MIF, the Immune System & Male Infertility
July 2, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Fertility/ Infertility
Let’s take some time to talk about macrophage migration inhibitory factor or MIF. It is at play in the immune system and helps regulates the production of protein. It plays a role in the responses caused by autoimmune diseases. It isn’t know exactly how MIF works with other immune system substances to produce swelling and inflammation, but organisms that are inflamed or swollen as a result of autoimmune diseases, produce more MIF.
And, it seems, MIF also helps sperm to mature and move around. A team at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research led by Yousef Al-Abed, PhD have finally isolated …read more
