Exploring the mechanism of amebic trogocytosis: the role of amebic lysosomes

December 6, 2017

In this article, the authors comment on the study "Inhibition of Amebic Lysosomal Acidification Blocks Amebic Trogocytosis and Cell Killing" by Gilmartin et al. (MBio, 2017), discussing the the role of amebic lysosomes in Trogocytosis, the intracellular transfer of fragments of cell material.

Entamoeba histolytica – tumor necrosis factor: a fatal attraction

July 6, 2015

This article comments on the study "In Entamoeba histolytica, a BspA family protein is required for chemotaxis toward tumour necrosis factor" by Silvestre et al. (Microbial Cell, 2015).