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    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo González, Francisco; Sergi, Consolato; Juarranz, Angeles; Roy, Debasish (Hindawai, 2018)
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo, Francisco; Sergi, Consolato M.; Juarranz, Angeles; Roy, Debasish (HINDAWI, 2018)
    • Rivas, Miguel; Rojas, Elisa; Calaf, Gloria M.; Barberán, Marcela; Liberman, Claudio; De Paula Correa, Marcelo (Spandidos Publications, 2017)
      © 2017, Spandidos Publications. All rights reserved. Vitamin D synthesis takes place in the skin due to solar ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation. Several studies have shown the association between low sun exposure, non-melanoma ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Parra, E.; Garrido, F. (2007)
      Environmental chemicals may be involved in the etiology of breast cancer. There is substantial evidence that breast cancer risk is associated with prolonged exposure to female hormones. Among these hormonal influences a ...
    • Gallardo, Marcela; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike; Aguayo González, Francisco; Bleak, Tammy; Muñoz, Juan P.; Calaf, Gloria (Spandidos Publications, 2020)
      Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer among women worldwide and it is characterized by a high morbidity. Curcumin is a naturally occurring compound derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa and is known to ...
    • Sandoval Acuña, Cristian; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián; Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Peredo Silva, Liliana; Madrid Rojas, Matías; Rebolledo, Solange; Castro Castillo, Vicente; Pavani, Mario; Catalán, Mabel; Maya Arango, Juan; Jara, Jose A.; Parra, Eduardo; Calaf, Gloria M.; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Ferreira Parker, Jorge (2016)
      Mitochondrion is an accepted molecular target in cancer treatment since it exhibits a higher transmembrane potential in cancer cells, making it susceptible to be targeted by lipophilic-delocalized cations of triphenylphosphonium ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Ponce-Cusi, Richard; Aguayo González, Francisco; Muñoz, Juan P.; Bleak, Tammy C. (Spandidos, 2020)
      Evaluation of carcinogenic substances from the environment is a challenge for scientists. Recently, a novel approach based on 10 key characteristics of human carcinogens classified by the International Agency for Research ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Caba, Fresia; Farias, Jorge; Rothhammer Engel, Francisco (2010)
      Breast cancer is a common disease estimated to occur in 1 in 9 women over their lifetime. Epidemiological research has identified a number of risk factors for breast cancer. Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer ...
    • Aguayo González, Francisco; Muñoz, Juan P.; Pérez Domínguez, Francisco; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Estibaliz Oliva, Carolina; Calaf, Gloria M.; Blanco, Rances; Núñez Acurio, Daniela (MDPI, 2020)
      Cervical, anogenital, and some head and neck cancers (HNC) are etiologically associated with high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection, even though additional cofactors are necessary. Epidemiological studies have ...
    • Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Muñoz, Juan P.; Guerrero Vásquez, Nahir; Blanco, Rancés; León, Oscár; de Souza Lino, Vanesca; Tapia Pineda, Julio; Maldonado Maldonado, Edio; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Coravlán, Alejandro H.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Boccardo, Enrique; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      A subset of oral carcinomas is etiologically related to high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection, with HPV16 being the most frequent HR-HPV type found in these carcinomas. The oncogenic role of HR-HPV is strongly ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Bleak, Tammy C.; Muñoz, Juan P.; Aguayo, Francisco (Spandidos, 2020)
      Breast cancer is a major health problem and accounted for 11.6% of all new cancer cases and 6.6% of all cancer deaths among women worldwide in 2018. However, its etiology has remained elusive. According to epidemiological ...
    • Muñoz, Juan P.; Blanco, Rancés; Osorio, Julio C.; Estibaliz Oliva, Carolina; Díaz, María José; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Aguayo, Rebeca; Castillo, Andrés; Tapia Pineda, Julio C.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Gaggero Brillouet, Aldo; Aguayo González, Francisco (BMC, 2020)
      Background The role of human polyomaviruses (HPyVs) in epithelial tumors such as head and neck carcinomas (HNSCCs) including oral and oropharyngeal carcinomas has not been established. In this study, we evaluated for the ...
    • Calaf, Gloria M.; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Termini, Lara; Aguayo, Francisco (Impact Journals LLC, 2018)
      © Calaf et al. Breast, cervical and ovarian cancers are highly prevalent in women worldwide. Environmental, hormonal and viral-related factors are especially relevant in the development of these tumors. These factors are ...
    • Blanco, Rances; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Osorio, Julio C.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is etiologically associated with the development and progression of cervical cancer, although other factors are involved. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection in premalignant and ...
    • López, Nandy; Ebensperger Darrouy, Germán; Herrera Videla, Emilio; Reyes, Roberto V.; Calaf, Gloria; Cabello, Gertrudis; Moraga, Fernando; Benaldo, Felipe A.; Díaz, Marcela; Parer, Julian T.; Llanos Mansilla, Jorge (Amer Physiological Soc, 2016)
      Exposure to high-altitude chronic hypoxia during pregnancy may cause pulmonary hypertension in neonates, as a result of vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. We hypothesized that susceptibility to pulmonary hypertension, ...
    • Rivas, Miguel; Calaf, Gloria M.; Laroze, David; Rojas, Elisa; Méndez, Joaquín; Honeyman, Juan; Araya, María C. (Elsevier, 2020)
      In this work, we present the maximum daily values of solar ultraviolet A radiation (UV-A) as a function of time. The results indicated that such values reached a maximum of 93.9 W/m(2) in 2010 and a minimum of 16.5 W/m(2) ...
    • Carrillo, Diego; Muñoz, Juan P.; Huerta, Hernán; Leal, Gabriel; Corvalán, Alejandro; León Decap, Óscar; Calaf, Gloria M.; Urzúa Tobar, Ulises; Boccardo, Enrique; Tapia Pineda, Julio; Aguayo González, Francisco (Royal Soc., 2017)
      The hallmark of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV)-related carcinogenesis is E6 and E7 oncogene overexpression. The aim of this work was to characterize epithelial oral and cervical cancer cells that express HR-HPV ...