ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020
MIF-Dependent Control of Tumor Immunity.
Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 122 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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122 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 192 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Phase 2 trial of perioperative chemo-immunotherapy for gastro-esophageal adenocarcinoma: The role of M2 macrophage landscape in predicting response.Cell reports. Medicine · 2025Trial
- Myeloid-derived MIF is a central regulator of MDSC-driven T-cell dysfunction in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.Oncoimmunology · 2026Article
- Single-cell RNA sequencing uncovers an immunosuppressive program in PDAC mast cells: tumour-driven activation, proliferation, and association with Treg recruitment.Annals of medicine · 2026Article
- A Spatial Atlas of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Reveals Lineage-Specific Vulnerabilities and Immune Architecture.Cancer discovery · 2026Article
- Characterizing intra- and intertumor heterogeneity in ovarian high-grade serous carcinoma subtypes using single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.Genome research · 2026Article
- Glutathione metabolism-linked ferroptosis in human seminoma: a spatial multi-omics mapping study.Redox biology · 2026Article
- Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing Reveals Tumor Microenvironment Composition and Prior Therapy Modulate Response to Axl Inhibition.Cellular and molecular bioengineering · 2026Article
- Disruption of macrophage migration inhibitory factor signaling induces major tumor-associated macrophage phenotypes in human M2 macrophages.Molecular biomedicine · 2026Article
- EGFR deletion in myeloid cells reprograms the immunosuppressive landscape of colorectal cancer.Cell death and differentiation · 2026Article
- Identifying Cytokine Motif-Containing, Immunomodulatory Bacterial Proteins in Human Gut Microbiome.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Association of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) with Therapy Response and Clinical Outcomes in HPV-Related Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Preliminary Report.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2026Article
- Multi-omics analysis reveals the key role of STIL in Li-Fraumeni syndrome and osteosarcoma.NPJ precision oncology · 2026Article
- Spatially-resolved subtype progression reveals metabolic vulnerabilities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.Molecular cancer · 2026Article
- Interleukin-6 secreted by tumor-associated macrophages promotes proliferation and migration through JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway in human prostate cancer cells.Prostate international · 2026Article
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- Integrating machine learning and multi-omics analysis to explore Treg-associated programmed cell death features in clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Cancer cell international · 2026Article
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- Prognostic gene screening and experimental validation in renal clear cell carcinoma based on spatial transcriptomics and single-cell sequencing.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Integrative single-cell analysis revealsFrontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Initially identified as a T lymphocyte-elicited inhibitor of macrophage motility, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has since been found to be expressed by nearly every immune cell type examined and overexpressed in most solid and hematogenous malignant cancers. It is localized to both extracellular and intracellular compartments and physically interacts with more than a dozen different cell surface and intracellular proteins. Although classically associated with and characterized as a mediator of pro-inflammatory innate immune responses, more recent studies demonstrate that, in malignant disease settings, MIF contributes to anti-inflammatory, immune evasive, and immune tolerant phenotypes in both innate and adaptive immune cell types. This review will summarize the studies describing MIF in tumor-specific innate and adaptive immune responses and attempt to reconcile these various pleiotropic functions in normal physiology.
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