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Evasins: Therapeutic Potential of a New Family of Chemokine-Binding Proteins from Ticks

Blood-sucking parasites, such as ticks, remain attached to their hosts for relatively long periods of time in order to obtain their blood meal without eliciting an immune response. One mechanism used to avoid rejection is the inhibition of the recruitment of immune cells, which can be achieved by a...

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Autores principales: Bonvin, Pauline, Power, Christine A., Proudfoot, Amanda E. I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4894869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27375615
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2016.00208