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Porphyromonas gingivalis outer membrane vesicles induce an activated but permissive neutrophil phenotype.

Frontiers in immunology · Fretes A, Lara B, Calo G, Rojas Campión I, Materazzi L, Sabbione F, Robaldi SA, Pautasso MC, Pérez Leirós C, Vota D, Tribelli PM, Hauk V · 2026-09-03

Outer membrane vesicles from *Porphyromonas gingivalis* activated neutrophils but prevented them from forming antimicrobial nets and reduced their ability to kill internalized bacteria, while also impairing placental cell migration through neutrophil-derived factors.

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