The role of salivary and intestinal complement system inhibitors in the midgut protection of Triatomines and mosquitoes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Barros, Veruska Cavalcanti ^a,b   Assumpção, Jéssica Góes ^a   Cadete, André Miranda ^a   Santos, Vânia Cristina ^a   Cavalcante, Reginaldo Roris ^b   Araújo, Ricardo Nascimento ^a   Pereira, Marcos Horácio ^a   Gontijo, Nelder Figueiredo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3B; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; COMPLEMENT INHIBITOR; COMPLEMENT; FLUORESCENT DYE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTESTINE; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; RHODNIUS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STOMACH PROTECTION; TRIATOMA; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HEMOLYMPH; METABOLISM; MICROVILLUS; MOSQUITO; PH; SALIVARY GLAND; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CULICIDAE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEMOLYMPH; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTESTINES; MICROVILLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SALIVARY GLANDS;

EID: 67649499971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006047     Document Type: Article

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