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List of works by Karen Elizabeth Nava-Castro

A helminth cestode parasite express an estrogen-binding protein resembling a classic nuclear estrogen receptor

scientific article published on May 19, 2011

A novel progesterone receptor membrane component (PGRMC) in the human and swine parasite Taenia solium: implications to the host-parasite relationship.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

A single neonatal administration of Bisphenol A induces higher tumour weight associated to changes in tumour microenvironment in the adulthood

scientific article

Androgens Exert a Cysticidal Effect upon Taenia crassiceps by Disrupting Flame Cell Morphology and Function

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Beyond the reproductive effect of sex steroids: their role during immunity to helminth parasite infections.

scientific article published on October 2012

Diethylstilbestrol exposure in neonatal mice induces changes in the adulthood in the immune response to taenia crassiceps without modifications of parasite loads.

scientific article

Endocrine immune interactions during chronic Toxocariasis caused by Toxocara canis in a murine model: New insights into the pathophysiology of an old infection.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Gender-associated differential expression of cytokines in specific areas of the brain during helminth infection.

scientific article

Gender-related effects of sex steroids on histamine release and FcεRI expression in rat peritoneal mast cells.

scientific article published on 20 April 2015

Helminth infection alters mood and short-term memory as well as levels of neurotransmitters and cytokines in the mouse hippocampus.

scientific article published on 6 February 2014

Immune response to chronic Toxocara canis infection in a mice model

scientific article published on 15 October 2019

New method to disaggregate and analyze single isolated helminthes cells using flow cytometry: proof of concept

scientific article published on December 2011

Oestradiol and progesterone differentially alter cytoskeletal protein expression and flame cell morphology in Taenia crassiceps

scientific article published on 28 May 2014

PDZ proteins are expressed and regulated in antigen-presenting cells and are targets of influenza A virus

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

PKCα and PKCδ activation regulates transcriptional activity and degradation of progesterone receptor in human astrocytoma cells.

scientific article published on 16 December 2014

Progesterone in vitro increases growth, motility and progesterone receptor expression in third stage larvae of Toxocara canis

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Progesterone inhibits the in vitro L3/L4 molting process in Haemonchus contortus

scientific article published on 20 October 2017

Sex hormones modulate the immune response to Plasmodium berghei ANKA in CBA/Ca mice

scientific article

Sex steroids effects on the molting process of the helminth human parasite Trichinella spiralis.

scientific article published on 3 November 2011

Sex steroids, immune system, and parasitic infections: facts and hypotheses.

scientific article published on July 2012

Sex-Associated Differential mRNA Expression of Cytokines and Its Regulation by Sex Steroids in Different Brain Regions in a ANKA Model of Cerebral Malaria

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Sex-associated expression of co-stimulatory molecules CD80, CD86, and accessory molecules, PDL-1, PDL-2 and MHC-II, in F480+ macrophages during murine cysticercosis.

scientific article published on 20 January 2013

The endocrine-immune network during taeniosis by Taenia solium: The role of the pituitary gland.

scientific article published on 16 October 2015

The in vitro effect of prolactin on the growth, motility and expression of prolactin receptors in larvae of Toxocara canis.

scientific article published on 3 May 2016

The role of chemokines in breast cancer pathology and its possible use as therapeutic targets

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The role of cytokines in breast cancer development and progression

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