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Characterisation of a novel tick-derived dendritic cell modulator: Japanin

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Dendritic cells (DC) play a key role in immunity and represent a great target for modulation, because of their ability to prime T cells and direct their polarisation into effector subsets. Ticks release immunomodulatory compounds in their saliva, possibly in order to evade host immune responses during feeding. We have recently reported that Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks produce ‘Japanin’, a secretory lipocalin that arrests differentiation of monocytes into DC and reprogrammes...

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University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
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Publication date:
2014
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
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Oxford University, UK

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