Toxins and Hemostasis

0352268 - BC 2011 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Chmelař, Jindřich - Francischetti, I.M.B. - Kotsyfakis, Michalis
Salivary protease inhibitors with non anti-hemostatic function.
Toxins and Hemostasis. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, 2010 - (Kini, R.; Clemetson, K.; Markland, F.; McLane, M.; Morita, T.), s. 153-164. ISBN 978-90-481-9294-6
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR IAA600960811
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
Keywords : Cysteine protease inhibitors * Serine protease inhibitors * Arthropod saliva * Immunity * Inflammation * Cystatin * Tryptase * Elastase * Kunitz domain
Subject RIV: EC - Immunology

Herein we review the available literature with the aim to reveal that arthropod saliva is a rich source of protease inhibitors that through their action modulate non hemostatic mechanisms of the vertebrate host physiology.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0191812