Potential roles of fungal extracellular vesicles during infection

LS Joffe, L Nimrichter, ML Rodrigues, M Del Poeta - MSphere, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by virtually all cell types. Within the past few years,
work in this field has revealed more information about fungal EVs. Fungal EVs have been …

RNA 'Information Warfare'in pathogenic and mutualistic interactions

T Chaloner, JAL van Kan, RT Grant-Downton - Trends in plant science, 2016 - cell.com
Regulatory non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in host–pathogen interactions.
Small RNAs such as microRNAs are implicated in regulating plant transcripts involved in …

[HTML][HTML] The C-terminal region of Trypanosoma cruzi MASPs is antigenic and secreted via exovesicles

LM De Pablos, IM Díaz Lozano, MI Jercic… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiological agent of Chagas disease, a neglected and emerging
tropical disease, endemic to South America and present in non-endemic regions due to …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of Infectivity and Evasion Derived from Microvesicles Cargo Produced by Trypanosoma cruzi

BC Borges, IA Uehara, LOS Dias, PC Brígido… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Cell invasion by the intracellular protozoans requires interaction of proteins from both the
host and the parasite. Many parasites establish chronic infections, showing they have the …