Macrophage migration inhibitory factor in inflammasome formation and macrophage recruitment in cervical cell carcinoma

The present study aimed to explore the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factors in cervical squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) recurrence and metastasis. Overall design: Western blotting, reverse transcription quantitative PCR, cell-counting kit 8 assay, flow cytometry, and ELISA were used to investigate the effects of MIF on CSCC progression and formation of inflammasomes. Transcriptome and proteome sequencing were combined to screen for key effector proteins of MIF. Moreover, in vitro co-culture experiments, Transwell assays, and flow cytometry were used to evaluate the roles of MIF and TSC22 domain family protein 3 (TSC22D3) as inflammatory tumor-promoting factors in macrophage recruitment and polarization induction.