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    • Metabolic flexibility and insulin resistance 
      Galgani Fuentes, José; Moro, Cedric; Ravussin, Eric (AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC, 2008-11)
      Metabolic flexibility is the capacity for the organism to adapt fuel oxidation to fuel availability. The inability to modify fuel oxidation in response to changes in nutrient availability has been implicated in the ...
    • Metabolic Interaction Between Folate, Vitamin B12, and Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Pregnancy 
      Castaño Moreno, Erika; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Casanello, Paola (Springer, 2023)
      Fetal growth and development are influenced by maternal nutrition and gestational weight gain. Adequate intake of nutrients such as folate, vitamin B12, and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is essential for healthy fetal and ...
    • Metabolic Syndrome and Mammographic Density in Premenopausal Chilean Women 
      Martínez Arroyo, Ángela; Moreno Macías, Hortensia; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa (Routledge, 2017)
      Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been previously associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Mammographic density (MD) is a marker of breast cancer risk. There is little evidence ...
    • Methylation status in healthy subjects with normal and high serum folate concentration 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Silva, Francisca; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (ELSEVIER, 2008-12)
      Objective: We assessed the impact of high serum folate concentration oil erythrocyte S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) concentrations, SAM/SAH ratio, CpG methylation levels across the promoter region ...
    • Methylmalonic acidaemia: Examination of genotype and biochemical data in 32 patients belonging to mut, cblA ... 
      Merinero, B.; Pérez, B.; Pérez Cerda, C.; Rincón, A.; Desviat, L. R.; Martínez, M. A.; Ruiz Sala, P; García, M. J.; Aldamiz Echevarría, L.; Campos, J.; Cornejo Espinoza, Verónica; Toro, M. del; Mahfoud, A.; Martínez Pardo, M.; Parini, R.; Pedrón, C.; Peña Quintana, L.; Pérez, M.; Pourfarzam, M.; Ugarte, M. (SPRINGER, 2008-02)
      Methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA) is a genetic disorder caused by defects in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase or in any of the different proteins involved in the synthesis of adenosylcobalamin. The aim of this work was to examine the ...
    • Método Delphi para buscar consenso sobre metodologías educativas en alimentación saludable para alumnos de ... 
      Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Lera Marques, Lydia; Fuentes García, Alejandra; Salinas Cubillos, Judith (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2016)
      Objective: To know nutrition, education and gastronomic expert opinion to get consensus about education methodologies in healthy food topics for third to fifth school-age children, their parents and teachers, with the ...
    • Microbial communities from arid environments on a global scale. A systematic review 
      Vásquez Dean, Javiera; Maza, Felipe; Morel, Isidora; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; González, Mauricio (Soc Biolgia Chile, 2020)
      Arid environments are defined by the lack of water availability, which is directly related to the mean annual precipitation (MAP), and high values of solar irradiation, which impacts the community composition of animals, ...
    • Microbial preparations (probiotics) for the prevention of Clostridium difficile infection in adults and ... 
      Johnston, Bradley C.; Lytvyn, Lyubov; Calvin, Ka-Fung Lo; Allen, Stephen; Wang, Duolao; Szajewska, Hania; Miller, Mark; Ehrhardt, Stephan; Sampalis, John; Duman, Deniz; Pozzoni, Pietro; Colli, Agostino; Lonnermark, Elisabet; Selinger, Christian; Wong, Samford; Plummer, Susan; Hickson, Mary; Pancheva, Ruzha; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Klarin, Bengt; Goldenberg, Joshua; Wang, Li; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence; Foster, Gary; Maw, Anna; Sadeghirad, Behnam; Thabane, Lehana; Mertz, Dominik (Cambridge University Press, 2018-07)
      OBJECTIVE. To determine whether probiotic prophylaxes reduce the odds of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in adults and children. DESIGN. Individual participant data (IPD) meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...
    • Microbiological quality and presence of foodborne pathogens in raw and extruded canine diets and canine ... 
      Solis Jimenez, Doina; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly Alejandra; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra; Faúndez Comte, Patricio Ignacio; Reyes Jara, Angélica Sofía (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Pet food can be a source of microbiological hazards that might affect companion animals and owners. Even though owners usually rely on conventional pet diets, such as extruded diets, new feeding practices, such as raw ...
