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Table 1 Experimental design

From: Interaction between saliva’s adenosine and tick parasitism: effects on feeding and reproduction

Analysed parameters

Groups

 

First infestation on WT mice

First and second infestation +8-pSPT-treated WT mice

Third infestation +8-pSPT-treated WT mice

First and second infestation on A2aR−/− mice

Expression of the ADO and PGE2 receptors

Performance of ticks

+

+

Expression of stimulatory and co-stimulatory molecules

+

Cytokine production

+

  1. +, Done; −, Not done; 8-pSPT, non-specific antagonist for ADO receptors