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ArticleInfection and immunity1997

Effect of Yersinia pestis YopM on experimental plague.

J Nemeth, S C Straley

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Article in Infection and immunity, 1997. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Toward a molecular pathogenic pathway for Yersinia pestis YopM.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J NemethDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40536-0084, USA.
S C Straley
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

YopM of Yersinia pestis has previously been shown to be necessary for full virulence in mice and to be able to bind human alpha-thrombin. This activity prompted the hypothesis that YopM, functioning extracellularly during plague, might be accessible to neutralization by antibody and hence might be a protective antigen. This study tested this hypothesis and found that YopM was not protective, either by passive or active immunization, in inbred or outbred mice. These findings showed that either YopM-specific antibody does not have access to YopM during experimental plague or the function of extracellular YopM is not neutralizable by antibody. Exogenously supplied YopM partially restored virulence to a YopM- strain of Y. pestis while having no effect on lethality of Listeria monocytogenes. These findings indicate that YopM does not significantly alter host defenses important for resistance against heterologous infection (Listeria monocytogenes) but raise the possibility that YopM has a minor extracellular function specific to homologous infection (Y. pestis).

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsFemaleHumansImmunization, PassiveMiceMice, Inbred BALB CPlagueRabbitsVaccinationBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsyopM protein, Yersinia

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PMID9038298
PMCPMC175070
OpenAlexW1844051144

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