    • Microbiome yarns: microbial forensics for auditing provenance in global food chains 
      Timmis, Kenneth; Jebok, Franziska; Espejo Torres, Romilio (Wiley, 2017)
    • Microbiota of the Digestive Gland of Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) Is Affected by Withering Syndrome 
      Villasante, Alejandro; Catalán, Natalia; Rojas, Rodrigo; Lohrmann, Karin B.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (MDPI, 2020)
      Withering syndrome (WS), an infectious disease caused by intracellular bacteria Candidatus Xenohaliotis californiensis, has provoked significant economic losses in abalone aquaculture. The pathogen infects gastroenteric ...
    • Microevolution of Pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus Assessed by the Number of Repeat Units in Short Sequence ... 
      García, Katherine; Gavilán, Ronnie G.; Höfle, Manfred G.; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2012-01-24)
      The emergence of the pandemic strain Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 in 1996 caused a large increase of diarrhea outbreaks related to seafood consumption in Southeast Asia, and later worldwide. Isolates of this strain ...
    • Mifepristone enhances insulin stimulated Akt phosphorylation and glucose uptake in skeletal muscle cells 
      Bernal Sore, Izela; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; Osorio Fuentealba, César; Díaz Castro, Francisco; Campo, Andrea del; Donoso Barraza, Camila; Porras Espinoza, Omar; Lavandero González, Sergio; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo (Elsevier, 2018)
      Mifepristone is the only FDA-approved drug for glycaemia control in patients with Cushing's syndrome and type 2 diabetes. Mifepristone also has beneficial effects in animal models of diabetes and patients with antipsychotic ...
    • Mifepristone for treatment of metabolic syndrome: beyond cushing’s syndrome 
      Díaz Castro, Francisco; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Rojo, Leonel E.; Campo, Andrea del; Troncoso, Rodrigo (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      A growing body of research indicates that cortisol, the glucocorticoid product of the activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, plays a role in the pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome. In this regard, chronic ...
    • Mild prenatal protein malnutrition increases alpha(2C)-adrenoceptor density in the cerebral cortex during ... 
      Soto Moyano, Rubén; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Sierralta, Walter; Pérez, Hernán; Mondaca, Mauricio; Fernández, Víctor; Burgos, Héctor; Hernández Hidalgo, Alejandro (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2005-06)
      Mild reduction in the protein content of the mother's diet from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but leads to significant enhancements ...
    • Mild prenatal protein malnutrition increases alpha(2C)-adrenoceptor expression in the rat cerebral cortex ... 
      Sierralta, Walter; Hernández, Alejandro; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Pérez, Hernán; Mondaca, Mauricio; Soto Moyano, Rubén (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-05-15)
      Mild reduction in the protein content in the diet of pregnant rats from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but results in significant ...
    • Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form: Validation in five Latin American cities. SABE study 
      Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, H.; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Springer, 2016)
      To validate the short-form of the MNA (MNA-SF) and the cut-off point of 31 cm for calf circumference (CC) in older people in Latin America. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 5,722 community-dwelling older ...
    • Misreporting of energy intake is related to specific food items in low-middle income chilean adolescents 
      Martínez Arroyo, Angela Graciela; Duarte Batista, Luis; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz; Fisberg, Regina Mara (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: Misreporting of energy intake (EI) in self-reported dietary assessment is inevitable, and even less is known about which food items are misreported by low-middle income adolescents. We evaluated the prevalence ...
    • Modulation of Helicobacter pylori colonization with cranberry juice and Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 in children 
      Gotteland, Martín; Andrews, Mónica; Toledo Cumplido, Marcela; Muñoz, Loreto; Cáceres, Paola; Anziani, Alyerina; Wittig Rovira, Emma; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (ELSEVIER, 2008-05)
      Objective: Probiotics and cranberry have been shown to inhibit Helicobacter pylori in vitro owing to bacteriocin production and high levels of proanthocyanidins, iespectively. These effects have been confirmed in clinical ...
    • Modulation of Mammary Stromal Cell Lactate Dynamics by Ambient Glucose and Epithelial Factors 
      Tobar Bachler, Nicolás; Porras Espinoza, Omar; Smith, Patricio C.; Barros, L. Felipe; Martínez, Jorge (Wiley, 2017)
      Hyperglycemia is a risk factor for a variety of human cancers. Increased access to glucose and that tumor metabolize glucose by a glycolyticprocess even in the presence of oxygen (Warburg effect), provide a framework to ...