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LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR [1 record]

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Record 1 1993-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A lymphokine that inhibits migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes.

CONT

Leucocyte Migration Inhibition Factor (LIF) has a similar action to MIF but with wider cell specificity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Lymphokine agissant sur les polynucléaires. [...] facteur différent du MIF, capable d'inhiber la migration des leucocytes humains. Le LIF possède un poids moléculaire d'environ 68 kD, il est détruit par la chymotrypsine mais non par la neuraminidase. Son activité biologique est inhibée par un inhibiteur des protéases, le DFP (disopropylfluorophosphate).

Spanish

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