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    • Campos Estrada, Carolina; González Herrera, Fabiola; Greif, Gonzalo; Carrillo Werner, Ileana; Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Liempi Manquel, Ana; Robello, Carlos; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Maya Arango, Juan Diego (Wiley, 2020)
      Chagas disease is a vector-borne disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. Current therapy involves benznidazole. Benznidazole and other drugs can modify gene expression patterns, improving the response ...
    • Jara Sandoval, José Antonio; Rojas Rivera, Diego; Castro Castillo, Vicente; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián; Sandoval Acuña, Cristian; Parra, Eduardo; Pavani, Mario; Maya Arango, Juan Diego; Ferreira Parker, Jorge; Catalán Díaz, Mabel (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a critical health issue worldwide. The high rate of liver and lung metastasis associated with CRC creates a significant barrier to effective and efficient therapy. Tumour cells, ...
    • Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Liempi Manquel, Ana; González Herrera, Fabiola; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián; Carrillo, Ileana; Abarca Bustos, Patricio; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Maya Arango, Juan Diego (American Society for Microbiology (ASM), 2020)
      Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan Trypanosome cruzi, endemic in Latin America but distributed worldwide because of migration. Without appropriate treatment, the disease progresses from an acute asymptomatic phase to ...
    • Medina, Lisvaneth; Castillo Rivas, Christian; Liempi, Ana; Guerrero Muñoz, Jesús; Rojas Pirela, Maura; Maya Arango, Juan Diego; Prieto, Humberto; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii are two parasites than can be transmitted from mother to child through the placenta. However, congenital transmission rates are low for T. cruzi and high for T. gondii. Infection ...