A sand fly salivary protein acts as a neutrophil chemoattractant
Immune mimicry has been shown in chemokine like moieties from bacteria and viruses. Here, the authors characterise a sand fly salivary protein that induces neutrophil chemotaxis and explore its impact in a model of parasitic infection.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
Anderson B. Guimaraes-Costa,
John P. Shannon,
Ingrid Waclawiak,
Jullyanna Oliveira,
Claudio Meneses,
Waldione de Castro,
Xi Wen,
Joseph Brzostowski,
Tiago D. Serafim,
John F. Andersen,
Heather D. Hickman,
Shaden Kamhawi,
Jesus G. Valenzuela,
Fabiano Oliveira |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23002-5
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