D-dopachrome tautomerase (D-DT or MIF-2): Doubling the MIF cytokine family
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The D-dopachrome tautomerase (DDT) gene product is a cytokine and functional homolog of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF).
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pivotal regulator of the immune response. Neutralization or genetic deletion of MIF does not completely abrogate activation responses, however, and deletion of the MIF receptor, CD74, produces a more pronounced phenotype than MIF deficiency. We hypothesized that these observations may be explained by a second MIF-like ligand, and we considered a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cytokine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1043-4666
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2012.03.014