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From: Blood feeding by the Rocky Mountain spotted fever vector, Dermacentor andersoni, induces interleukin-4 expression by cognate antigen responding CD4+ T cells

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Quantitative real-time RT-PCR measurement of tick infestation and salivary gland extract (SGE)-induced IL-4 expression in skin and draining lymph nodes. IL-4 mRNA measured in samples isolated from skin and draining lymph nodes of uninfested (naive) mice were assigned an arbitrary value of 1.0, and IL-4 mRNA measured in experimental samples were calculated as a ratio (fold-difference) relative to naive. Asterisks indicate P < 0.001 compared to naive, and n = 3 mice per group.

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Parasites & Vectors

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