Anti-inflammatory activities of Aedes aegypti cecropins and their protection against murine endotoxin shock

Anti-inflammatory activities of Aedes aegypti cecropins and their protection against murine endotoxin shock

Abstract Background Mosquitoes are armed with physiologically active compounds to suppress the host immunity including host inflammatory reaction. However, the specific anti-inflammatory components in mosquitoes remain unknown. Results By searching for the immunomodulatory molecules from the mosquit...

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Main Authors: Lin Wei, Yang Yang, Yandong Zhou, Min Li, Hailong Yang, Lixian Mu, Qian Qian, Jing Wu, Wei Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Mosquito
Aedes aegypti
Cecropin
Anti-inflammation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-018-3000-8

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