Cancer-associated fibroblast-secreted CXCL16 attracts monocytes to promote stroma activation in triple-negative breast cancers.

Triple-negative (TN) breast cancers (ERPRHER2) are highly metastatic and associated with poor prognosis. Within this subtype, invasive, stroma-rich tumours with infiltration of inflammatory cells are even more aggressive. The effect of myeloid cells on reactive stroma formation in TN breast cancer is largely unknown.

[Manifestations of systemic mycoses and related infections in the central nervous system].

Unlabelled: In daily practice mycotic infections of the CNS have become more and more frequent. The main causes are the wide-ranging use of corticosteroids, immunosuppressive, cytostatic drugs and antibiotics, the spreading of AIDS, the increasing number of surviving immature newborns. To illustrate the diagnostic difficulties, the authors report several cases.