K. Yahata

Soma-germ contact across the basement membrane in the ovary

The paper reveals that ovarian follicle cells in myriapods extend cytoplasmic processes through the basement membrane to directly contact oocytes, challenging the notion that the basement membrane is a barrier to soma-germ communication.

The structural and functional modularity of ovarian follicle epithelium in the pill-millipede Hyleoglomeris japonica (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Pentazonia: Glomerida) and the morphological reconsideration of somatic tissues around oocytes in Myriapoda

This study identifies structurally and functionally distinct domains in the follicle epithelium of Hyleoglomeris japonica, challenging previous assumptions about myriapod ovarian somatic tissue roles.

Gliding motility of Plasmodium merozoites

This study shows Plasmodium merozoites can perform gliding motility, a previously unobserved movement essential for translocation across host cells before invasion.