Yersinia pestis is a gram-negative, zoonotic, bacterial pathogen, and the causative agent of
plague. The bubonic form of plague occurs subsequent to deposition of bacteria in the skin …

Neutrophils are the primary immune cell recruited to the site of bacterial infection, where
they can rapidly deploy vesicles filled with various pro-inflammatory and anti-microbial …

Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, is transmitted by fleas. The bite of an infected
flea deposits Y. pestis into the dermis and triggers recruitment of innate immune cells …

Editorial: Yersinia pestis survives in neutrophils and sends a PS to macrophages: bon
appétit! | Journal of Leukocyte Biology | Oxford Academic Skip to Main Content …

Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs, or neutrophils) are the most abundant innate
immune cell and kill most invading bacteria through combined activities of reactive oxygen …

Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, is typically transmitted by the bite of an
infected flea. Many aspects of mammalian innate immune response early after Y. pestis …

As a pathogen of plague, Yersinia pestis caused three massive pandemics in history that
killed hundreds of millions of people. Yersinia pestis is highly invasive, causing severe …

Yersinia pestis, the bacterial agent of plague, is transmitted to a mammalian host through the
bite of an infected flea. After deposition into the dermis, Y. pestis must subvert or prevent an …

Inhalation of Yersinia pestis causes primary pneumonic plague, the most severe
manifestation of plague that is characterized by a dramatic neutrophil influx to the lungs …

The pathogenesis of infection with Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of plague, was
examined following subcutaneous infection of BALB/c mice with a fully virulent strain …