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    • Díaz Jiménez, David; Núñez, Lucía; Fuente, Marjorie de la; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Sepulveda, Hugo; Montecino, Martin; Torres Riquelme, Alejandro; García González, Paulina; Chnaiderman Figueroa, Jonás; Vossenkamper, Anna; MacDonald, Thomas T.; Simian, Daniela; González Burgos, María Julieta; Cidlowski, John A.; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      The ST2/IL33 signalling pathway has been associated with ulcerative colitis (UC). ST2, encoded by the IL1RL1 gene, is expressed as both a membrane-anchored receptor (ST2L) activated by IL33 and as a soluble receptor (sST2) ...
    • Pérez, Paola; Aguilera, Sergio; Olea, Nancy; Alliende, Cecilia; Molina, Claudio; Brito, Mónica; Barrera, María José; Leyton, Cecilia; Rowzee, Anne; González Burgos, María Julieta (2010)
      To analyse whether the alterations in the structure and organization of microvilli in salivary acinar cells from SS patients are linked to changes in the expression and/or cellular localization of ezrin. Salivary gland ...
    • Castro Masso, Isabel; Albornoz, Nicolás; Aguilera, Sergio; Barrera, María José; González, Sergio; Núñez, Matilde; Carvajal, Patricia; Jara, Daniela; Lagos, Carolina; Molina, Claudio; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Hermoso, Marcela; González Burgos, María Julieta (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      Objectives. Xerostomia in SS patients has been associated with low quality and quantity of salivary mucins, which are fundamental for the hydration and protection of the oral mucosa. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...
    • Lagos, Carolina; Carvajal, Patricia; Castro, Isabel; Jara, Daniela; González, Sergio; Aguilera, Sergio; Barrera, María José; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Bahamondes, Verónica; Molina, Claudio; Urzúa, Ulises; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Leyton, Cecilia; González Burgos, María Julieta (Academic Press Inc., 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Inc.Here, we determined the 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), 5-methylcytosine (5mC), Ten Eleven Translocation (TETs), and DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) levels in epithelial and inflammatory cells of labial ...
    • Molina, C.; Alliende, C.; Aguilera, S.; Kwon, Y. J.; Leyton, L.; Martínez, B.; Leyton, C.; Pérez, P.; González Burgos, María Julieta (2006)
      Objective: To study the expression of laminin and type IV collagen as biomarkers of the organisation of the basal lamina of acini and ducts in labial salivary glands from patients with Sjögren's syndrome, and to relate ...
    • Bahamondes, Verónica; Albornoz, Amelina; Aguilera, Sergio; Alliende, Cecilia; Molina, Claudio; Castro, Isabel; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Barrera, María José; González, Sergio; Sánchez, Marianela; Härtel, Steffen; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Leyton Martínez, Cecilia; González Burgos, María Julieta (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2011-10)
      Objective. Oral and ocular dryness are frequent and serious symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) that reflect problems in secretion due to glandular dysfunction. Exocytosis, an important process in the secretory pathway, ...
    • Beltrán, Caroll J.; Núñez, Lucía E.; Díaz Jiménez, David; Farfán, Nancy; Candia, Enzo; Heine, Claudio; López, Francisco; González Burgos, María Julieta; Quera Pino, Rodrigo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (2010)
      Background: ST2 has been proposed to be a regulator of inflammation and Th1/Th2 balance. ST2L is the IL-33 membrane receptor and belongs to the IL-1R family. The soluble variant, ST2s, is identical to the extracellular ...
    • Castro, Isabel; Aguilera, Sergio; Brockhausen, Inka; Alliende, Cecilia; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Molina, Claudio; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Mandel, Ulla; Bahamondes, Verónica; Barrera, María José; Sánchez, Marianela; González, Sergio; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Leyton Martínez, Cecilia; González Burgos, María Julieta (Oxford University Press, 2012)
      Objectives. To determine the expression and enzymatic activities of sulphotransferases involved in mucin hyposulphation in labial salivary glands (LSGs) from SS patients and to correlate sulphotransferase activity with ...
    • Retamal, Ignacio; Hernández, Romina; Velarde, Victoria; Oyarzún, Alejandro; Martínez, Constanza; González Burgos, María Julieta; Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Smith, Patricio C. (Wiley, 2020)
      Objectives Myofibroblasts constitute a specific cell phenotype involved in connective tissue healing. Diabetes alters the wound healing response. However, it is not clear whether diabetes modifies the involvement of ...
