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    • Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Ebbeling, Cara B.; Cifuentes, Mariana; Lera Marques, Lydia; Bustos, Nelly; Ludwig, David S. (AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2008-09-01)
      Background: During the nutrition transition in Chile, dietary changes were marked by increased consumption of high-energy, nutrient-poor products, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Obesity is now the primary ...
    • Bravo, Williams; Dumorne, Kelly; Beltrán Lissabet, Jorge; Jara Seguel, Pedro; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Farías, Jorge G.; Risopatrón, Jaime; Valdebenito, Iván; Figueroa, Elías (Elsevier, 2020)
      The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of selection using the Percoll density gradient method on motility, mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta Psi Mit) and fertility in a subpopulation of testicular spermatozoa ...
    • Torres, Elizabeth A. F. S.; Da C. Pinaffi-Langley, Ana Clara; Figueira, Marcela de Souza; Cordeiro, Karina Silva; Negrao, Leonardo Dias; Soares, Maiara Jurema; Da Silva, Cintia Pereira; Zsigovics Alfino, María Carolina; Sampaio, Geni Rodrigues; Costa de Camargo, Adriano (Wiley, 2022)
      Guarana (Paullinia cupana) is a plant from the Amazon region with cultural importance. Despite its early ancestral use by indigenous tribes, the first reports regarding the benefits of guarana consumption for human health ...
    • Henríquez, Sandra; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Jimenez, Teresa; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Silva, Claudio; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2017)
      Our objective was to compare the effects of a low-load circuit resistance training protocol and usual aerobic training in postmenopausal women. Postmenopausal women with at least 1 feature of the metabolic syndrome were ...
    • Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Avendaño, Marcelo; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-08)
      The aim was to assess the effects of resistance training and vitamin D supplementation on physical performance of healthy elderly subjects. Ninety-six subjects, aged 70 years or more with 25 OH vitamin D levels of 16 ng/ml ...
    • Guerrero, Javier; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; González, Alfonso; Martínez, Jorge (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2004-01-01)
      Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are ubiquitous receptors involved in the control of a variety of cellular processes frequently found altered in cancer cells. ...
    • Guerrero, Javier; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; González, Alfonso; Martínez Winkler, Jorge (Elsevier Inc., 2004)
      Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) are ubiquitous receptors involved in the control of a variety of cellular processes frequently found altered in cancer cells. ...
    • Hertrampf, Eva; Cortés M., Fanny (2006)
    • Aguirre, C. A.; Castillo, V. A.; Llanos Silva, Miguel (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      Type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1R) modulate energy balance; thus, their premature activation may result in altered physiology of tissues involved in such a function. Activation of CB1R mainly occurs after binding to the ...
    • Jerkic, Mirjana; Rivas Elena, Juan V.; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; Prieto, Marta; Rodríguez Barbero, Alicia; Pérez Barriocanal, Fernando; Pericacho, Miguel; Arévalo, Miguel; Vary, Calvin P.H.; Letarte, Michelle; Bernabeu, Carmelo; López Novoa, José M. (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2006-08-04)
      The endoglin heterozygous (Eng(+/-)) mouse, which serves as a model of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), was shown to express reduced levels of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) with impaired activity. Because of ...
    • Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Salazar, G.; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Vásquez, L.; Díaz Bustos, Erik (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2006-09)
      Objective: To evaluate energy balance and physical activity in obese preschool children attending day-care centres. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Twenty-four 3-5 years old obese children selected at random ...
    • Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Rodríguez, María P.; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Anziani, María A.; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Coward, Williams (Aula Médica, 2015)
      Introduction: the doubly labelled water (DLW) method has an accuracy of 1% and within-subject precision of 5-8%, depending on subject’s age and environments issues. Energy intake assessment is prone to errors (>15- 20%) ...
    • Piñuñuri Flores, Raúl; Castaño Moreno, Erika; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Folates are essential nutrients for fetal development and pregnancy outcomes; they are transported to the fetus during gestation through specific folate transporters located in the placenta. In preterm newborns, ...
    • Lázaro, Henry; Puente Díaz, Luis; Zúñiga, María C.; Muñoz, Loreto A. (Elsevier, 2018)
    • Canales, Paulina; Araya, Magdalena; Alliende G., Francisco; Hunter, Bessie; Alarcón Orellana, Teresa; Chávez S., Eduardo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-03)
      Background: Ample use of serological markets of high sensitivity and specificity led to relevant changes in the epidemiology of celiac disease. The impact of these changes in our country is poorly known. Aim: To assess the ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Romo M., Marcela; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Cerda Rioseco, Ricardo; González P., Rosa; Giadalah Astudillo, Francisco Antonio; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-11)
      Background: The Chilean Ministry of Health has developed a health promotion program called "Vida Chile" whose aim is to target risk factors for chronic diseases. To achieve this, school-based initiatives in nutrition and ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Picrin, Yaisy; Hormazábal Gatica, María José; Quiero, Andrea; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Objetivos: Estimar y validar puntos de corte de índice de masa muscular esquelética (IMMAE) en adultos mayores chilenos, para el diagnóstico de sarcopenia Métodos: Estimación de puntos de corte para IMMAE determinados ...
    • Lorca Herrera, Eduardo; Garmendia Miguel, MarÍa Luisa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Sandoval, Verónica; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD., 2016)
      Chronic renal disease (CRD) in its pre-dialysis stage is an important risk factor for mortality among adults. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of CRD on mortality among consultants in Chilean public primary ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Concha, Fernando; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Lobos, Luz; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (2010)
      Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
    • Tapia S., Alexis; Araya, Magdalena (2006)
      The frequency of Crohn disease shows a significant increase in the last century. Affected patients show a misbalance between production of free radicals and anti oxidant defenses. Thus, one of the increasingly accepted ...