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    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo González, Francisco; Sergi, Consolato; Juarranz, Angeles; Roy, Debasish (Hindawai, 2018)
    • Gallardo, Marcela; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Aguayo González, Francisco; Bleak, Tammy; Muñoz, Juan P.; Calaf, Gloria (Spandidos Publications, 2020)
      Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer among women worldwide and it is characterized by a high morbidity. Curcumin is a naturally occurring compound derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa and is known to ...
    • Loreto Acevedo, Mónica; García de Gracia, Francisco; Miranda Cárdenas, Camila; Soto Rifo, Ricardo; Aguayo González, Francisco; Leon Decap, Oscar (Elsevier, 2018)
      Self-inactivating VSVG-pseudotyped murine leukemia virus (SIN-VSVG-MLV) has been widely used to generate stable cell lines and produce gene delivery vectors. Despite the broad cellular tropism of the VSVG-pseudotyped MLV, ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Ponce-Cusi, Richard; Aguayo González, Francisco; Muñoz, Juan P.; Bleak, Tammy C. (Spandidos, 2020)
      Evaluation of carcinogenic substances from the environment is a challenge for scientists. Recently, a novel approach based on 10 key characteristics of human carcinogens classified by the International Agency for Research ...
    • Aguayo González, Francisco; Muñoz, Juan P.; Pérez Domínguez, Francisco; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Estibaliz Oliva, Carolina; Calaf, Gloria M.; Blanco, Rances; Núñez Acurio, Daniela (MDPI, 2020)
      Cervical, anogenital, and some head and neck cancers (HNC) are etiologically associated with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection, even though additional cofactors are necessary. Epidemiological studies have ...
    • Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Muñoz, Juan P.; Guerrero Vásquez, Nahir; Blanco, Rancés; León, Oscár; de Souza Lino, Vanesca; Tapia Pineda, Julio; Maldonado Maldonado, Edio; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Coravlán, Alejandro H.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Boccardo, Enrique; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      A subset of oral carcinomas is etiologically related to high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection, with HPV16 being the most frequent HR-HPV type found in these carcinomas. The oncogenic role of HR-HPV is strongly ...
    • Limia, Celia M.; Soto, Yudira; García, Yanara; Blanco, Orestes; Kourí, Vivian; López, María V.; Toledo, María E.; Pérez, Lissette; Baños, Yoanna; Caturla, Yaniris; Aguayo González, Francisco (BioMed Central, 2017)
      Background:An association between HPV infection and progression to anal squamous intraepithelial lesions (ASIL)has been established, specifically in high-risk populations such as HIV-infected men. In this population, anal ...
    • Lévican Asenjo, Jorge; Miranda Cárdenas, Camila; Soto Rifo, Ricardo; Aguayo González, Francisco; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; León Decap, Oscar (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-06-08)
      Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is a non-enveloped virus belonging to the Birnaviridae family. IPNV produces an acute disease in salmon fingerlings, with high mortality rates and persistent infection in survivors. ...
    • Muñoz, Juan P.; Blanco, Rancés; Osorio, Julio C.; Estibaliz Oliva, Carolina; Díaz, María José; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Aguayo, Rebeca; Castillo, Andrés; Tapia Pineda, Julio C.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Aguayo González, Francisco (BMC, 2020)
      Background The role of human polyomaviruses (HPyVs) in epithelial tumors such as head and neck carcinomas (HNSCCs) including oral and oropharyngeal carcinomas has not been established. In this study, we evaluated for the ...
    • Rodríguez Bustos, Héctor; Cortés Chau, Felipe; Cortés Pino, Felipe; Aguirre, Pablo; Bravo, Gonzálo; Gallegos Méndez, Iván; Arriaza Onel, Camilo; Cuellar Godoy, Caroll; Aguayo González, Francisco; Espinoza Navarro, Omar (Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía Patológica (SCHAP), 2020)
      The different pathologies of the prostate, involve the presence of a new microenvironment where inflammatory cells are actively recruited. This research explores the presence of mast cells and eosinophils associated with ...
    • Pérez Moreno, Pablo; Quezada Meza, Camila; Chávez Almarza, Cristopher; Niechi, Ignacio; Silva Pavez, Eduardo; Trigo Hidalgo, César; Aguayo González, Francisco; Jara Sosa, Lilian; Cáceres Verschae, Albano; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Díaz, Víctor M.; García de Herreros, Antonio; Burzio, Verónica A.; Tapia Pineda, Julio (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE1) activates the endothelin-1 peptide, which upregulates pathways that are related to diverse hallmarks of cancer. ECE1 is expressed as four isoforms differing in their N-terminal domains. ...
    • Blanco, Rancés; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      Epstein-Barr virus is a ubiquitous persistent virus, which is involved in the development of some human cancers. A licensed vaccine to prevent Epstein-Barr virus infection is lacking. BamHI-A rightward frame 1 is a viral ...
    • Levican, Jorge; Acevedo Acevedo, Mónica; León Decap, Oscar; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Aguayo González, Francisco (Biomed Central, 2018)
      Human polyomaviruses (HPyV), which are small DNA viruses classified into the polyomaviridae family, are widely distributed in human populations. Thirteen distinct HPyVs have been described to date. Some of these viruses ...
    • Blanco, Rances; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Osorio, Julio C.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is etiologically associated with the development and progression of cervical cancer, although other factors are involved. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection in premalignant and ...
    • Carrasco Aviño, Gonzalo; Riquelme, Ismael; Padilla, Oslando; Villaseca, Miguel; Aguayo González, Francisco; Corvalan, Alejandro H. (Impact Journals, 2017)
      Epstein-Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma shows a higher prevalence in the Americas than Asia. We summarize all studies of Epstein Barr virus-associated gastric carcinoma in the Americas, focusing on host characteristics, ...
    • Carrillo, Diego; Muñoz, Juan P.; Huerta, Hernán; Leal, Gabriel; Corvalán, Alejandro; León Decap, Óscar; Calaf, Gloria M.; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Boccardo, Enrique; Tapia Pineda, Julio; Aguayo González, Francisco (Royal Soc., 2017)
      The hallmark of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV)-related carcinogenesis is E6 and E7 oncogene overexpression. The aim of this work was to characterize epithelial oral and cervical cancer cells that express HR-HPV ...