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    • High fat diet induced obesity produces spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias and increases the activity of ... 
      Sánchez, Gina; Araneda, Felipe; Peña, Juan Pedro; Finkelstein, José Pablo; Riquelme, Jaime A.; Montecinos, Luis; Barrientos Briones, Genaro; Llanos Vidal, Paola; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully; Said, Matilde; Bull Simpfendorfer, Ricardo; Donoso Laurent, Paulina (MDPI, 2018)
      Ventricular arrhythmias are a common cause of sudden cardiac death, and their occurrence is higher in obese subjects. Abnormal gating of ryanodine receptors (RyR2), the calcium release channels of the sarcoplasmic reticulum, ...
    • IL-17A levels increase in the infarcted region of the left ventricle in a rat model of myocardial infarction 
      Ávalos, Ana María; Apablaza, Felipe A.; Quiroz, Mariana; Toledo, Viviana; Peña, Juan Pedro; Michea Acevedo, Luis; Irarrázabal, Carlos E.; Carrión, Flavio A.; Figueroa, Fernando E. (Society of Biology of Chile, 2012)
      Th17 cells, a recently described subtype of CD4+ effector lymphocytes, have been linked to cell-mediated autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as well as to cardiovascular diseases. However, the participation of IL-17A in ...
    • Quercetin prevents diastolic dysfunction induced by a high-cholesterol diet: role of oxidative stress and ... 
      Castillo, Rodrigo L.; Herrera Videla, Emilio; González Candia, Alejandro; Reyes Farías, Marjorie; Jara, Nicole de la; Peña, Juan Pedro; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina (Hindawi Ltd, 2018)
      Alterations in cardiac energy metabolism play a key role in the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Hypercholesterolemia associated with bioenergetic impairment and oxidative stress has not been well characterized in ...