Macrophage migration inhibitory factor facilitates production of CCL5 in astrocytes following rat spinal cord injury

Abstract Background Astrocytes act as immune effector cells with the ability to produce a wide array of chemokines and cytokines in response to various stimuli. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is inducibly expressed in injured spinal cord contributing to excessive inflammation that affe...

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Published in:Journal of Neuroinflammation
Main Authors: Yue Zhou, Wei Guo, Zhenjie Zhu, Yuming Hu, Yingjie Wang, Xuejie Zhang, Wenjuan Wang, Nan Du, Tiancheng Song, Kaini Yang, Zongyu Guan, Yongjun Wang, Aisong Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Subjects:
MIF
CCL5
Spinal cord
Astrocyte
Inflammation
Chemokines
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-018-1297-z

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