Browsing by Subject "macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF); genetic polymorphism; parasitemia; severe malaria"

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A macrophage migration inhibitory factor promoter polymorphism is associated with high-density parasitemia in children with malaria

GA Awandare, C Ouma, CC Keller, T Were, R Otieno, Y Ouma, GC Davenport, JB Hittner, JM Ong'Echa, R Ferrell, DJ Perkins (Nature Publishing Group, 2006)

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine that regulates innate and adaptive immune responses to bacterial and parasitic infections. Functional promoter variants in the MIF gene influence ...