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Immunomodulation of human monocytes following exposure to Lutzomyia intermedia saliva

BACKGROUND: Sand fly saliva contains potent and complex pharmacologic molecules that are able to modulate the host's hemostatic, inflammatory, and immune systems. In this study, we evaluated the effects of salivary gland sonicate (SGS) of Lutzomyia intermedia, the natural vector of Leishmania b...

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Autores principales: Menezes, Maria José, Costa, Dirceu J, Clarêncio, Jorge, Miranda, José Carlos, Barral, Aldina, Barral-Netto, Manoel, Brodskyn, Cláudia, de Oliveira, Camila I
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329605/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18402685
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2172-9-12