Soil organic matter is the dominant carbon pool in terrestrial ecosystems, and its
management is of increasing policy relevance. Soil microbes are the main drivers of soil …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by cognitive impairment in clinical presentation,
and by β-amyloid (Aβ) production and the hyper-phosphorylation of tau in basic research …

In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

Objective Defective apoptosis contributes to the massive synovial hyperplasia in rheumatoid
arthritis (RA), but the mechanism is largely unknown. To investigate the reasons for the …

Growth as an interconnected mycelial network is characteristic of filamentous fungi and has
been subject to scientific investigation since the seminal works of Buller at the start of the …

Autophagy is a conserved cellular recycling and trafficking pathway in eukaryotic cells and
has been reported to be important in the virulence of a number of microbial pathogens …

Fusarium head blight of wheat is one of the most serious and hazardous crop diseases
worldwide. Here, a transcriptomic investigation of Fusarium graminearum reveals a new …

Autophagy is a highly conserved process that maintains intracellular homeostasis by
degrading proteins or organelles in all eukaryotes. The effect of autophagy on fungal biology …

Background Ustilaginoidea virens has become one of the most devastating rice pathogens
in China, as well as other rice-growing areas. Autophagy is an important process in normal …

Plant pathogenic fungi utilize a series of complex infection structures, in particular the
appressorium, to gain entry to and colonize plant tissue. As a consequence of the …