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Complement factor H binding by different Lyme disease and relapsing fever Borrelia in animals and human

BACKGROUND: Borreliae employ multiple immune evasive strategies such as binding to complement regulatory proteins [factor H (fH) and factor H like-1 (FHL1)], differential regulation of surface membrane proteins, antigenic variation, and binding of plasminogen/plasmin and matrix metalloproteinases. A...

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Autores principales: Bhide, Mangesh R, Escudero, Raquel, Camafeita, Emilio, Gil, Horacio, Jado, Isabel, Anda, Pedro
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2717971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19604355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-2-134