Toxoplasma gondii is a highly successful intracellular pathogen. Its success is largely achieved by the parasite’s ability to avoid the host immune response. During T. gondii infection lymphocytes play an active role in host defense and purinergic signaling has been shown to contribute to parasite control. Several studies have demonstrated the importance of ATP (adenosine triphosphate) signaling via purinergic receptor, as a c...