The results in Fig 9 showed that the mice that received DC isolated from Cm-infected SND1-/- mice (KO-DC) exhibited much severe body weight loss (Fig 9A) and significantly higher bacterial loads (Fig 9B) than the mice with wild-type DC transfer (WT-DC), demonstrating the capacity of SND1 from DCs in generating protective immunity to challenge infection. This evidence concerns the gene SND1 and infection.