BACKGROUND Endometriosis is estimated to affect 1 in 10 women during the reproductive
years. There is often delay in making the diagnosis, mainly due to the non-specific nature of …

Macrophage migration inhibitory (MIF) factor is an immunoregulatory cytokine whose effect
on arresting random immune cell movement was recognized several decades ago. Despite …

Background In children with urinary tract infection (UTI), only those with pyelonephritis (and
not cystitis) are at risk for developing long‐term renal sequelae. If non‐invasive biomarkers …

Red blood cells are widely accepted to be inert carriers of oxygen and haemoglobin, but
there is growing evidence that they play a much more critical role in immune function …

Human macrophage migration inhibition factor (MIF) is a protein with cytokine and
chemokine properties that regulates a diverse range of physiological functions related to …

Background: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) was firstly described in the 1960s
as a pleiotropic cytokine affecting a variety of immune cells. Different physiological functions …

Objective To determine whether treatment for urinary tract infections in children could be
individualized using biomarkers for acute pyelonephritis. Study design We enrolled 61 …

Background The macrophage migration inhibiting factor (MIF) is a protein that promotes the
activation of immune cells and the production of other proinflammatory cytokines such as …

Conventional markers of kidney function that are familiar to clinicians, including the serum
creatinine and blood urea nitrogen levels, are unable to reveal genuine injury to the kidney …

Emerging evidence suggests a pivotal role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in
the systemic inflammatory immune response. MIF is located in various cell types and rapidly …