Insight into the biology of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) revealed by the cloning of its cell surface receptor.
The recent cloning of MIF receptor fills an important gap in our understanding of the molecular biology and immunology of MIF. The MIF receptor, like MIF, does not fall into any established family of protein mediators, providing both new challenges and opportunities for the structural and functional analysis of MIF signal transduction.
Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, The Anlyan Center, S525, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven CT 06520-8056, USA. Lin.Leng@Yale.edu
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D000818:Animals; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D008263:Macrophage Migration-Inhibitory Factors; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C045084:invariant chain; C033184:macrophage migration inhibitory factor receptor