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    • Genetic susceptibility to Andes Hantavirus: Association between severity of disease and HLA alleles in ... 
      Ferrer C., Pablo; Vial C., Pablo A.; Ferrés, Marcela; Godoy M., Paula; Cuiza V., Analia; Marco C., Claudia; Castillo H., Constanza; Umaña C., María Elena; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco; Llop Romero, Elena (2007)
      Andes hantavirus (ANDV) infection in Chile has a variable clinical expression, and infected individuals may present with different grades of disease severity. This study aimed to determine if clinical expression of ANDV ...
    • Genetic transformation of astaxanthin mutants of Phaffia rhodozyma 
      Martínez,; Hermosilla,; León,; Pincheira,; Cifuentes, (1998)
      Stable red astaxanthin-producing transformants were obtained after genetic transformation of two Phaffia rhodozyma mutants. A yellow mutant, accumulating β-carotene, and an albino mutant, accumulating phytoene, from P. ...
    • Genetic variability in a hatchery population of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum. 1792)) in Chile ... 
      Torres, Alfredo; Winkler, Federico M.; Guiñez, Ricardo; Diaz, Nelson; Espejo, Pablo (1996)
      A wild Chilean population of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)) was started using eggs imported from Oregon, U.S.A. A hatchery population was founded using eggs collected from this wild population, and a ...
    • Genetic variability in Chilean pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton) fruit 
      Muñoz Schick, Carlos; Pertuzé Concha, Ricardo; Balzarini, Mónica; Bruno, Cecilia; Salvatierra, Angélica (Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, 2014)
      Solanum muricatum Aiton is an herbaceous perennial fruit species native to the Andean region of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. In Chile, it was probably introduced in pre-Columbian times as a domesticated species and is ...
    • Genetic variability in four hatchery strains of coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum), in Chile 
      Pérez, L. A.; Winkler, F. M.; Díaz, N. F.; Cárcamo, C.; Silva, N. (2001)
      Coho salmon. Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum). is intensively cultured in Chile. An increasing proportion of the eggs necessary to sustain the culture are locally produced by some hatcheries. However, there is no information ...
    • Genetic Variability of Human Metapneumovirus 
      Luchsinger Farías, Vivian (2009)
    • Genetic variability of human metapneumovirus isolated from Chilean children, 2003-2004 
      Escobar, Carola; Luchsinger, Vivian; De Oliveira, Danielle Bruna; Durigon, Edison; Chnaiderman, Jonás; Avendaño, Luis F. (2009)
      Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a significant cause of acute lower respiratory tract infection in all age groups, particularly in children. Two genetic groups and four subgroups of hMPV have been described. They co-circulate ...
    • Genetic variability of the movement and coat protein genes of Grapevine fanleaf virus isolates from Italy 
      Terlizzi, Federica; Pisi, Annamaria; Beber, Roberta; Fiore, Nicola; Zamorano Carrasco, Alan; Credi, Rino; Ratti, Claudio (Springer, 2015)
      Grapevine fanleaf virus (GFLV), a nematode-transmitted virus belonging to the genus Nepovirus, is the major pathogen responsible for fanleaf degeneration, one of the most widespread and damaging viral diseases of grapevine. ...
    • Genetic variants and alcohol intake patterns in university population in Santiago of Chile 
      Silva Gallardo, Constanza P.; Flores Carrasco, Sergio (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
    • Genetic variants in FGFR2 and MAP3K1 are associated with the risk of familial and early-onset breast cancer ... 
      Jara Sosa, Lilian; González Hormazábal, Patricio; Cerceño, Kerube; Di Capua, Gabriella A.; Reyes, José M.; Blanco Castillo, Rafael; Bravo, Teresa; Peralta Musre, Octavio; Gómez, Fernando; Waugh, Enrique; Margarit, Sonia; Gladys, Ibáñez; Romero Osses, Carmen; Pakomio, Janara; Roizen, Gigia (SPRINGER, 2012-12-07)
      Genome-Wide Association Studies have identified several loci associated with breast cancer (BC) in populations of different ethnic origins. One of the strongest associations was found in the FGFR2 gene, and MAP3K1 has ...
    • Genetic variants in pre-miR-146a, pre-miR-499, pre-miR-125a, pre-miR-605, and pri-miR-182 are associated ... 
      Morales, Sebastián; De Mayo, Tomas; Gulppi, Felipe Andrés; González Hormazábal, Patricio; Carrasco, Valentina; Reyes, José Miguel; Gómez, Fernando; Waugh, Enrique; Jara, Lilian (MDPI AG, 2018)
      © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most frequent tumors affecting women worldwide. microRNAs (miRNAs) single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) likely contribute to BC ...
