Yuto Kegawa

This paper creates chimeric rodent malaria parasites expressing PfAMA1 to evaluate interventions targeting malaria parasite invasion and transmission.

This study confirms that Toxoplasma gondii induces a transient increase in host cell plasma membrane conductance during invasion, suggesting a perforation mechanism for rhoptry protein delivery.

The paper identifies a transient membrane conductance increase in host cells induced by Toxoplasma gondii, which precedes invasion and is termed the invasion pore.