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Mice were backcrossed onto the C57BL/6 background and maintained as heterozygotes.

The white Dahomey strain of D. melanogaster (negative for Wolbachia) was used as the wild-type background and maintained as described in the Supplemental Information.

Three-month-old male PTP1B+/+ (wild-type) and PTP1B−/− mice on the C57Bl/6J × 129Sv/J genetic background and maintained as described previously were used throughout this study.

Human FcαRI transgenic (Tg) mice were generated at the UMC Utrecht (van Egmond et al, 1999), and were backcrossed to C57BL/6, BALB/c and immunodeficient SCID background (CB17/lcr- Prkdcscid/lcrlcoCrl, Charles River) and maintained as hemizygous.

All mice were of similar genetic background (≥90% C57Bl/6, ≤10% FVB/n) and maintained as heterozygotes.

All transgenic lines were established and maintained as heterozygotes on an FVB/N background.

Mice were maintained on a CD-1/129 CD-1/129nd, and WT mice were obackgroundom heterozygous and-PS1 mating pairs and maintained as a separate line for more than 20 generations of inbreeding, for use as controls.

LDL receptor deficient mice on C57BL/6 background (LDLR-/ mice) were purchased from the Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME, USA) and maintained as a breeding colony.

Wild-type mice, IFN-γ−/− and IL-28Rα−/− mice on a C57BL/6J genetic background were maintained as previously described (Hausding et al, 2004).

Both Carl and Mr. Tieman came from working-class backgrounds and maintained their respect for hard work and achievement.

Mice were generated in C57Bl/6 × C3 backgrounds and maintained on standard chow and day/night cycles.