New papers

… 2022

Nice collaboration with the group of Guy Caljon at Antwerp University, on the reservoir of trypanosomes in the lung.

2021

Nice collaboration with the labs of Julius Lukes (CZ) and Philippe Bastin (FR); our FIB-SEM datasets from bloodstream trypanosomes.

…. 2020

Two new comprehensive reviews by Etienne Pays




Building on our previous description of the role of KIFC1 on the transport of ApoL1, we unveiled an unsuspected role in cholesterol mobilisation. Wonderful work by Laurence Lecordier !
The Trypanosoma Brucei KIFC1 Kinesin Ensures the Fast Antibody Clearance Required for Parasite Infectivity.

Lecordier L, Uzureau S, Vanwalleghem G, Deleu M, Crowet JM, Barry P, Moran B, Voorheis P, Dumitru AC, Yamaryo-Botté Y, Dieu M, Tebabi P, Vanhollebeke B, Lins L, Botté CY, Alsteens D, Dufrêne Y, Pérez-Morga D, Nolan DP, Pays E. iScience. 2020 Aug 20;23(9):101476. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101476. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32889430

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Fruitful collaboration with the AFM team of UCL Belgium : Valotteau C, Dumitru AC, Alsteens D, and Dufrêne YF.

Multiparametric Atomic Force Microscopy Identifies Multiple Structural and Physical Heterogeneities on the Surface of Trypanosoma brucei.

Valotteau C, Dumitru AC, Lecordier L, Alsteens D, Pays E, Pérez-Morga D, Dufrêne YF. ACS Omega. 2020 Aug 13;5(33):20953-20959. doi: 10.1021/acsomega, PMID: 32875230.