Growth Factor and Th2 Cytokine Signaling Pathways Converge at STAT6 to Promote Arginase Expression in Progressive Experimental Visceral Leishmaniasis

• E. Yaneth Osorio,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas (LIPMED), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Bruno L. Travi,

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Alda M. da Cruz,

  Affiliation Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas (LIPMED), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz-FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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• Omar A. Saldarriaga,

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Audrie A. Medina,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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• Peter C. Melby

  * E-mail: pcmelby@utmb.edu

  Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Tropical Diseases, and Institute for Human Infection and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pathology, and Sealy Center for Vaccine Development, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

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