2015
Association between high expression macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) alleles and West Nile virus encephalitis
Das R, Loughran K, Murchison C, Qian F, Leng L, Song Y, Montgomery RR, Loeb M, Bucala R. Association between high expression macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) alleles and West Nile virus encephalitis. Cytokine 2015, 78: 51-54. PMID: 26638028, PMCID: PMC4696904, DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.11.021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorWNV encephalitisWest Nile virusHigh-expression MIF allelesWest Nile virus encephalitisNeuroinvasive WNV diseaseCase-control studyMigration inhibitory factorNorth American patientsMIF locusWNV neuropathogenesisVirus encephalitisViral neuroinvasionInnate cytokinesMIF allelesAmerican patientsTherapeutic targetAnimal modelsWNV diseaseEncephalitisInhibitory factorFunctional polymorphismsPatientsNile virusImportant determinant
2013
Functional Polymorphisms in the Gene Encoding Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Are Associated With Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Older Adults
Das R, Subrahmanyan L, Yang IV, van Duin D, Levy R, Piecychna M, Leng L, Montgomery RR, Shaw A, Schwartz DA, Bucala R. Functional Polymorphisms in the Gene Encoding Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Are Associated With Gram-Negative Bacteremia in Older Adults. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 2013, 209: 764-768. PMID: 24158957, PMCID: PMC3923543, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jit571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMacrophage migration inhibitory factorMigration inhibitory factorLow expressionOlder adultsInhibitory factorSurface Toll-like receptor 4Toll-like receptor 4Gram-negative bacteremiaPeripheral blood monocytesNegative bacterial infectionsMIF productionImmune mediatorsNegative bacteremiaHealthy controlsReceptor 4Blood monocytesOlder subjectsBacterial infectionsFunctional polymorphismsHigh expressionBacteremiaAdultsExpressionPatientsCohort