Immunosuppressive effects of tick protein RHcyst-1 on murine bone marrow-derived dendritic cells

Abstract Background Ticks, as blood-feeding arthropod vectors, have evolved their own unique mechanism to suppress host immune responses and evade immune defenses in order to complete blood-feeding. The immunoregulatory effect of tick bioactive molecules on hosts has been widely reported, and the cy...

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Main Authors: Nana Wei, Zhibing Lin, Zhengmao Xu, Haiyan Gong, Houshuang Zhang, Yongzhi Zhou, Jie Cao, Guoqing Li, Jinlin Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-019-3411-1