Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of MIF promoter polymorphisms (-794CATT<sub>5-8</sub> rs5844572 and -173G > C, rs755622), circulating MIF levels, and mRNA expression with RA susceptibility and disease activity. 31701681 2020
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE At T0, the patients with RA had significantly lower levels of MIF and significantly higher levels of interleukin (IL)-18 and MIC-1 compared with controls. 31381601 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, genetic variants of the MIF promoter modulate the secretion of cytokines related to the Th17 profile in PBMC from CS inducing a differential response in comparison to PBMC from RA patients. 30467094 2019
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Two polymorphisms in the upstream region exist in the MIF gene and are associated with RA susceptibility or severity in different populations. 23402792 2013
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been shown to affect bone density in rodents, and polymorphisms in the human MIF promoter are associated with inflammatory disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis. 20471506 2010
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Lack of association between macrophage migration inhibitory factor-173 gene polymorphism with disease susceptibility and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients from northwestern Spain. 20346241 2010
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Induction of macrophage migration inhibitory factor in ConA-stimulated rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts through the P38 map kinase-dependent signaling pathway. 20830230 2010
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Macrophage migration inhibitory factor gene: influence on rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility. 17869648 2007
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The MIF gene has been associated with several diseases with inflammatory and autoimmune background, such as ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. 17215861 2007
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Macrophage migration inhibitory factor polymorphisms do not predict therapeutic response to glucocorticoids or to tumour necrosis factor alpha-neutralising treatments in rheumatoid arthritis. 17456524 2007
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In conclusion, the -173C allele in the MIF promoter region is associated with increased RA predisposition, mainly in early-onset patients. 17869648 2007
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease LHGDN Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a mediator of matrix metalloproteinase-2 production in rheumatoid arthritis. 16872482 2006
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human Macrophage migration inhibitory factor: a mediator of matrix metalloproteinase-2 production in rheumatoid arthritis. 16872482 2006
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We therefore investigated if the -G173C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and the tetranucleotide repeat CATT (5 - 8) at position -794 of the MIF gene and the CD14 - C159T transition are candidates for genetic liability to schizophrenia and RA or could explain the negative association between them. 16916546 2006
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Correlation of rheumatoid arthritis severity with the genetic functional variants and circulating levels of macrophage migration inhibitory factor. 16200611 2005
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Polymorphisms of the human MIF gene (that is, guanine-to-cytosine transition at position -173 or CATT-tetranucleotide repeat at position -794) have been associated with increased susceptibility to or severity of juvenile idiopathic and adult rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, atopy, or sarcoidosis. 16237655 2005
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease LHGDN Activation of synovial cell p38 MAP kinase by macrophage migration inhibitory factor. 15170913 2004
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A functional promoter polymorphism in the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene associated with disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. 12070782 2002
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN A functional promoter polymorphism in the macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) gene associated with disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis. 12070782 2002
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Macrophage migration inhibitory factor up-regulates expression of matrix metalloproteinases in synovial fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis. 10617637 2000
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The expression of MIF mRNA and presence of MIF protein in the synovial tissues of RA were demonstrated by Northern blot and Western blot analyses, respectively. 10089139 1999
CUI: C0003873
Disease: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in rheumatoid arthritis: evidence of proinflammatory function and regulation by glucocorticoids. 10446857 1999