Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) exerts antifibrotic effects in experimental liver fibrosis via CD74

Impaired Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor–AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Activation and Ischemic Recovery in the Senescent Heart

(2010) Heng Ma et al.   CIRCULATION

Antagonism of the chemokine Ccl5 ameliorates experimental liver fibrosis in mice

(2010) Marie-Luise Berres et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Functional role of chemokines in liver disease models

(2010) Hacer Sahin et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

MIF Deficiency Reduces Chronic Inflammation in White Adipose Tissue and Impairs the Development of Insulin Resistance, Glucose Intolerance, and Associated Atherosclerotic Disease

(2009) Lars Verschuren et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Hepatic stellate cells express functional CXCR4: Role in stromal cell-derived factor-1α-mediated stellate cell activation

(2009) Feng Hong et al.   HEPATOLOGY

CXC chemokine ligand 4 (Cxcl4) is a platelet-derived mediator of experimental liver fibrosis

(2009) Mirko Moreno Zaldivar et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Cardiac macrophage migration inhibitory factor inhibits JNK pathway activation and injury during ischemia/reperfusion

(2009) Dake Qi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

AMPK inhibitor Compound C stimulates ceramide production and promotes Bax redistribution and apoptosis in MCF7 breast carcinoma cells

(2009) Junfei Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF LIPID RESEARCH

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Cardiovascular Disease

(2008) Alma Zernecke et al.   CIRCULATION

Mechanisms of Hepatic Fibrogenesis

(2008) Scott L. Friedman   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Marburg I variant (G534E) of the factor VII-activating protease determines liver fibrosis in hepatitis C infection by reduced proteolysis of platelet-derived growth factor BB

(2008) Hermann E. Wasmuth et al.   HEPATOLOGY

High molecular weight adiponectin inhibits proliferation of hepatic stellate cells via activation of adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase

(2008) Masayuki Adachi et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Chemokine-like functions of MIF in atherosclerosis

(2008) Andreas Schober et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM

Liver cirrhosis

(2008) Detlef Schuppan et al.   LANCET

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor stimulates AMP-activated protein kinase in the ischaemic heart

(2008) Edward J. Miller et al.   NATURE

Hepatic Stellate Cells: Protean, Multifunctional, and Enigmatic Cells of the Liver

(2008) Scott L. Friedman   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cyclophosphamide-Induced Cystitis Increases Bladder CXCR4 Expression and CXCR4-Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Association

(2008) Pedro L. Vera et al.   PLoS One

Structural determinants of MIF functions in CXCR2-mediated inflammatory and atherogenic leukocyte recruitment

(2008) C. Weber et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protective Role of CXC Receptor 4/CXC Ligand 12 Unveils the Importance of Neutrophils in Atherosclerosis

(2007) Alma Zernecke et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH