Plugging a Leak: How Phagosomes "Stretch" to Accommodate Pathogen Growth.

Plugging a Leak: How Phagosomes "Stretch" to Accommodate Pathogen Growth.
Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Dec 09;28(6):774-775
Authors: Onyishi CU, Desanti GE, May RC
Abstract
Phagocytes engulf pathogens into a membrane bound compartment called a phagosome, but what happens when engulfed pathogens start growing? In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe,Westman et al. (2020) show that lysosomes fuse with phagosomes to maintain phagosomal membrane integrity as the fungal pathogen Candida albicans expands.
PMID: 33301715 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Cell Host and Microbe - December 9, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Onyishi CU, Desanti GE, May RC Tags: Cell Host Microbe Source Type: research