Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, The Anlyan Center, S525, P.O. Box 208031, 300 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8031, USA.
Cytokine. 2011 Mar;53(3):292-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cyto.2010.12.010. Epub 2011 Jan 3.
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is an upstream proinflammatory cytokine encoded by a functionally polymorphic locus. This study of 119 patients explored the potential relationship between MIF genotype and invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae infections. We observed an association between a high-expression MIF allele and occurrence of pneumococcal meningitis.
巨噬细胞移动抑制因子(MIF)是一种上游促炎细胞因子,由一个具有功能多态性的基因座编码。这项对 119 名患者的研究探讨了 MIF 基因型与侵袭性肺炎链球菌感染之间的潜在关系。我们观察到一种高表达 MIF 等位基因与肺炎球菌性脑膜炎发生之间存在关联。