Using recombinant CD74 protein to inhibit the activity of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in vitro

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2005-02-12
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AIMMacrophagemigrationinhibitoryfactor(MIF)isapro-inflammatorycytokineinvolvedinthepathogenesisofavarietyofautoimmuneandinflammatorydiseases,includingarthritis,glomerulonephritis,Gram-positiveandGram-negativesepsis,andatherogenesis.RecentstudiesshowedthatCD74(antigen-associatedinvariantchainⅡ)isahigh-affinitymembrane-bindingproteinforMIF.ThepurposeofthepresentstudywastoexpresstherecombinanthumanCD74inE.coliandinhibittheactivityofMIFbyusingrecombinantCD74invitro.