Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is a critical mediator of the activation of immune cells by exotoxins of Gram-positive bacteria

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1990 • 1,914 citations

Mechanism of a Reaction in Vitro Associated with Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

1966 • 1,604 citations

Delayed hypersensitivity in vitro: its mediation by cell-free substances formed by lymphoid cell-antigen interaction.

1966 • 1,274 citations

MIF as a glucocorticoid-induced modulator of cytokine production

1995 • 1,143 citations

TOXIC-SHOCK SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH PHAGE-GROUP-I STAPHYLOCOCCI

1978 • 1,017 citations

MIF is a pituitary-derived cytokine that potentiates lethal endotoxaemia

1993 • 995 citations

The macrophage is an important and previously unrecognized source of macrophage migration inhibitory factor.

1994 • 990 citations

Vβ-Specific Stimulation of Human T Cells by Staphylococcal Toxins

1989 • 711 citations

An essential regulatory role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in T-cell activation.

1996 • 670 citations

T cell-mediated lethal shock triggered in mice by the superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B: critical role of tumor necrosis factor.

1992 • 595 citations

ALTERATIONS OF MACROPHAGE FUNCTIONS BY MEDIATORS FROM LYMPHOCYTES

1971 • 507 citations

Regulatory role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in acute respiratory distress syndrome

1997 • 434 citations

T cell stimulation by staphylococcal enterotoxins. Clonally variable response and requirement for major histocompatibility complex class II molecules on accessory or target cells.

1988 • 427 citations

Purification, Bioactivity, and Secondary Structure Analysis of Mouse and Human Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF)

1994 • 407 citations

High-affinity binding of staphylococcal enterotoxins A and B to HLA-DR

1989 • 388 citations

Gram-positive Organisms and Sepsis

1994 • 314 citations

The Pathogenic Role of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Immunologically Induced Kidney Disease in the Rat

1997 • 268 citations

Class II MHC Molecules Are Specific Receptors for Staphylococcus Enterotoxin A

1989 • 267 citations

An essential role for macrophage migration inhibitory factor in the tuberculin delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction.

1996 • 260 citations

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is involved in the pathogenesis of collagen type II-induced arthritis in mice.

1997 • 257 citations

Superantigens: Bacterial and Viral Proteins that Manipulate the Immune System

1993 • 236 citations

CHARACTERIZATION OF A LYMPHOCYTE FACTOR WHICH ALTERS MACROPHAGE FUNCTIONS

1973 • 226 citations

Toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 as an inducer of human tumor necrosis factors and gamma interferon.

1988 • 221 citations

Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF): A Glucocorticoid Counter-Regulator within the Immune System

1997 • 219 citations

Localization of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) to Secretory Granules within the Corticotrophic and Thyrotrophic Cells of the Pituitary Gland

1995 • 185 citations

Induction of human interleukin-1 by a product of Staphylococcus aureus associated with toxic shock syndrome.

1984 • 152 citations

Induction of Human Interleukin-l by Toxic-Shock-Syndrome Toxin-1

1985 • 138 citations

Superantigen Mediated Shock: A Cytokine Release Syndrome

1993 • 130 citations

Pathogenesis of the toxic shock syndrome: T cell mediated lethal shock caused by the superantigen TSST‐1

1993 • 117 citations

Induction by Toxic-Shock-Syndrome Toxin-1 of a Circulating Tumor Necrosis Factor-Like Substance in Rabbits and of Immunoreactive Tumor Necrosis Factor and Interleukin-1 from Human Mononuclear Cells

1988 • 99 citations

Protection against lethal toxic shock by targeted disruption of the CD28 gene.

1996 • 72 citations

Study of the Biological Activities of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin‐1

1986 • 48 citations

Toxic shock syndrome toxin-1-induced death is prevented by CTLA4Ig.

1996 • 46 citations

Production of human and murine interleukin-2 by toxic shock syndrome toxin-1.

1986 • 32 citations

In Vitro Assays for Mouse Lymphocyte Function

2006 • 5 citations