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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in drug-induced liver injury: a role in susceptibility and stress responsiveness.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 7 Jun 2002
Bourdi Mohammed, Reilly Timothy P, Elkahloun Abdel G, George John W, Pohl Lance R
Abstract excerpt
Idiosyncratic drug-induced hepatitis may depend upon many factors including a balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory mediator production levels. Using a guinea pig model of liver injury induced by bioactivation of the anesthetic drug, halothane, we found that toxicity was commensurate with an increase in serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), a pro-inflammatory signal and counter-regulator of...
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