Anti-interleukin-8 activity of tick salivary gland extracts.
Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is one of many mammalian chemokines (chemotactic cytokines) that direct mammalian inflammatory and immune cells to sites of injury and infection. Chemokines are produced locally and act on leucocytes through selective receptors. The principal role of IL-8 is to control the movem...
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| Formato: | Journal article |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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2001
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