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The amount in a specified sample of spinal cord of Cd74, a cell surface protein which associates with class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and is an important chaperone that regulates antigen presentation for the immune response. Cd74 also serves as the cell surface receptor for the cytokine macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) for initiation of survival pathways and cell proliferation.