Browsing by Subject "Obesity"

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    • Light smoking is associated with metabolic syndrome risk factors in Chilean young adults 
      Cheng, Evaline; Burrows, Raquel; Correa, Paulina; Güichapani, Carmen Gloria; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila (Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l., 2019)
      © 2019, Springer-Verlag Italia S.r.l., part of Springer Nature.Aims: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a cluster of risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases. While cigarette smoking is associated with MetS in adults, young ...
    • Lipid droplets are both highly oxidized and Plin2-covered in hepatocytes of diet-induced obese mice 
      Nocetti, Diego; Espinosa, Alejandra; Pino de la Fuente, Francisco; Sacristán, Camila; Bucarey, José Luis; Ruiz, Paulina; Valenzuela, Rodrigo; Chouinard Watkins, Raphael; Pepper Bergholz, Inés; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Puente Díaz, Luis (Canadian Science Publishing, 2020)
      Chronic high-fat diet feeding is associated with obesity and accumulation of fat in the liver, leading to the development of insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. This condition is characterized by the ...
    • Low Leptin Availability as a Risk Factor for Dementia in Chilean Older People 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara Karen; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Márquez, Carlos; Fuentes Guglielmetti, Patricio Alberto (2016)
      Objective: The aim was to study the role of leptin in the development of dementia. Methods: Follow-up of the ALEXANDROS cohorts, with baseline measurements in 2000. From 1,136 available subjects free of dementia at baseline, ...
    • Low muscle mass is associated with cardiometabolic risk regardless of nutritional status in adolescents: a ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Blanco, Estela; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Gahagan, S. (Wiley, 2017)
      BackgroundIncreased cardiometabolic risk (CMR) is documented in obese and non-obese adolescents with low muscular fitness. However, the association of low muscle mass (LMM) with CMR, independent of weight status, has not ...
    • Manejo psicológico del paciente sometido a cirugía bariátrica. Consenso Núcleo de Psicólogos de Cirugía de ... 
      Leiva, María José; Cruz, Macarena; Díaz, Paula; Barros, Cecilia; Assadi, Viviana; Cortés Mellado, Susana; Montt Saavedra, Denisse; Marín Leal, Luciana; Badilla, Claudia; Fuchs, Karin (Sociedad Médica Santiago, 2020)
      Background: Bariatric Surgery is the most effective alternative for weight reduction. However, weight regain is a serious problem. Therefore, pre and post-operative psychological management becomes relevant for these ...
    • Maternal chronodisruption throughout pregnancy impairs glucose homeostasis and adipose tissue physiology ... 
      Halabi, Diego; Richter, Hans G.; Méndez, Natalia; Kahne, Thilo; Spichiger, Carlos; Salazar, Esteban; Torres, Fabiola; Vergara, Karina; Serón Ferre, María Josefa; Torres Farfán, Claudia (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Compelling evidence in rats support the idea that gestational chronodisruption induces major changes in maternal circadian rhythms and fetal development and that these changes impact adult life at many physiological levels. ...
    • Maximal fat oxidation capacity is associated with cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy young adults 
      Montes de Oca García, Adrián; Pérez Bey, Alejandro; Corral Pérez, Juan; Velázquez Díaz, Daniel; Opazo Díaz, Edgardo; Fernández Santos, Jorge R.; Rebollo Ramos, María; Amaro Gahete, Francisco J.; Cuenca García, Magdalena; Ponce González, Jesús Gustavo (Taylor and Francis, 2020)
      It is unknown whether resting fat oxidation (RFO), maximal fat oxidation (MFO) and FatMax (intensity at which MFO is reached) are related to cardiometabolic risk (CMR). Thus the aim of this study was to examine the association ...
    • Metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes Grado de control metabólico en ninõs y ... 
      Diáz-Cárdenas, Claudia; Wong, Carolina; Vargas Catalán, Nelson (Sociedad Chilena de Pediatria, 2016)
      © 2015 Sociedad Chilena de Pediatriá. Published by Elsevier Espanã.Introduction Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is an important disease in children and adolescent being a major risk factor for early morbidity and mortality. ...
    • Metabolic effect of metformin in obese adolescents at risk of diabetes mellitus type 2 Efecto metabólico ... 
      Bernardita Prado, Alcalde; Verónica Gaete, P.; Francisca Corona, H.; Eldreth Peralta, V.; Paula Donoso, A.; Ximena Raimann, T. (2012)
      In adults, metformin promotes weight loss and prevents the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). However, these effects have not been demonstrated in adolescents at risk for DM2. Objective: To analyze the ...
    • Metabolic syndrome and antipsychotics: The role of mitochondrial fission/fusion imbalance 
      Campo, Andrea del; Bustos, Catalina; Mascayano, Carolina; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Rojo, Leonel E. (Frontiers Media SA, 2018)
      Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are known to increase cardiovascular risk through several physiological mechanisms, including insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, hyperphagia, and accelerated weight gain. There ...
