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Transcription factor ICBP90 regulates the MIF promoter and immune susceptibility locus.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2016
Yao Jie, Leng Lin, Sauler Maor, Fu Weiling, Zheng Junsong, Zhang Yi, Du Xin, Yu Xiaoqing, Lee Patty, Bucala Richard
Abstract excerpt
The immunoregulatory cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is encoded in a functionally polymorphic locus that is linked to the susceptibility of autoimmune and infectious diseases. The MIF promoter contains a 4-nucleotide microsatellite polymorphism (-794 CATT) that repeats 5 to 8 times in the locus, with greater numbers of repeats associated with higher mRNA levels. Because there is no...
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