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Last published 2025
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Kenneth T. Appell

Researcher

Also affiliated: American Pharmacists Association (2009); United States Pharmacopeial Convention (2008–2009)

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1 h-index 6 pubs 9 cited

  • Yersinia pestis
  • Animals
  • Plague
  • Mice
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
  • Type VI Secretion Systems
  • Virulence Factors
  • Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Lung
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Interleukin-17
  • Neutrophil Infiltration

Biography and Research Information

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Kenneth T. Appell's research focuses on the molecular mechanisms of bacterial pathogens, particularly *Yersinia pestis*, the bacterium responsible for plague. His work investigates how these bacteria regulate the expression of virulence factors, such as pesticin and plasminogen activator protease. Appell has examined the role of specific bacterial proteins, like BipA, in modulating these factors and has explored the involvement of two-component regulatory systems, such as PhoP/PhoQ, in controlling their production.

His recent publications also delve into the host immune response to infection, specifically the contribution of pulmonary interleukin-17 to neutrophil infiltration during pneumonic plague. Appell's research network includes collaborators such as Madeleine G. Scott, Jon S. Blevins, and Wanfeng Guo from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 6
  • Citations: 9

Selected Publications

  • <i>Yersinia pestis</i> plasminogen activator protease is regulated by the PhoP/PhoQ two-component system (2025)
    Journal of Bacteriology DOI OpenAlex
  • <i>Yersinia pestis</i> BipA is a novel regulator of pesticin and a type 6 secretion system (2025)
    Infection and Immunity 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Pulmonary Expression of Interleukin-17 Contributes to Neutrophil Infiltration into the Lungs during Pneumonic Plague (2023)
    Infection and Immunity 8 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Collaboration Network

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