthritis ...
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Human circulating eosinophils secrete macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) Potential role in asthma
... This work led us to consider the potential role of MIF in an allergic inflammatory disease, namely asthma. The eosinophil has been implicated as a key cell type in the pathogenesis of al- lergic inflammatory ...
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An Essential Role for Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Angiogenesis and the Growth of a Murine Lymphoma
... (IL-1), IL-2, hematopoietic colony-stimulating factors (CSFs), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), and transforming growth factor (31 (TGF-j31) each can act as an autocrine growth fac[r] ...
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The Immunoregulatory Mediator Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Catalyzes a Tautomerization Reaction
... The formation of DHI was attrib- uted to D-dopachrome tautomerase, the enzyme which catalyzes both tautomerization and decar- boxylation (13), and the factor responsible for producing DH[r] ...
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Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) Enzymatic Activity and Lung Cancer
... recombinant macrophage migration in- hibitory factor (rMIF) was added along with the inhibitors or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in serum-free ...264.7 macrophage cells were plated at 1 × 10 5 /mL ...
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Involvement of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in Experimental Uric Acid Nephropathy
... measure MIF secretion by damaged tubu- lar epithelial cells and activated macro- phages and T cells, urinary samples (5 ml) were mixed with SDS-PAGE sample buffer, boiled for 5 min, electrophoresed on a 10% SDS ...
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Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF): A Key Player in Protozoan Infections
... through macrophage activation for parasite ...hough MIF was found in the nuclei of skeletal muscle cells, it was not found in the cerebral vascular walls of cerebral malaria ...of MIF overex- ...
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Reversal of Established Rat Crescentic Glomerulonephritis by Blockade of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF): Potential Role of MIF in Regulating Glucocorticoid Production
... Consistent with a previous study (12), the cellular immune response in this disease was suppressed by anti-MIF Ab treatment as demon- strated by inhibition of the skin DTH response, a re[r] ...
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Involvement of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in the Mechanism of Tumor Cell Growth
... elevated in good correlation with tumor size, and the protein released from colon carcinoma cells stimulates the growth of NIH3T3 cells in a para- crine manner (25). Moreover, b-FGF cont[r] ...
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor acts as a neurotrophin in the developing inner ear
... of MIF, and that this neuronal induction is similar to the neuronal phenotypes induced by neural growth factors NGF and CNTF, as our previous studies demonstrate (Roth et ...Thus, MIF might play multiple ...
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MIF coordinates the cell cycle with DNA damage checkpoints. Lessons from knockout mouse models
... Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a ubiquitously expressed pro-inflammatory mediator that has also been implicated in the process of oncogenic transformation and tumor ...
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Xenon triggers pro inflammatory effects and suppresses the anti inflammatory response compared to sevoflurane in patients undergoing cardiac surgery
... cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) and macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), and per- formed peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) mi- gration ...
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Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Otitis Media with Effusion in Adults
... of MIF, IL-1, TNF-␣, RANTES, endotoxin, and total protein in ...of MIF, IL-1, TNF-␣, RANTES, endotoxin, and total protein in MEEs were ...of MIF was determined by sandwich enzyme-linked ...
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Increased serum levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome
... disease. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was discovered in 1966 and initially characterized as a T-cell-derived cytokine that inhibits the migration of macrophages ...
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