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Essential role of YopD in inhibition of the respiratory burst of macrophages by Yersinia enterocolitica.
Infection and immunity - 1 Oct 1994
Hartland E L, Green S P, Phillips W A, Robins-Browne R M
Abstract excerpt
The respiratory burst is a key element of the bactericidal armamentarium of phagocytes. In this study we have shown that a virulent strain of Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:9 completely inhibited the ability of murine bone marrow-derived macrophages to mount a respiratory burst in response to stimulation by zymosan. This property of the bacterium was abrogated by curing the strain of its 71.5-kb virulence...
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