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Ticks elicit variable fibrinogenolytic activities upon feeding on hosts with different immune backgrounds

Ticks secrete several anti-hemostatic factors in their saliva to suppress the host innate and acquired immune defenses against infestations. Using Ixodes scapularis ticks and age-matched mice purchased from two independent commercial vendors with two different immune backgrounds as a model, we show...

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Autores principales: Vora, Ashish, Taank, Vikas, Dutta, Sucharita M., Anderson, John F., Fish, Durland, Sonenshine, Daniel E., Catravas, John D., Sultana, Hameeda, Neelakanta, Girish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5353578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28300174
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep44593