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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2025

Up-regulated matrix metalloproteinase activity in soil-transmitted helminth-tuberculosis co-infection is associated with increased lung pathology.

Maria-Cristina I Loader, Sory Vasquez Alves, Robert H Gilman, Jorge Coronel, Carmen Taquiri, Neusa Vasquez Alves, Fabiola Díaz-Soria, Salomón Durand, Sean T Kelleher, Teresa Jacob and 3 more

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Towards host-directed therapy: The role of matrix metalloproteinases in the immunopathogenesis of tuberculosis.International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Maria-Cristina I LoaderInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, UK mloader@sgul.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0556-2363
Sory Vasquez AlvesÁrea de Investigación y Desarrollo, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú.
Robert H GilmanLaboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9037-0712
Jorge CoronelLaboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-6716
Carmen TaquiriLaboratorio de Investigación de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Laboratorios de Investigación y Desarrollo, Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Perú.
Neusa Vasquez AlvesÁrea de Investigación y Desarrollo, Asociación Benéfica PRISMA, Lima, Perú.
Fabiola Díaz-SoriaCentro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales "Maxime Kuczynski", Instituto Nacional de Salud, Lima, Perú.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8084-2723
Salomón DurandInstituto Peruano de Investigaciones en Salud, Loreto, Perú.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5923-8879
Sean T KelleherDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3021-5462
Teresa JacobSt George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
William H ElsonNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8630-1378
Daniela E KirwanInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3989-0795
Jon S FriedlandInstitute for Infection and Immunity, St George's University of London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7789-9649

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMCPMC11780722

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