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Ixodes scapularis saliva mitigates inflammatory cytokine secretion during Anaplasma phagocytophilum stimulation of immune cells

BACKGROUND: Ixodes scapularis saliva enables the transmission of infectious agents to the mammalian host due to its immunomodulatory, anesthetic and anti-coagulant properties. However, how I. scapularis saliva influences host cytokine secretion in the presence of the obligate intracellular rickettsi...

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Autores principales: Chen, Gang, Severo, Maiara S, Sohail, Mohammad, Sakhon, Olivia S, Wikel, Stephen K, Kotsyfakis, Michail, Pedra, Joao HF
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3503595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23050849
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-5-229