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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor and its role in cancer [PDF]

, 2015
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that plays an essential role in both innate and acquired immunity. As an enzyme, MIF exhibits tautomerase and oxidoreductase activity.
Holecová, Jana
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A Magneto‐Mechanically Activated Nerve Guidance Conduit Promotes Peripheral Nerve Regeneration via TIMP1‐Mediated Membrane Tension Transfer

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This study presents a magneto‐mechanical strategy that incorporates FP@MSCs into an aligned PCL/GelMA nerve guidance conduit. Magnetic stimulation increases membrane tension in FP@MSCs, triggering cytoskeletal remodeling, Schwann cell‐like differentiation, and TIMP1 secretion. TIMP1 activates ITGB1/CD63–FAK signaling in NE‐4C cells, increasing membrane
Xinyu Zhu, Yumin Wu, Xiang Gao, Tianlu Wang, Wanting Jia, Xueying Mei, Huanzhong Ji, Zongxi Wu, Yujie Liang, Xiang Li, Kan Li, Jingyuan Li, Guangsen Zheng, Guiqing Liao, Siyong Gao   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inhibition of macrophage migration inhibitory factor ameliorates ocular Pseudomonas aeruginosa-induced keratitis.

PLoS Pathogens, 2010
Pseudomonas aeruginosa causes severe sight-threatening corneal infections, with the inflammatory response to the pathogen being the major factor resulting in damage to the cornea that leads to loss of visual acuity.
Mihaela Gadjeva, Jill Nagashima, Tanweer Zaidi, Robert A Mitchell, Gerald B Pier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Targeting CD300a Signaling With a Phosphatidylserine‐Presenting Hydrogel Rescues Macrophage Dysfunction and Accelerates Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Schematic illustration of the proposed mechanism: PEG/RGD‐PSLs mimic apoptotic cells to engage PS receptors (notably CD300a), transducing an inhibitory signal that suppresses the MyD88/NF‐κB pathway, leading to global anti‐inflammatory and pro‐reparative effects.
Lele Wu, Xuetong Hao, Yang Zou, Xinglin Chen, Junyan Kong, Chunning Gu, Wenjie Ma, Zhongjun Yang, Huifen Liu, Mengmeng Liu, Xin Tong   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Tumourigenesis [PDF]

, 2016
With its unique tautomerase activity, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a multi-functional pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathogenesis of numerous types of cancer.
Hartnett, Jack
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Advancing Human Skin Equivalents: The Crucial Role of Neurovascular Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review discusses the importance of integrating vascular and peripheral nerve systems into human skin equivalents (HSEs) to better recapitulate native skin physiology. Recent advances in vascularized, innervated, and neurovascularized HSEs are highlighted, together with emerging bioengineering strategies, current challenges, and future ...
Hao Wu, Lorenzo Moroni, Nicolas Lebonvallet, Vincent Flacher, Paul Wieringa   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

PLL‐g‐HPA Hydrogel Microneedles Loaded With Rhoifolin Target Macrophages to Alleviate Fibroblast Senescence for Diabetic Wound Healing

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Diabetic wound healing is hindered by a pathological crosstalk wherein elevated IL‐11 induces M1 macrophage polarization, leading to IL‐1β/IL‐6 release and subsequent fibroblast senescence via RAS/p38MAPK/p53/E2F1 signaling. Here, we develop a Gel@M‐Rho microneedle patch that delivers rhoifolin‐loaded, macrophage membrane‐coated nanoparticles to target
Jiewen Liao, Lin Gan, Li Lu, Lizhi Ouyang, Yuan Xiong, Fawwaz Al‐Smadi, Guandong Dai, Mohammad‐Ali Shahbazi, Bobin Mi, Mengfei Liu, Guohui Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chemical Strategies for Multistimuli Responsive Dynamic Covalent Materials in Regenerative Medicine

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Multistimuli responsive dynamic covalent materials integrate reversible chemistry with the complex chemical, mechanical, and biochemical cues of regenerative environments. This review highlights chemical strategies based on orthogonal dynamic bonds, multicomponent networks, and hierarchical architectures to regulate mechanics, degradation, and ...
Saurabh Joshi, Matthew B. Baker, Dominik Schauenburg   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Hybrid Bioprinting–Microfabrication Approach to Controllable Multitype Spheroid Arrays for Modeling Tumor Heterogeneity

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces a “cancer‐in‐a‐well” technology that recreates tumor heterogeneity in vitro using multitype spheroid arrays. Combining bioprinting/microdispensing with microstructured culture devices, the system improves drug screening and modeling of tumor complexity.
Simone Bonetti, Eva Clemente, Emanuela Mensà, Marco de Maria, Fulvia Farabegoli, Emanuela Saracino, Barbara Bortolani, Emanuela Marcelli, Renato Brandimarti, Dario de Biase, Giampaolo Zuccheri   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in patients with verruca vulgaris

Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology, 2019
Neveen Emad Sorour,1 Ahmed Mohamed Hamed,1 Hala Abd-El Mageed Tabl,2 Amira Abd-El Aziz Ahmed11Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Andrology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha Univesity, Benha, Egypt; 2Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology ...
Sorour NE, Hamed AM, Tabl HAEM, Ahmed AAEA   +3 more
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