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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2026

Small Interfering RNA (siRNA)-Mediated Knockdown of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Transcript in Adherent and Suspension Cultures of Human Cell Lines.

Swagata Ghosh, Mathan L, Hari Vignesh Sekar

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Swagata GhoshDepartment of Microbiology, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai, India. swagata@aravind.org.
Mathan LDepartment of Proteomics, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai, India.
Hari Vignesh SekarDepartment of Microbiology, Aravind Medical Research Foundation, Madurai, India.

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Abstract

Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated depletion of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in cell culture systems is essential for understanding the function or relevance of MIF in various cell types under different experimental conditions. In this article, we provide a detailed description of the methods for siRNA transfection in a terminally differentiated adherent cell line derived from human corneal epithelial cells. Furthermore, we discuss siRNA transfection techniques for two suspension cell lines of monocytic and promyelocytic origin, which can be differentiated into adherent macrophage lines and suspension neutrophil lines, respectively. Following siRNA transfection, we evaluated MIF knockdown at the transcript level through RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis, and real-time PCR analysis.

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Gene Knockdown TechniquesIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsRNA, Small InterferingCell AdhesionCell Culture TechniquesCell LineHumansMacrophagesRNA InterferenceTransfectionIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsRNA, Small InterferingAdherent cell-lineGene silencingMIF knockdownSmall interfering RNA (siRNA)Suspension cell-lineTransfection

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