ArticleJournal of clinical laboratory analysis2018
Serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor is correlated with atrial fibrillation.
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- Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The HALP Index Is Associated with the Recurrence of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Following Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Article
- Ion channels and atrial fibrillation: mitophagy as a key mediator.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
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- Effect of macrophage migration inhibitory factor on pulmonary vein arrhythmogenesis through late sodium current.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- The role of CD74 in cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- Immune remodeling and atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Review
- Preoperative monocyte-to-HDL-cholesterol ratio predicts early recurrence after radiofrequency maze procedure of valvular atrial fibrillation.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2021Article
- Serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor is correlated with atrial fibrillation.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveMacrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a proinflammatory cytokine secreted by macrophages. This study is performed to investigate whether serum MIF is correlated with atrial fibrillation (AF).
methodsTotally, 186 AF patients and 103 healthy controls were enrolled in this study. AF patients were then divided into paroxysmal AF, persistent AF, and permanent AF subgroups.
resultsThere were higher serum MIF concentrations in AF patients than in healthy subjects. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that serum MIF was associated with AF. Permanent AF patients exhibited higher serum MIF concentrations than persistent and paroxysmal AF subgroups. Elevated serum MIF concentrations were found in persistent AF patients compared with paroxysmal AF patients. Moreover, serum MIF concentrations were associated with left atrial diameter after Spearman correlation analysis.
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