Dear Thierry, Ludwig and Sascha,



My team would like to contribute a review about our work on encystation using Dictyostelium or rather Polysphondylium pallidum encystation as a genetic model for encystation mechanisms in amoeba pathogens. I hope this is still within the remit of your special topic



With best wishes,



Pauline



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Subject: [DICTY] Amoebae as host models for pathogens



Dear Dicty-researchers, dear amoebologists,



We - Thierry Soldati, Ludwig Eichinger, and Sascha Thewes – have been invited as guest-editors to host a special research topic in the open access journal “Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology” ( https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journal.frontiersin.org_journal_cellular-2Dand-2Dinfection-2Dmicrobiology-23&d=CwIDaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=G0i-xkKvWepiOT01FF_Nx9XkaEEFt5Dttsc3yIePxBPU44aHfHsMfVSlUygwIJiN&m=67807ZymBxgotX4uFZOuedk6A8dByecWl3mvzfbNryI&s=I4U9UcxbEaoER_QFW5CMHkcOE2C0WkyQwPPyfSJHIKA&e=

). We think this might be a great opportunity to draw additional attention to Dictyostelium as a host model for pathogens. However, we believe that other amoebae such as e.g. Acanthamoebae are also important model hosts for pathogens. Therefore, we chose as title of the research topic “Amoebae as Host Models to Study the Interaction with Pathogens”.



We cordially invite all researchers working on the interaction of (any) amoebae with pathogens (viruses, bacteria, or fungi) to submit their next articles to this special research topic. All article types (original research, methods, reviews, and perspectives) are welcome.



In the research topic we aim to answer especially the following questions:

Which amoebae can be used as hosts? Which pathogens can be studied using amoebae? Which aspects of phagocytosis and killing by the amoebae are in common with mammalian phagocytes such as macrophages and neutrophils? Do pathogens distinguish between amoebae and phagocytes of the animal immune system? Which are the most evolutionary conserved mechanisms?

Nevertheless, other articles fitting to the topic will also be considered.

A full description of the research topic can be found at https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__journal.frontiersin.org_researchtopic_5851_amoebae-2Das-2Dhost-2Dmodels-2Dto-2Dstudy-2Dthe-2Dinteraction-2Dwith-2Dpathogens&d=CwIDaQ&c=yHlS04HhBraes5BQ9ueu5zKhE7rtNXt_d012z2PA6ws&r=G0i-xkKvWepiOT01FF_Nx9XkaEEFt5Dttsc3yIePxBPU44aHfHsMfVSlUygwIJiN&m=67807ZymBxgotX4uFZOuedk6A8dByecWl3mvzfbNryI&s=emWZKyos-FdJIYlUrA_6OkpKLGHOgzH190EZd7hAbE8&e= .



The deadlines for abstract and manuscript submission are July, 31st, and October, 15th, 2017, respectively. All submitted manuscripts will undergo the normal peer reviewing process of Frontiers. Accepted manuscripts will be immediately published. If at least 10 articles will be accepted for publication in our special research topic, an e-book will be generated.



We are looking forward to your feedback and contributions.



Kind regards,



Thierry, Ludwig, and Sascha.



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