    • Metabolic syndrome and obesity among users of second generation antipsychotics: A global challenge for ... 
      Rojo, Leonel E.; Gaspar, Pablo A.; Silva, H.; Risco., L.; Arena, Pamela; Cubillos Robles, Karen; Jara, Belén (Elsevier, 2015)
      Second generation antipsychotics (SGAs), such as clozapine, olanzapine, risperidone and quetiapine, are among the most effective therapies to stabilize symptoms schizophrenia (SZ) spectrum disorders. In fact, clozapine, ...
    • Metformin treatment regulates the expression of molecules involved in adiponectin and insulin signaling ... 
      Oróstica Arévalo, Maria Lorena; Astorga Leiva, Isis; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Poblete Rivas, Cristian; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; García Angulo, Víctor; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (MDPI, 2022)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine/metabolic disorder associated with insulin resistance (IR) and obesity. Endometria from women with PCOS present failures in insulin action, glucose uptake and signaling of ...
    • MiR-155 and miR-122 expression of spermatozoa in obese subjects 
      López, Paulina; Castro, Andrea; Florez, M.; Miranda, Karen; Aranda, Pilar; Sánchez-González, Cristina; Llopis, Juan; Arredondo Olguin, Miguel Armando (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-05-29)
      Obesity is characterized by mild chronic inflammation that is linked with impaired iron homeostasis. Studies in human and murine show that there is a transgenerational epigenetic inheritance via the gametes in obesity; ...
    • Moderate Aerobic Exercise Training Prevents the Augmented Hepatic Glucocorticoid Response Induced by High-Fat ... 
      Dassonvalle, Jonatan; Díaz Castro, Francisco; Donoso Barraza, Camila; Sepúlveda, Carlos; Pino de la Fuente, Francisco; Pino, Pamela; Espinosa Escalona, Berta; Chiong Lay, Mario; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo (MDPI, 2020)
      Glucocorticoids (GCs) are critical regulators of energy balance. Their deregulation is associated with the development of obesity and metabolic syndrome. However, it is not understood if obesity alters the tissue glucocorticoid ...
    • Molecular mechanisms of steatosis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease Mecanismos moleculares de la esteatosis ... 
      Pettinelli, Paulina; Obregón, A. M.; Videla Cabrera, Luis (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2011)
      Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most important cause of chronic liver disease and is considered the hepatic manifestation of the metabolic syndrome associated with diabetes mellitus type 2. The prevalence ...
    • Multimorbidity in a cohort of middle-aged women: Risk factors and disease clustering 
      Blümel, Juan E.; Carrillo Larco, Rodrigo M.; Vallejo, María S.; Chedraui, Peter (Elsevier, 2020)
      Objective: We aimed to evaluate which risk factors in middle-aged women are associated with higher risk of multimorbidity in older age. Study design: We conducted a prospective cohort study from 1990 to 1993 in Santiago ...
    • Multiple events case-control study in a prospective cohort to identify systemic, cellular, and molecular ... 
      Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Court, F. A.; Salech Morales, Felipe; Sanhueza Olivares, Guillermo; González Billault, Christian (BMC, 2022)
      Background Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of capacities linked to fundamental alterations/damage in multiple cellular and molecular pathways. It is the most significant risk factor for all non-communicable ...
    • Musculoskeletal disorders associated with quality of life and body composition in urban and rural public ... 
      Vega Fernández, Gustavo; Lera Marques, Lydia de la Caridad; Leyton Dinamarca, Barbara de Lourdes; Cortés, Pilar; Lizana, Pablo A. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Introduction: Teachers have been reported to be a labor group with high rates of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), stress, and strong deterioration of quality of life (QoL). However, little information exists about the ...
    • Neck adipose tissue accumulation is associated with higher overall and central adiposity, a higher ... 
      Arias Téllez, María José; Acosta, Francisco M.; García Rivero, Yolanda; Pascual Gamarra, José; Merchan Ramírez, Elisa; Martínez Téllez, Borja; Silva, Analiza M.; López, Julio Almansa; Llamas Elvira, José; Ruiz, Jonatan (Springer, 2020)
      Objectives Neck adipose tissue (NAT) volume increases with general adiposity, with fat accumulating in different neck tissue compartments. In patients with certain malignant/benign tumours, the accumulation of NAT, and ...
    • No evidence of association between the serotonin 2A receptor -1438G/A promoter polymorphism and childhood ... 
      Santos, José Luis; Ochoa, M. C.; Patiño, A.; Azcona, C.; Martínez, J. A.; Marti, A. (2005)
      Serotonin has been related to feeding behaviour and body weight control through its suppressive effect on appetite. Conflicting results have been published in the literature regarding the association between the -1438 G/A ...