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    • Mallco, Abdiel; Portillo, Carlos; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Galleguillos, Felipe; Fernández, Ángel G. (MDPI, 2020)
      Featured Application: monitoring the effect of molten salt corrosion on materials used in solar thermal plants by means of electrochemical tests.
    • Robles Planells, Claudia; Sánchez-Guerrero, Giselle; Barrera Ávalos, Carlos; Matiacevich, Silvia; Rojo, Leonel E.; Pavéz, Jorge; Salas Huenuleo, Edison; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Milla, Luis A.; Fernández, Ricardo; Imarai, Mónica; Spencer, Eugenio; Huidobro Toro, Juan Pablo; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (Hindawi, 2020)
      Oncolytic virus therapy has been tested against cancer in preclinical models and clinical assays. Current evidence shows that viruses induce cytopathic effects associated with fusogenic protein-mediated syncytium formation ...
    • Ferreccio, Catterina; Huidobro, Andrea; Cortés, Sandra; Bambs, Claudia; Toro, Pablo; Van De Wyngard, Vanessa; Acevedo, Johanna; Paredes, Fabio; Venegas, Pía; Verdejo, Hugo; Oyarzún González, Ximena; Cook, Paz; Castro, Pablo F.; Foerster, Claudia; Vargas, Claudio; Koshiol, Jill; Araya, Juan Carlos; Cruz, Francisco; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Quest, Andrew F.; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Oxford University Press, 2020)
    • Venegas Salazar, Sebastián Nicolás; Yutronic Sáez, Nicolás; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Jara Vergara, Paul (MDPI, 2021)
      This article describes the synthesis and characterization of beta-cyclodextrin-based nano-sponges (NS) inclusion compounds (IC) with the anti-tumor drugs melphalan (MPH) and cytoxan (CYT), and the addition of gold nanoparticles ...
    • Lara, Pablo; Chan, Alan B.; Cruz, Luis J.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Kogan, Marcelo J. (MDPI, 2020)
      Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are important mediators of intercellular communication that participate in many physiological/pathological processes. As such, EVs have unique properties related to their origin, which can be ...
    • Jara Guajardo, Pedro; Cabrera, Pablo; Celis, Freddy; Soler Jauma, Mónica; Berlanga Mora, Isadora; Parra Muñoz, Nicole; Acosta, Gerardo; Albericio, Fernando; Guzmán, Fanny; Campos, Marcelo; Álvarez, Alejandra; Morales Zavala, Francisco; Kogan, Marcelo J. (MDPI, 2020)
      The early detection of the amyloid beta peptide aggregates involved in Alzheimer's disease is crucial to test new potential treatments. In this research, we improved the detection of amyloid beta peptide aggregates in vitro ...
    • Jara Moreno, Daniela; Riveros Salvatierra, Ana L.; Barriga G., Andrés; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Delporte Vergara, Carla (Bentham Science Publishers, 2020)
      The beta-amyloid peptide (1-42) is a molecule capable of aggregating into neurotoxic structures that have been implicated as potential etiological factors of Alzheimer's Disease. The aim of this study was to evaluate the ...
    • Sánchez Vergara, Gina; Chalmers, Stefanie; Ahumada, Xavier; Montecinos, Luis; Olmedo Alegría, Ivonne Odette; Eisner, Verónica; Riveros, Ana; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Lavandero González, Sergio; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully; Donoso Laurent, Paulina (Public Library Science, 2020)
      The heart is critically dependent on mitochondrial respiration for energy supply. Ischemia decreases oxygen availability, with catastrophic consequences for cellular energy systems. After a few minutes of ischemia, the ...
    • Gallardo Toledo, Eduardo; Tapia Arellano, Andreas; Celis, Freddy; Sinai, Tomer; Campos, Marcelo; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Sintov, Amnon C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      The presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) limit gold nanoparticles (GNP) accumulation in central nervous system (CNS) after intravenous (IV) administration. The intranasal (IN) route has been suggested as a good strategy ...
    • Sierpe, Rodrigo; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Bollo Dragnic, Soledad (MDPI, 2020)
      Prothrombin-related thrombophilia is a genetic disorder produced by a substitution of a single DNA base pair, replacing guanine with adenine, and is detected mainly by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A suitable alternative ...
    • Bejarano, Julián; Rojas, Aldo; Ramírez Sagredo, Andrea; Riveros Salvatierra, Ana; Morales Zavala, Francisco; Flores, Yvo; Riquelme Meléndez, Jaime; Guzmán, Fanny; Araya, Eyleen; Chiong Lay, Mario; Ocaranza, María Paz; Morales Montecinos, Javier; Villamizar Sarmiento, María Gabriela; Sánchez Vergara, Gina; Lavandero González, Sergio; Kogan, Marcelo J. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Angiotensin-(1-9), a component of the non-canonical renin-angiotensin system, has a short half-life in blood. This peptide has shown to prevent and/or attenuate hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling. A controlled ...
    • Oyarzún, María Paz; Tapia Arellano, Andreas; Cabrera, Pablo; Jara Guajardo, Pedro; Kogan, Marcelo J. (MDPI, 2021)
      Alzheimer’s disease (AD), considered a common type of dementia, is mainly characterized by a progressive loss of memory and cognitive functions. Although its cause is multifactorial, it has been associated with the ...
    • Greatti, Vanessa Raquel; Oda, Fernando; Sorrechia, Rodrigo; Kapp, Bárbara Regina; Seraphim, Carolina Manzato; Villas Boas Weckwerth, Ana Carolina; Chorilli, Marlus; Da Silva, Patricia Bento; Eloy, Josimar O.; Kogan, Marcelo J.; Morales Montecinos, Javier; Linhari Rodrigues Pietro, Rosemeire Cristina (MDPI, 2020)
      Dermatophyte fungal infections are difficult to treat because they need long-term treatments. 4-Nerolidylcatechol (4-NC) is a compound found in Piper umbellatum that has been reported to demonstrate significant antifungal ...