Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry kinase ROP16 activates STAT3 and STAT6 resulting in cytokine inhibition and arginase-1-dependent growth control.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on September 08, 2011

Authors

Barbara A Butcher1, Barbara A Fox, Leah M Rommereim, Sung Guk Kim, Kirk J Maurer, Felix Yarovinsky, De'Broski R Herbert, David J Bzik, Eric Y Denkers

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. bab26@cornell.edu

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