L. F. Cabo

Human trophoblast stem cells can be used to model placental susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii and highlight the critical importance of the trophoblast cell surface in pathogen resistance

This study uses human trophoblast stem cells to model placental resistance to Toxoplasma gondii and Listeria monocytogenes, showing that syncytiotrophoblasts are more resistant than cytotrophoblasts.

Heme-induced genes facilitate endosymbiont (Sodalis glossinidius) colonization of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans) midgut

The paper identifies heme-regulated genes in Sodalis glossinidius that enable its survival in tsetse fly midguts, revealing strategies for coping with heme toxicity.

A transcriptional network required for Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst formation is dispensable for long-term persistence

This study identifies ROCY1 as a necessary and sufficient regulator of cyst formation in Toxoplasma gondii, showing that cyst formation is not required for long-term persistence in the CNS.

Toxoplasma gondii GRA28 is required for placenta-specific induction of the regulatory chemokine CCL22 in human and mouse.

This paper identifies T. gondii GRA28 as the effector required for placenta-specific induction of CCL22 in human and mouse, linking it to parasite dissemination and immune modulation.

Thermal stress responses of Sodalis glossinidius, an indigenous bacterial symbiont of hematophagous tsetse flies

This study investigates the thermal stress responses of Sodalis glossinidius, a symbiont of tsetse flies, revealing its heat shock response mechanisms and thermal tolerance limits.