María Pía Alberione

This study shows that disrupting the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway in Plasmodium falciparum blocks GPI production, arrests parasite growth, and prevents egress from host cells.

This study shows that N-acetylglucosamine supplementation cannot restore UDP-GlcNAc levels or function in T. gondii when GNA1 is depleted, highlighting the critical role of GlcN6P acetylation in parasite replication and invasion.

This study investigates how CD81 senses cholesterol and how this affects its function as a hepatitis C virus receptor, finding that cholesterol binding regulates CD81's conformation and receptor activity.