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Circumventing Y. pestis Virulence by Early Recruitment of Neutrophils to the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague.
PLoS pathogens - 1 May 2015
Vagima Yaron, Zauberman Ayelet, Levy Yinon, Gur David, Tidhar Avital, Aftalion Moshe, Shafferman Avigdor, Mamroud Emanuelle
Abstract excerpt
Pneumonic plague is a fatal disease caused by Yersinia pestis that is associated with a delayed immune response in the lungs. Because neutrophils are the first immune cells recruited to sites of infection, we investigated the mechanisms responsible for their delayed homing to the lung. During the first 24 hr after pulmonary infection with a fully virulent Y. pestis strain, no significant changes were observed in...
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