简介：AIMMacrophagemigrationinhibitoryfactor(MIF)isapro-inflammatorycytokineinvolvedinthepathogenesisofavarietyofautoimmuneandinflammatorydiseases,includingarthritis,glomerulonephritis,Gram-positiveandGram-negativesepsis,andatherogenesis.RecentstudiesshowedthatCD74(antigen-associatedinvariantchainⅡ)isahigh-affinitymembrane-bindingproteinforMIF.ThepurposeofthepresentstudywastoexpresstherecombinanthumanCD74inE.coliandinhibittheactivityofMIFbyusingrecombinantCD74invitro.

简介：Recently,ithasbeenreportedthattheluteolyticac-tionwasthemainmechanismoftheterminationofearlypregnancybycontraceptivest.Inaddition,someestro-genreceptorligandssuchasdroloxifenehavebeenshowntoinhibitthegrowthofculturedratlutealcells.Ithasbeenknownthat2-phenylindolederivativescouldcompetewithestradiolfortheestrogenreceptor.Theseresultspromptedustodesignandsynthesizethefollow-ingsixnew3-oxamoyl-2-phenylindolecompounds1a-fandtesttheireffectsonthegrowthoflutealcells,aimingatseekingnewleadcompoundspossessingantifertilityactivities.