    • Genetic variants in the enhancer region of the thymidylate synthase gene in the Chilean population 
      Acuña, M.; Eeaton, L.; Cifuentes, L.; Massardo, D. (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-06)
      Aims Thymidylate synthase (TYMS) is an important target enzyme for the fluoropyrimidines. The TYMS gene enhancer region possesses tandemly repeated (TSER) sequences that are polymorphic in humans and different among ethnic ...
    • Genetic variants in the SLC16A11 gene are associated with increased BMI and insulin levels in nondiabetic ... 
      Mardones, Lorena; Petermann Rocha, Fanny Emily; Martínez Sanguinetti, María Adela; Leiva, Ana María; Troncoso Pantoja, Claudia Andrea; Martorell, Miquel; Lasserre, Nicole; Ulloa, Natalia; Pérez Bravo, Francisco Antonio; Celis Morales, Carlos; Villagrán, Marcelo (SBEM-Soc Brasil Endocrinologia & Metabologia, 2021)
      Objective: To study the association of SLC16A11 gene variants with obesity and metabolic markers in nondiabetic Chilean adults. Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study included 263 nondiabetic adults. The ...
    • Genetic Variants of Cytochrome CYP2D6 in Two Mixed Chilean Populations 
      Acuña, Mónica; Pinto, Eric; Olivares, Paulina; Ríos, Carolina (S. Karger AG, 2017)
      © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel. Objectives: It is known that the interindividual and interethnic variability of the genetic polymorphisms of CYP2D6 plays an important role in the presentation of adverse drug reactions and ...
    • Genetic variants of the paraoxonases (PON1 and PON2) in the Chilean population 
      Acuña, M.; Eaton, L.; Cifuentes, L. (2004)
      We estimated the frequencies of PON1 and PON2 variants (linked genes) in two hospital samples taken from the northern (San José Hospital, SJH) and eastern (Clínica Las Condes, CLC) parts of Santiago, Chile, using the ...
    • Genetic variation and population structure in Native Americans 
      Wang, Sijia; Lewis, Cecil M.; Jakobsson, Mattias; Ramachandran, Sohini; Ray, Nicolas; Bedoya, Gabriel; Rojas, Winston; Parra, Maria V.; Molina, Julio A.; Gallo, Carla; Mazzotti, Guido; Poletti, Giovanni; Hill, Kim; Hurtado, Ana M.; Labuda, Damian; Klitz, William; Barrant (Public Library of Science, 2007)
      We examined genetic diversity and population structure in the American landmass using 678 autosomal microsatellite markers genotyped in 422 individuals representing 24 Native American populations sampled from North, Central, ...
    • Genetic variation in Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce), a threatened South American conifer 
      Allnutt, T. R.; Newton, A. C.; Lara, A.; Premoli, A.; Armesto, Juan J.; Vergara, R.; Gardner, M. (Blackwell, 1999)
      Fitzroya cupressoides (alerce, Cupressaceae) is a large and exceptionally long-lived conifer, endemic to a restricted area of southern Chile and neighbouring areas of Argentina. As a result of its high economic value, ...
    • Genetic variation in MicroRNA-423 promotes proliferation, migration, invasion, and chemoresistance in breast ... 
      Morales Pisón, Sebastián; Jara Sosa, Lilian Elena Jonasa; Carrasco, Valentina; Gutiérrez Vera, Cristian Alfonso; Reyes, José Miguel; González Hormazábal, Sebastián Patricio; Carreño Márquez, Leandro Javier; Tapia Pineda, Julio César; Contreras Muñoz, Héctor Ruberly (MDPI, 2022)
      MicroRNA-423 (miR-423) is highly expressed in breast cancer (BC). Previously, our group showed that the SNP rs6505162:C>A located in the pre-miR-423 was significantly associated with increased familial BC risk in patients ...
    • Genetic Variation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Action Is Associated With Age at Testicular Growth in Boys 
      Busch, Alexander S.; Hagen, Casper P.; Main, Katharina M.; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Almstrup, Kristian; Mericq, Verónica; Juul, Anders (Oxford Academic, 2017)
      Context: Although genetic factors play a pivotal role in male pubertal timing, genome-wide association studies have identified only a few loci. Genetic variation of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) action affects adult ...
    • Genetic variation on the BAT1-NFKBIL1-LTA region of major histocompatibility complex class III associates ... 
      Elisa Kallio, K. A.; Marchesani, Marja; Vlachopoulou, Efthymia; Mäntylä, Päivi; Paju, Susanna; Buhlin, Kåre; Suominen, Anna L.; Contreras, Johanna; Knuuttila, Matti; Hernandez, Marcela; Huumonen, Sisko; Nieminen, Markku S.; Perola, Markus; Sinisalo, Juha; Lokki, Marja (American Society for Microbiology, 2014)
      Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease with a multifactorial etiology. We investigated whether human major histocompatibility complex (MHC) polymorphisms (6p21.3) are associated with periodontal parameters. Parogene ...