• Activation and evasion of innate immune signaling pathways by Yersinia pestis / 

    Dhariwala, Miqdad Onali, 1986- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Yersinia pestis is a bacterial pathogen that causes the disease plague in mammals. The disease is rapidly lethal and infected individuals can succumb ...
  • Factors contributing to humoral immunity against pneumonic plague 

    Eisele, Nicholas A. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
    Yersinia pestis is the etiologic agent of plague and is responsible for more human deaths throughout history than any other bacterial pathogen. During infection bacteria inject effector proteins into target host cells using ...
  • Protection from pneumonic plague by the induction of heme oxygenase-1 

    Willix, Joshua, 1984- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    Yersinia pestis is the etiological agent of the disease known as plague. The pathology of this disease is characterized by organ failure due to necrosis and hyperinflammation towards the end of the disease. However, Y. ...
  • Yersinia pestis YopK contributes to immune evasion and cell death to promote plague 

    Peters, Kristen N. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] YopK is a 21-kilodalton protein that is secreted and translocated by the type three secretion system of Yersinia pestis, the causative agent of pneumonic, ...