Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Contributes to the Immune Escape of Ovarian Cancer by Down-Regulating NKG2D

Mathias Krockenberger^{a b c d}✉, Yvonne Dombrowski^{a b c d}✉, Claudia Weidler^{a b c d}✉, Monika Ossadnik^{a b c d}✉, Arnd Hönig^{a b c d}, Sebastian F. Häusler^{a c}, Heike Voigt^{e f}, Jürgen Christian Becker^{e f}, Lin Leng^{g h}, Alexander Steinle^{i j}, Michael Weller^{k l}, Richard Bucala^{g m n o}, J. Dietl^{a c}✉, Jörg Wischhusen^{a b c d}

1. ^aDepartment for Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Würzburg , Würzburg
2. ^bInterdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, University of Würzburg , Würzburg
3. ^c*Department for Obstetrics and Gynecology
4. ^d†Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, and
5. ^eClinical research group KFO 124, University of Würzburg , Würzburg
6. ^f‡Clinical research group KFO 124, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
7. ^gDepartment of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine , New Haven, CT 06520
8. ^h¶Department of Medicine and
9. ⁱInstitute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen , Tübingen
10. ^j§Institute for Cell Biology, Department of Immunology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
11. ^kDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich , Zurich
12. ^l#Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland