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JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
Volume 75, Issue 13, Pages 3829-3841Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.05.001
Keywords
Triatomine bug; Hematophagy; Salivary gland proteins; Sialome; Interactome
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- Brazilian National Research Council
- Foundation for Advancement of Science, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil
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Human populations are constantly plagued by hematophagous insects' bites, in particular the triatomine insects that are vectors of the Trypanosoma cruzi agent in Chagas disease. The pharmacologically-active molecules present in the salivary glands of hematophagous insects are injected into the human skin to initiate acquisition of blood meals. Sets of vasodilators, anti-platelet aggregators, anti-coagulants, immunogenic polypeptides, anesthetics, odorants, antibiotics, and detoxifying molecules have been disclosed with the aid of proteomics and recombinant cDNA techniques. These molecules can provide insights about the insect-pathogen-host interactions essential for understanding the physiopathology of the insect bite. The data and information presented in this review aim for the development of new drugs to prevent insect bites and the insect-transmitted endemic of Chagas disease. (c) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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