FUNCTION: THE EXPRESSION OF MIF AT SITES OF INFLAMMATION SUGGEST A ROLE FOR THE MEDIATOR IN REGULATING THE FUNCTION OF MACROPHAGE IN HOST DEFENSE. ALSO ACTS AS A PHENYLPYRUVATE TAUTOMERASE. * SUBUNIT: Homotrimer. * DISEASE: MIF ACTIVITY HAS BEEN DETECTED IN LEUKOCYTE CULTURE SUPERNATANTS OF MICE DURING ALLOGRAFT REJECTION, IN THE SYNOVIA OF PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID POLYARTHRITIS, AND IN A VARIETY OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY LOCI. * SIMILARITY: BELONGS TO THE MIF FAMILY. |
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