Includes bibliographical references and index.

Historical overview / John R. David -- MIF "rediscovered" / Richard Bucala -- Immunopathologic mechanisms relevant to diseases / Hui Y. Lan -- Structural studies of MIF / Elias Lolis and Gregg Crichlow -- MIF redox activity / Jurgen Bernhgaen -- MIF receptor-mediated signal transduction / Lin Leng -- MIF in innate immunity and infectious diseases / Chloe Kaech, Thierry Roger and Thierry Calandra -- MIF in parasitic and helminthic infections / Heidi M. Snider ... [et al.] -- MIF in the pathogenesis of kidney disease / Gregory H. Tesch, Robert C. Atkins and David J. Nikolic-Paterson -- MIF and CNS autoimmune disease / Claudia M. Denkinger and Thomas G. Forsthuber -- MIF: wound repair / Matthew J. Hardman and Gillian S. Ashcroft -- MIF and atherosclerosis / Christian Weber and Andreas Schober -- Inflammatory arthritis / Eric F. Morand and Michelle Leech -- Gene structures and functional MIF polymorphisms in respiratory disease / John Baugh -- MIF alleles in infammatory arthritis / Rachelle Donn and David Ray -- Adhesion-dependent signaling and growth control / Robert Mitchell.