Gustav van Niekerk

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Does autophagy degrade Lipopolysaccharides (LPS)?

How does the host actually degrade LPS? Macrophages phagocytose bacteria and make use of the autopathic machinery to ‘digest’ the pathogen, suggesting that autophagy likely also degrade the...

29 September 2017 4,647 3 View

Why don’t lysosomal vesicles degrade their own membranes?

If the enzymes inside a lysozyme is capable of degrading membranes (e.g. mitochondrial membrane or the inner membrane of the autophagosome), why don’t they degrade the membrane of the lysosomal...

13 April 2016 8,150 5 View

Sickens behavior: How conserved is sickness associated anorexia? Do sponges and sea anemone also diminish/stop feeding when they are sick?

I have come across literature describing an anorexic response in drosophila, African armyworm and a range of vertebrates, suggesting that sickens associated anorexia is an evolutionary conserved...

17 March 2016 6,929 2 View