MIF Family Cytokines in Innate Immunity and Homeostasis

Richard Bucala, MD PhD; Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Epidemiology & Public Health at Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Jürgen Bernhagen, PhD; Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, RWTH Aachen, Germany

• MIF and CD74-dependent Mechanisms.- HSP90-stabilized MIF in Oncogenesis and Cell Growth Control- CD74, MIF, and Breast Tumorigenesis: Insights from Recent Large-scale Tumor Genomics and Proteomics Studies.- MIF-dependent Regulation of Monocyte/Macrophage Polarization.- Advances in understanding the role of MIF in the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases.- Role of MIF in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis and Multiple Sclerosis.- Role of MIF in Hepatic Inflammatory Diseases and Fibrosis.- MIF and Pulmonary Disease.- MIF Mediates Pelvic Inflammation and Pain.- MIF Family Proteins in Cardiac Ischemia / Reperfusion Injury.- The MIF-CD74 Inflammatory Axis in Alphaviral Infection.- MIF in Eosinophilic Inflammation.- The Role of MIF in Parasitic Infections.- Parasite MIF Orthologs.