    • Pérez, Paola; Anaya, Juan Manuel; Aguilera, Sergio; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Munroe, David; Molina, Claudio; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Cherry, James Michael; Alliende, Cecilia; Olea, Nancy; Ruiz-Narváez, Edward; González Burgos, María Julieta (2009)
      Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting mainly the exocrine glands. Its physio-pathology is poorly understood and most of the knowledge has been related to the inflammatory ...
    • Marambio, Paola; Toro, Barbra; Sanhueza, Carlos; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Parra, Valentina; Verdejo, Hugo; García Nannig, Lorena; Quiroga, Clara; Munafo, Daniela; Díaz Elizondo, Jessica; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; González Burgos, María Julieta; Díaz Araya, Guillermo; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully; Chiong Lay, Mario; Co (2010)
      Aggresomes are dynamic structures formed when the ubiquitin-proteasome system is overwhelmed with aggregation-prone proteins. In this process, small protein aggregates are actively transported towards the microtubule-organizing ...
    • Carvajal, Patricia; Aguilera, Sergio; Heathcote, Bernard; Castro Masso, Isabel; Jara, Daniela; Barrera, María José; Maracajá Coutinho, Vinicius; González, S.; Aliaga, Vanina; Molina, Claudio; González Burgos, María Julieta (BMJ, 2020)
    • Kwon, Yoon Jeoung; Pérez, Paola; Aguilera, Sergio; Molina, Claudio; Leyton Campos, Lisette; Alliende, Cecilia; Leyton, Cecilia; Brito, Mónica; Romo, Rafael; González Burgos, María Julieta (2006)
      Objective. To investigate remodeling of the basal lamina of labial salivary glands (LSGs) from patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) by analyzing the expression of specific components that participate in its assembly and ...
    • Konttinen, Yrjö T.; Azuma, M.; González Burgos, María Julieta; Covarrubias, Sergio Aguilera; Castillo, Claudio Molina; Campos, Lisette Leyton (2004)
    • González, Sergio; Aguilera, Sergio; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Molina, Claudio; Alliende, Cecilia; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; González Burgos, María Julieta (Elsevier, 2011)
      Differentiation of epithelial cells is required to define tissue architecture and appropriate function of these cells is associated with a specific pattern of gene expression. DNA methylation, post-translational modification ...
    • Sung Hsieh, Hsiao; Castro, I.; González, S.; Aguilera, S.; Smorodinsky, N. I.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Bahamondes Lorca, Verónica; Alliende, Cecilia; Cortés, J.; Molina, Claudio; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Barrera, María José; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Herrera Cisterna, Luisa; Leyton Martínez, Cecilia; González Burgos, María Julieta (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the expression and localization of MUC1/SEC and MUC1/Y isoforms in labial salivary glands (LSG) from Sj€ogren’s syndrome patients (SS patients), as well as their in vitro expression induced by ...
    • Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Chacón, Carlos; Lizama, Luis; Sarmiento, Sebastián; Villalobos, Pía; Kroxato, Belén; Marcelain Cubillos, Katherine; González Burgos, María Julieta (International Society on Aging and Disease, 2017)
      Aging intersects with reproductive senescence in women by promoting a systemic low-grade chronic inflammation that predisposes women to several diseases including ovarian cancer (OC). OC risk at menopause is significantly ...
    • Arancibia, Sergio; Benítez, Dixán; Núñez, Lucia E.; Jewell, Christine M.; Langjahr, Patricia; Candia, Enzo; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Cidlowski, John A.; González Burgos, María Julieta; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela (2011)
      Airway inflammation is a common condition where glucocorticoids (GC) are a well-established therapy. It has been demonstrated that GC stimulate components of innate immunity. Specifically, GC up-regulate TLR2 expression ...
    • Díaz Jiménez, David; De la Fuente, Marjorie; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Landskron, Glauben; Fuentes, Janitza; Pérez, Tamara; González Burgos, María Julieta; Simian, Daniela; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Quera Pino, Rodrigo (2016)
      Background: The ST2/IL-33 pathway has been related to ulcerative colitis (UC), and soluble ST2 (sST2), to disease severity. We tested the potential usefulness of sST2 as a predictive marker of treatment response and patients' ...
    • Díaz Jiménez, David; Núñez, Lucía E.; Beltrán, Caroll J.; Candia, Enzo; Suazo, Cristóbal; Álvarez Lobos, Manuel; González Burgos, María Julieta; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Quera Pino, Rodrigo (2011)
      AIM: To correlate circulating soluble ST2 (sST2) levels with the severity of ulcerative colitis (UC) and serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and to demonstrate the predictive power of sST2 levels for differentiation ...