Trypanosomiasis-induced megacolon illustrates how myenteric neurons modulate the risk for colon cancer in rats and humans.

BACKGROUND:Trypanosomiasis induces a remarkable myenteric neuronal degeneration leading to megacolon. Very little is known about the risk for colon cancer in chagasic megacolon patients. To clarify whether chagasic megacolon impacts on colon carcinogenesis, we investigated the risk for colon cancer...

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Main Authors: Vinicius Kannen (Author), Enio C de Oliveira (Author), Bruno Zene Motta (Author), Annuar Jose Chaguri (Author), Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi (Author), Sérgio B Garcia (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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