Novel Family of Insect Salivary Inhibitors Blocks Contact Pathway Activation by Binding to Polyphosphate, Heparin, and Dextran Sulfate - Concepedia

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Novel Family of Insect Salivary Inhibitors Blocks Contact Pathway Activation by Binding to Polyphosphate, Heparin, and Dextran Sulfate

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2013

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Patrícia H. Alvarenga, Xueqing Xu, Fabiano Oliveira, Andrezza Campos Chagas, Clarissa R. Nascimento, Ivo M.B. Francischetti, María A. Juliano, Luiz Juliano, Júlio Scharfstein, Jesús G. Valenzuela,

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Abstract

The results of these studies indicate that the binding of anionic polymers by salivary proteins is used by blood feeders as an antihemostatic/anti-inflammatory mechanism.

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