Lower Expression of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Higher Expression of Arginase in Rat Alveolar Macrophages Are Linked to Their Susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii Infection

• Zhi-Jun Zhao,

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, PR China

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• Jia Zhang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China

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• Jun Wei,

  Affiliation General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, PR China

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• Zhi Li,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China

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• Tao Wang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China

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• Si-Qi Yi,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China

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• Ji-Long Shen,

  Affiliation Provincial Laboratory of Microbiology and Parasitology and the Key Laboratory of Zoonoses Anhui, Department of Parasitology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, PR China

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• Ting-Bao Yang,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China

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• Geoff Hide,

  Affiliation Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

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• Zhao-Rong Lun

  * E-mail: lsslzr@mail.sysu.edu.cn

  Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Center for Parasitic Organisms, School of Life Sciences, and Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease and Control (Sun Yat-Sen University), Ministry of Education, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China, Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre and Biomedical Research Centre, School of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

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