Lionel Navarro

This study identifies nematode miRNAs that hijack plant AGO1 to reprogram host cells, revealing a mechanism of cross-kingdom RNA interference in plant-parasitic nematodes.

The paper shows that pre-loaded Ago2-miRISC targets RhoGDIα to facilitate Shigella-induced vacuolar rupture.

This study shows that extracellular small RNAs from plants direct gene silencing in a plant-interacting bacterium, revealing a novel mechanism of bacterial gene regulation.

This paper shows that the Legionella pneumophila effector LegK1 suppresses RNA silencing by interacting with Argonaute proteins and activating NF-κB signaling, enhancing bacterial virulence.

This paper shows ROS1, an Arabidopsis demethylase, removes DNA methylation at promoter regions to activate immune genes and enhance resistance to bacterial pathogens.

The paper shows that reducing PRC2 activity in Arabidopsis suppresses TE activation in ddm1 mutants, challenging the idea that PRC2 compensates for DNA hypomethylation.