MIF Matters: The Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor and Kidney Injury

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Institute of New Mexico, University of New Mexico; Section of Nephrology, New Mexico Veterans Hospital, Albuquerque, NM. Electronic address: mlunruh@salud.unm.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Institute of New Mexico, University of New Mexico; Section of Nephrology, New Mexico Veterans Hospital, Albuquerque, NM.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine; USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Editorial

Mark Unruh et al. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 Mar.

. 2019 Mar;73(3):429-431.

doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2018.07.003. Epub 2018 Sep 18.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Institute of New Mexico, University of New Mexico; Section of Nephrology, New Mexico Veterans Hospital, Albuquerque, NM. Electronic address: mlunruh@salud.unm.edu.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Institute of New Mexico, University of New Mexico; Section of Nephrology, New Mexico Veterans Hospital, Albuquerque, NM.
³ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine; USC/UKRO Kidney Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

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The protective role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
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