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Proteolytic activity of Triatoma infestans saliva associated with PAR-2 activation and vasodilation

BACKGROUND: Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is a hematophagous insect and the main vector of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae). In the present study, the authors investigated whether a serine protease activity from the saliva of T. infestans has a role in vasomotor modu...

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Autores principales: Oliveira, Karla A., Torquato, Ricardo J. S., Lustosa, Daniela C. G. Garcia, Ribeiro, Tales, Nascimento, Bruno W. L., de Oliveira, Lilian C. G., Juliano, Maria A., Paschoalin, Thaysa, Lemos, Virginia S., Araujo, Ricardo N., Pereira, Marcos H., Tanaka, Aparecida S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7939238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33747067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2020-0098