Hematobin is a novel immunomodulatory protein from the saliva of the horn fly Haematobia irritans that inhibits the inflammatory response in murine macrophages

Background: The horn fly Haematobia irritans is a blood-sucking ectoparasite responsible for substantial economic loss of livestock. Like other hematophagous arthropods species, the successful blood-feeding of H. irritans is highly dependent on the modulation of the host’s hemostasis and immune syst...

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Main Author: Breijo Dotta, Martín Andrés (author)
Other Authors: Esteves, Eliane (author), Bizzarro, Bruna (author), Lara, Priscila G. (author), Assis, Josiane B. (author), Rocha, Sergio (author), Pastro, Lucía (author), Fernández, Cecilia (author), Meikle, Ana (author), Sá-Nunes, Anderson (author)
Format: article
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/50616
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3017-z
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