A Novel Vasodilatory Peptide from the Salivary Glands of the Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis
- 13 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 243 (4888) , 212-214
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.2783496
Abstract
Salivary gland lysates of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis contain a potent vasodilator that aids the fly to feed on the blood of its vertebrate hosts. Chromatographic analysis, antibody reactivity, and data obtained from bioassays of the salivary erythema-inducing factor indicate striking similarity with human calcitonin gene-related peptide. The erythema-inducing factor is, however, at least one order of magnitude more potent than calcitonin gene-related peptide.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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