Contribution of toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in an oral Yersinia enterocolitica mouse infection model.

A characteristic of the three human-pathogenic Yersinia spp. (the plague agent Y. pestis and the enteropathogenic Y.

Yersinia V-antigen exploits toll-like receptor 2 and CD14 for interleukin 10-mediated immunosuppression.

A characteristic of the three human-pathogenic Yersinia spp. (the plague agent Yersinia pestis and the enteropathogenic Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia enterocolitica) is the expression of the virulence (V)-antigen (LcrV). LcrV is a released protein which is involved in contact-induced secretion of yersinia antihost proteins and in evasion of the host's innate immune response.