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    • Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity in two Chilean aboriginal populations living in urban zones 
      Carrasco Piña, Elena; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Larenas Y., Gladys; Montalvo V., Domingo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-10)
      Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is increasing in aboriginal populations in Chile. Aim: To study the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and serum lipids in two aboriginal populations, Mapuche ...
    • Prevalencia de fragilidad en personas mayores de Chile: Resultados de la encuesta nacional de salud 2016-2017 
      Troncoso Pantoja, Claudia; Concha Cisternas, Yeny; Leiva Ordóñez, Ana María; Martínez Sanguinetti, Ana María; Petermann Rocha, Fanny; Díaz Martínez, Ximena; Martorell, Miquel; Nazar, Gabriela; Ulloa, Natalia; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Márquez, Carlos; Lera Marqués, Lydia; Celis Morales, Carlos (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2020)
      Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We ...
    • Prevalencia de las deficiencias de zinc y cobre en adultos mayores de la Región Metropolitana de Santiago 
      Olivares, Manuel; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Araya, Magdalena (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2011-03)
      Background: Older subjects have a high risk of developing zinc and copper deficiencies. Aim: To determine the prevalence of copper and zinc deficiencies in adults aged over 60 years, living in Metropolitan Santiago. Subjects ...
    • Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice 
      Pérez Escamilla, R.; Lutter, C. K.; Rabadan‐Diehl, C.; Rubinstein, A.; Calvillo, A.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Batis, C.; Jacoby, E.; Vorkoper, S.; Kline, L.; Ewart‐Pierce, E.; Rivera, J. A. (Wiley, 2017)
      Background: Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of multisectoral, evidence‐based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy lifestyles. Objective: Identify and examine key elements ...
    • Probiotic yeasts and vibrio anguillarum infection modify the microbiome of zebrafish larvae 
      Vargas Blanco, Orlando; Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Caruffo, Mario; Valderrama, Benjamín; Medina, Daniel A.; García, Katherine; Reyes Jara, Angélica Sofía; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly Alejandra; Feijóo, Carmen G.; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The host microbiome plays an essential role in health and disease. Microbiome modification by pathogens or probiotics has been poorly explored especially in the case of probiotic yeasts. Next-generation sequencing currently ...
    • Process of developing text messages on healthy eating and physical activity for Chilean mothers with ... 
      Parra, Solange; Ortega, Alejandra; Kanter, Rebecca; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
      Background: Chile has a very high prevalence of childhood obesity; 25% among 4-5y olds. Numerous school-based strategies have been implemented with no lasting improvement. Given that parents are key in obesity prevention ...
    • Production of n-3-rich insects by bioaccumulation of fishery waste 
      Barroso, Fernando G.; Sánchez Muros, María José; Rincón Cervera, Miguel; Rodríguez Rodríguez, María; Fabrikov, Dmitri; Morote, Elvira; Guil Guerrero, José Luis (Academic Press, 2019)
      Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae (Hermetia illucens) might be an advantageous option for recycling fish waste for obtaining n-3-fatty acid-rich foods. To investigate the effects of consuming fish waste (an n-3-fatty acid-rich ...
    • Profile and distribution of fatty acids in edible parts of commonly consumed marine fishes in Chile 
      Rincón Cervera, Miguel Ángel; González Barriga, Valeria; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; López Arana, Sandra; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos (Elsevier, 2019)
      Fatty acid profiles and distribution among lipid classes in the edible parts of seven commonly consumed marine fishes in Chile were investigated. Peruvian morwong, Chilean jack mackerel and Pacific sandperch were found to ...
    • Profiling the virulence and antibiotic resistance genes of Cronobacter sakazakii strains Isolated From ... 
      Parra Flores, Julio; Holý, Ondrej; Riffo, Francisca; Lepuschitz, Sarah; Maury-Sintjago, Eduard; Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandra; Cruz Córdova, Ariadnna; Xicohtencatl Cortés, Juan; Mancilla Rojano, Jetsi; Troncoso, Miriam; Figueroa, Guillermo; Ruppitsch, Werner; Forsythe, Stephen (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Cronobacter sakazakii is an enteropathogen that causes neonatal meningitis, septicemia, and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants and newborns with a mortality rate of 15 to 80%. Powdered and dairy formulas (P-DF) ...
    • Proliferation and Differentiation of Human Adipocyte Precursor Cells: Differences Between the Preperitoneal ... 
