mortality/aging
• in mice infected with T. gondii
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immune system
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• mice exhibit normal susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes-induced mortality
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• mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii exhibit increased spreading and proliferation of T. gondii and increased mortality compared with wild-type mice
• mouse embryonic fibroblasts and macrophage exhibit impaired IFN-gamma-induced reduction of T. gondii infection compared with wild-type cells
• macrophages of T. gondii-infected mice exhibit impaired IFN-gamma-mediated anti-T. gondii response (nitric oxide-dependent), disruption of parasitophorous vacuole (PV) membrane and Irgb6 recruitment of PV compared with wild-type cells
• however, mice exhibit normal T cell response and production of IL12 and IFN-gamma
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• in mice infected with T. gondii
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