BALKAN MEDICAL JOURNAL, cilt.33, ss.614-619, 2016 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints. Macrophage migration inhibitory (MIF) factor is a regulatory cytokine that inhibits random immune cell migration. MIF gene promoter polymorphisms play a role in the progression of several inflammatory disorders.