      Fernández Gálvez, Mireya; Acuña, M. J.; Reyes, M.; Olivares, D.; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Wiley, 2010)
      Human adipocyte precursor cells (APC) have been characterized in their proliferation and differentiation potential from subcutaneous, omental, and mesenteric depots, mostly from morbidly obese patients. Cells from the ...
    • Prostate-Derived Soluble Factors Block Osteoblast Differentiation in Culture 
      Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Silva, Sofía; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco (WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 1996-04)
      Bone metastasis is a common event and a major cause of morbidity in prostate cancer patients. After colonization of bone, prostate cells induce an osteoblastic reaction which is not associated with marrow fibrosis ...
    • Protective effect of the flavonoid silybin dihemisuccinate on the toxicity of phenylhydrazine on rat liver 
      Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos; Guerra, Ricardo (1985)
      Phenylhydrazine is a hemolytic agent whose mechanism of action is related with the formation of free radicals and the induction of lipid peroxidation. The flavonoid silybin dihemisuccinate is an antihepatotoxic principle ...
    • Protective effect of the hydroalcoholic extract from Lampaya medicinalis Phil. (Verbenaceae) on palmitic ... 
      Ormazábal Leiva, Paulina; Herrera, Karin; Cifuentes Koster, Mariana; Paredes, Adrián; Morales, Glauco; Cruz, Gonzalo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Obesity is strongly associated with insulin resistance (IR). IR at the molecular level may bedefined as a diminished activation of insulin signaling-related molecules (IRS-1/Akt/AS160) as well asreduced glucose ...
    • Proteomic analysis of a segregant population reveals candidate proteins linked to mealiness in peach 
      Miyasaka Almeida, Andréa; Urra, Claudio; Moraga, Carol; Jego, Marcela; Flores, Alejandra; Meisel, Lee; González Canales, Mauricio; Infante Espiñeira, Rodrigo; Defilippi, Bruno G.; Campos Vargas, Reinaldo; Orellana, Ariel (Elsevier, 2016)
      Peaches are stored at low temperatures to delay ripening and increase postharvest life. However some varieties are susceptible to chilling injury, which leads to fruit mealiness, browning and flesh bleeding. In order to ...
    • Quantification and Distribution of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in South Pacific Fish and Shellfish Species 
      Rincón Cervera, Miguel; González-Barriga, Valeria; Romero, Jaime; Rojas, Rodrigo; López Arana, Sandra (MDPI, 2020)
      Fatty acid composition and distribution in edible species of fish and shellfish captured in the South Pacific were studied, with a focus on n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA). Fatty acids were quantified ...
    • Quantitative analysis of ruminal bacterial populations involved in lipid metabolism in dairy cows fed ... 
      Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Cancino Padilla, N.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Garnsworthy, P. C. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
      Vegetable oils are used to increase energy density of dairy cow diets, although they can provoke changes in rumen bacteria populations and have repercussions on the biohydrogenation process. The aim of this study was to ...
    • Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis of Vibrio cholerae cells entering the ... 
      González Escalona, Narjol; Fey, Axel; Hofle, Manfred G.; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Guzmán, Carlos A. (BLACKWELL, 2006-04)
      We performed a comparative analysis of the Vibrio cholerae strain El Tor 3083 entering the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state and starvation after incubation in artificial seawater (ASW) at 4 and 15 degrees C respectively. ...
    • Quercetin and related flavonoids conserve their antioxidant properties despite undergoing chemical or ... 
      Atala, Elías; Fuentes, Jocelyn; Wehrhahn, María José; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (Elsevier, 2017)
      Oxidation of a phenolic group in quercetin is assumed to compromise its antioxidant properties. To address this assumption, the ROS-scavenging, Folin-Ciocalteau- and Fe-reducing capacities of quercetin and thirteen ...
    • Quercetin oxidation paradoxically enhances its antioxidant and cytoprotective properties 
      Fuentes, Jocelyn; Atala, Elías; Pastene, Edgar; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (American Chemical Society, 2017)
      Quercetin oxidation is generally believed to ultimately result in the loss of its antioxidant properties. To test this assertion, quercetin oxidation was induced, and after each of its major metabolites was identified and ...
    • ¿Qué opinan sus lectores de la Revista Médica de Chile? 
      Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Reyes B., Humberto (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-09)
      Background: A few objective indicators support the relevance of articles published in medical journals, such as the ISI Impact Factor and Citation indices. However, a feedback from the readers can help to improve a journal. ...