Mast Cells Modulate Acute Toxoplasmosis in Murine Models

Bo Huang; Shiguang Huang; Ying Chen; Huanqin Zheng; Jilong Shen; Zhao-Rong Lun; Yong Wang; Lloyd H. Kasper; Fangli Lu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0077327

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Mast Cells Modulate Acute Toxoplasmosis in Murine Models

Bo Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Huang, Shiguang Huang

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Shiguang Huang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Bo Huang, Shiguang Huang

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, School of Medicine, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Ying Chen,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Huanqin Zheng,

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Jilong Shen,

Affiliation Anhui Provincial Laboratory of Pathogen Biology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China
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Zhao-Rong Lun,

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Center for Parasitic Organisms, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Yong Wang,

Affiliation Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Lloyd H. Kasper,

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America
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Fangli Lu

* E-mail: fanglilu@yahoo.com

Affiliations Department of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Mast Cells Modulate Acute Toxoplasmosis in Murine Models

Bo Huang,
Shiguang Huang,
Ying Chen,
Huanqin Zheng,
Jilong Shen,
Zhao-Rong Lun,
Yong Wang,
Lloyd H. Kasper,
Fangli Lu

Published: October 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077327

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