Relationship of macrophage migration inhibitory factor levels in PBMCs, lesional skin and serum with disease severity and activity in vitiligo vulgaris

Melanocyte loss in vitiligo vulgaris is believed to be an autoimmune process. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is involved in many autoimmune skin diseases. We determined the possible role of MIF in the pathogenesis of vitiligo vulgaris, and describe the relationship between MIF expressi...

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Main Authors: Lei Ma, Hai-Bo Xue, Xiu-Hao Guan, Chun-Mei Shu, Yu-Jie Zhang, Jun-Hua Zhang, Rong-Zhen An
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013000500460