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SUBMITTER: Sauler M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4415022 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sauler Maor M Zhang Yi Y Min Jin-Na JN Leng Lin L Shan Peiying P Roberts Scott S Jorgensen William L WL Bucala Richard R Lee Patty J PJ
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20150121 5
Exposure to hyperoxia results in acute lung injury. A pathogenic consequence of hyperoxia is endothelial injury. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has a cytoprotective effect on lung endothelial cells; however, the mechanism is uncertain. We postulate that the MIF receptor CD74 mediates this protective effect. Using adult wild-type (WT), MIF-deficient (Mif(-/-)), CD74-deficient (Cd74(-/-)) mice and MIF receptor inhibitor treated mice, we report that MIF deficiency or inhibition of MIF ...[more]