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
2011
Dual effect of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene on the development and severity of human systemic lupus erythematosus
Sreih A, Ezzeddine R, Leng L, LaChance A, Yu G, Mizue Y, Subrahmanyan L, Pons‐Estel B, Abelson A, Gunnarsson I, Svenungsson E, Cavett J, Glenn S, Zhang L, Montgomery R, Perl A, Salmon J, Alarcón‐Riquelme M, Harley JB, Bucala R. Dual effect of the macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene on the development and severity of human systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2011, 63: 3942-3951. PMID: 22127710, PMCID: PMC3228269, DOI: 10.1002/art.30624.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHumansLupus Erythematosus, SystemicMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsMaleMiddle AgedPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideSeverity of Illness IndexTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaWhite PeopleConceptsSystemic lupus erythematosusMacrophage migration inhibitory factorMIF genotypeMIF productionLupus erythematosusImmunopathogenesis of SLEInflammatory end-organ damageCentral nervous system involvementCytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factorToll-like receptor 7Human systemic lupus erythematosusMacrophage migration inhibitory factor geneMIF plasma levelsPlasma MIF levelsEnd-organ damageNervous system involvementEnd-organ involvementAfrican American patientsMigration inhibitory factorMIF levelsProinflammatory propertiesPlasma levelsReceptor 7System involvementAmerican patients