Wednesday, 17 November 2004
D0561

Immune modulators from scabies mites

Larry G. Arlian, larry.arlian@wright.edu and Marjorie S. Morgan, marjorie.morgan@wright.edu. Wright State University, Department of Biological Sciences, 3640 Col. Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH

'This study examined the response of human lymphocytes to extracts of the parasitic mite, S. scabiei that burrows in the skin of many mammalian hosts. Lymphocytes produced IL-10 and INF gamma in response to scabies mite extracts.


Species 1: Acari Sarcoptidae Sacroptes scabiei (itch mite, scabies)
Keywords: cytokines, immune response

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