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Extracts prepared from the salivary glands (SGE) of partially fed adult female Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks reduced the expression by human peripheral blood leukocytes 9PBLs) of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated cytokine mRNA. Treatment with SGE had no obvious effect on cytokine mRNA production when compared with untreated PBLs. LPS treatment induced or increased mRNA production for IFN alpha, TNF-alpha, IL-1 alpha, IL-1 beta, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7 and IL-8. All the LPS-stimulated cytokine mRNAs were reduced when treated with a mixture of LPS and SGE. The results indicate the potential of ticks in modulating the cytokine network of their vertebrate hosts, possibly to facilitate blood feeding.
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