Razzaque et al., Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004
(Conjunctivitis...) :
In addition, the effects of interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 on the induction of MIF by conjunctival fibroblasts were studied by quantitative real-time PCR
Leung et al., Nephrol Dial Transplant 2004
(Glomerulonephritis, IGA) :
Anti-macrophage migration inhibitory factor reduces transforming growth factor-beta 1 expression in experimental IgA nephropathy ... The effect of exogenous MIF on production of TGF-beta 1 by cultured mesangial cells was also examined ... An in vitro culture experiment demonstrated that MIF increased TGF-beta 1 production in a time- and dose dependent fashion ... MIF induced TGF-beta 1 synthesis was abolished by incubating cells with neutralizing antibody against MIF
Tesch et al., J Am Soc Nephrol 1998
(Glomerulonephritis) :
However, the addition of recombinant MIF to mesangial cells did not affect mesangial cell proliferation or constitutive transforming growth factor-beta mRNA expression, nor did MIF induce monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNA expression