LGALS9 and infection: Similarly, in vitro, flow cytometry results revealed a significant reduction in Gal-9 expression in human primary dMφ or dMφ-like THP-1 following T. gondii infection, while Gal-9 levels in other immune cells such as dNK and decidual myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSC) remained unaffected after infection (data not shown).