Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF): a multifaceted cytokine regulated by genetic and physiological strategies

K Sumaiya, D Langford, K Natarajaseenivasan… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine encoded within a
functionally polymorphic genetic locus. MIF was initially recognized as a cytokine generated …

Evolving complexity of MIF signaling

SS Jankauskas, DWL Wong, R Bucala, S Djudjaj… - Cellular signalling, 2019 - Elsevier
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a cytokine expressed in various cell types,
including hematopoietic, epithelial, endothelial, mesenchymal and neuronal cells. Altered …

[HTML][HTML] Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

MJ Gardner, N Hall, E Fung, O White, M Berriman… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
The parasite Plasmodium falciparum is responsible for hundreds of millions of cases of
malaria, and kills more than one million African children annually. Here we report an …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a regulator of innate immunity

T Calandra, T Roger - Nature reviews immunology, 2003 - nature.com
For more than a quarter of a century, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been
a mysterious cytokine. In recent years, MIF has assumed an important role as a pivotal …

The role of the endothelium in severe sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

WC Aird - Blood, The Journal of the American Society of …, 2003 - ashpublications.org
Severe sepsis, defined as sepsis with acute organ dysfunction, is associated with high
morbidity and mortality rates. The development of novel therapies for sepsis is critically …

Using sulfuramidimidoyl fluorides that undergo sulfur(vi) fluoride exchange for inverse drug discovery

GJ Brighty, RC Botham, S Li, L Nelson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Drug candidates that form covalent linkages with their target proteins have been
underexplored compared with the conventional counterparts that modulate biological …

Cytokines and atherosclerosis: a comprehensive review of studies in mice

R Kleemann, S Zadelaar, T Kooistra - Cardiovascular research, 2008 - academic.oup.com
In the past few years, inflammation has emerged as a major driving force of atherosclerotic
lesion development. It is now well-established that from early lesion to vulnerable plaque …

The mystery of nonclassical protein secretion: a current view on cargo proteins and potential export routes

W Nickel - European Journal of Biochemistry, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Most of the examples of protein translocation across a membrane (such as the import of
classical secretory proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum, import of proteins into …

[HTML][HTML] Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF): a promising biomarker

G Grieb, M Merk, J Bernhagen… - Drug news & …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Macrophage migration inhibitory (MIF) factor is an immunoregulatory cytokine whose effect
on arresting random immune cell movement was recognized several decades ago. Despite …

Unconventional secretory routes: direct protein export across the plasma membrane of mammalian cells

W Nickel - Traffic, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The vast majority of extracellular proteins are exported from mammalian cells by the
endoplasmic reticulum/Golgi‐dependent secretory pathway. For poorly understood reasons …