MIF and systemic lupus erythematosus: This supports the notion of an association between MIF and the promotion of a Th17-like profile, and it is in line with reports conducting similar assays using PBMCs from people with active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Rheumatoid Arthritis, where a bias to a Th17-like environment is observed after MIF stimulation [42,43].