A plague upon the phagocytes

@article{DeLeo2005APU,
  title={A plague upon the phagocytes},
  author={Frank R. DeLeo and B Joseph Hinnebusch},
  journal={Nature Medicine},
  year={2005},
  volume={11},
  pages={927-928}
}
Plague bacteria are renowned for causing some of the most devastating epidemics in human history. We are now closer to understanding why: the pathogen selectively disarms key cells of the innate immune system, weakening the front-line defenses of the body. 
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