Targeting Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer

• Main Authors: Yongjian Wen (Author), Wenhao Cai (Author), Jingyu Yang (Author), Xianghui Fu (Author), Lohitha Putha (Author), Qing Xia (Author), John A. Windsor (Author), Anthony R. Phillips (Author), Joel D. A. Tyndall (Author), Dan Du (Author), Tingting Liu (Author), Wei Huang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammation and cancer. It is produced by various cells and circulating MIF has been identified as a biomarker for a range of diseases. Extracellular MIF mainly binds to the cluster of different...