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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Neuroinflammation |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-018-1297-z |