Cell Biology and Ultrastructure of Parasites
A special issue of Biology (ISSN 2079-7737). This special issue belongs to the section "Infection Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 10
Editor
Interests: cell biology; parasitic protozoa; parasitic diseases; chemotherapy; oxidative stress
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The scientific community has witnessed great advances in molecular and cell biology and biochemical approaches largely due to the development of powerful methods and modern tools.
Despite the medical importance of parasitic infections, which lead to significant death tolls worldwide, the parasite cell biology remains largely overlooked, mainly due to the limited number of groups with the proper expertise to approach these unique pathogenic models. The present Special Issue was conceived to help bridge this gap by stimulating interest among researchers in cell biology and ultrastructural analysis of eukaryotic pathogenic microbes, which represent not only interesting experimental models, but also etiological agents of great medical importance. Many interesting topics such as parasite subverting of cell signaling, host cell dysfunction, parasite-specific molecules/organelles and therapeutic targets, parasite/host cell extracellular vesicles and pathogenesis, and redox homeostasis must be fully elucidated.
In order to fully understand the overwhelming complexity of living cells, including the mechanisms underlying and regulating gene expression, it is essential to investigate in detail the surprisingly intricate and sophisticated subcellular organization of the compartments and structures orchestrating life.
By highlighting relevant advances in the cell biology of parasitic protozoa, the present Special Issue aims to fill this gap, raising the interest of numerous colleagues in ultrastructural analysis of eukaryotic pathogenic microbes, which serve not only as interesting experimental models, but also as etiological agents of great medical importance.
Dr. Marcos Andre Vannier-Santos
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- parasite cell biology
- functional ultrastructure
- subcellular organization
- pathogen biology
- host cell infection
- parasitism molecular/cellular strategies
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