Yamamoto et al., J Exp Med 2009
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Furthermore, overexpression of ROP16 but not ROP18 in mammalian cells resulted in Stat3 phosphorylation and strong activation of Stat3 dependent promoters
Butcher et al., PLoS Pathog 2011
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Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry kinase ROP16 activates STAT3 and STAT6 resulting in cytokine inhibition and arginase-1 dependent growth control