Chagas disease (CD) is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi that infects a
broad range of triatomines and mammalian species, including man. It afflicts 8 million …

Background Current therapeutic options for Chagas' disease are limited to benznidazole
and nifurtimox, which have been associated with low cure rates in the chronic stage of the …

Bone metastasis is present in a high percentage of breast cancer (BCa) patients with distant
disease, especially in those with the estrogen receptor‐positive (ER+) subtype. Most cells …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), and Sjögren's
syndrome (SS) are heterogeneous autoimmune diseases. Severe manifestations and …

Basal‐like breast carcinoma is characterized by the expression of basal/myoepithelial
markers, undifferentiated phenotype, highly aggressive behaviour and frequent triple …

The lysyl oxidase–like protein LOXL2 has been suggested to contribute to tumor
progression and metastasis, but in vivo evidence has been lacking. Here we provide …

For many patients with breast cancer, symptomatic bone metastases appear after years of
latency. How micrometastatic lesions remain dormant and undetectable before initiating …

Abstract Lysyl oxidase‐like 2 (LOXL 2) is involved in a wide range of physiological and
pathological processes, including fibrosis and tumor progression, implicating intracellular …

Background Human infections by the gastrointestinal helminth Strongyloides stercoralis and
the enteric protozoans Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Blastocystis spp. are …

Strongyloides stercoralis infection is being increasingly diagnosed out of endemic areas.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the usefulness of S. stercoralis serology for the …