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    • Catalán Martina, Diego; Aravena, Octavio; Sabugo, Francisca; Wurmann, Pamela; Soto, Lilian; Kalergis, Alexis M.; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2010)
      Introduction: Several molecules help preserve peripheral B cell tolerance, but when altered, they may predispose to autoimmunity. This work studied the expression of the costimulatory molecule CD86 and the inhibitory ...
    • Gárate, David; Rojas Colonelli, Nicole; Peña, Corina; Salazar, Lorena; Abello Cáceres, Paula; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Aravena, Octavio; García González, Paulina; Ribeiro, Carolina Hager; Molina Sampayo, María Carmen; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (American College of Rheumatology, 2013)
      Objective. Dendritic cells (DCs) modulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are able to reduce inflammation when therapeutically administered into mice with collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). The aim of this study was to ...
    • Hager Ribeiro, Carolina; Kramm, Karina; Gálvez Jirón, Felipe; Pola, Víctor; Bustamante Zamorano, Marco; Contreras Muñoz, Héctor; Sabag, Andrea; Garrido Tapia, Macarena; Hernández, Carolina; Zúñiga, Roberto; Collazo, Norberto; Sotelo, Pablo Hernán; Morales, Camila; Mercado, Luis; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Molina, María Carmen (Spandidos Publ. Ltd., 2016)
      Gastric cancer (GC) is the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Natural killer cells play an important role in the immune defense against transformed cells. They express the activating receptor NKG2D, whose ...
    • Ferrier Esposito, Ashley Andrés (Universidad de Chile, 2016)
      La Esclerosis Sistemica (ES) es una enfermedad autoinmune caracterizada por una fibrosis extensiva en la piel y en órganos internos. Actualmente la fisiopatología de esta enfermedad permanece desconocida, sin embargo ...
    • Soto, Lilian; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel (Future Medicine Ltd., 2015)
    • Salazar, L.; Aravena, O.; Abello, P.; Escobar, A.; Contreras Levicoy, Juan; Rojas Colonelli, Nicole; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguirre A., Luz María; Zúñiga, R.; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; González, C.; Cepeda, R.; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel; Molina, M. C.; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; Delgado, M.; Toes, R. E.; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2008)
      Background: The use of regulatory or immature dendritic cells (DCs) as tools for modulating experimental rheumatoid arthritis is very recent. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-stimulated DCs have been shown to restore tolerance ...
    • Schiattino, Irene; Villegas Ríos, Rodrigo; Cruzat, Andrea; Cuenca, Jimena; Salazar, Lorena; Aravena, Octavio; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Catalán Martina, Diego; Llanos, Carolina; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2005)
      Longitudinal studies aimed at evaluating patients clinical response to specific therapeutic treatments are frequently summarized in incomplete datasets due to missing data. Multivariate statistical procedures use only ...
    • Campos Acuña, Javier; Pérez, Francisco; Narváez, Edgar; Campos Mora, Mauricio; Gajardo, Tania; Catalán Martina, Diego; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Pino Lagos, Karina (Future Medicine, 2015)
      Aim: To date, there is no human dendritic cell (DC) based therapy to prevent allograft rejection in transplanted patients. Here, we evaluate a potential protocol using a murine in vivo transplant model. Materials & ...
    • Salazar, Lorena; Aravena, Octavio; Contreras Levicoy, Juan; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Catalán Martina, Diego; Zúñiga, Roberto; Iruretagoyena, Mirentxu; Kalergis, Alexis M.; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2007)
      Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional, antigen-presenting cells, which induce and regulate T cell reactivity. DCs are crucial in innate and adaptive immune responses, and are also involved in central and peripheral tolerance ...
    • Soto Sáez, Lilian; Sabugo Siraqyan, María Francisca; Catalán Martina, Diego; Wurmann Kiblisky, Pamela; Cermenatti, Tomás; Gatica Rossi, Héctor; Aravena, Octavio; Salazar, Lorena; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel (Springer, 2011)
      The introduction of antitumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents has improved the outcome for many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To date, the only replicated genetic predictor of anti-TNF response is the −308 G > ...
    • Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Aguirre, Adam; Guzmán Meléndez, María Antonieta; González González, Rodrigo; Catalán Martina, Diego; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Larrondo Lillo, Milton; López Nitsche, Mercedes; Pesce Reyes, Bárbara; Rolland, Jennifer; O’Hehir, Robyn; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2014)
      Natural rubber latex (NRL; Hevea brasiliensis) allergy is an IgE-mediated reaction to latex proteins. When latex glove exposure is the main sensitizing agent, Hev b 5 is one of the major allergens. Dendritic cells (DC), ...
    • Cuchacovich Turteltaub, Miguel; Soto, L.; Edwardes, M.; Gutiérrez, M.; Llanos, C.; Pacheco, D.; Sabugo Siraqyan, María Francisca; Alamo, M.; Fuentealba, C.; Villanueva, L.; Gatica, H.; Schiattino, Irene; Salazar, L.; Catalán Martina, Diego; Valenzuela, O.; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos (2006)
      Objective: To investigate the influence of -308 tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα) promoter polymorphism and circulating TNFα levels in the clinical response to adalimumab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ...
    • Campos Acuña, Javier Ignacio (Universidad de Chile, 2015)
      Las células dendríticas (DCs) son células presentadoras de antígenos (CPA) y conectan la respuesta inmune innata y adaptativa. Tienen la capacidad de inducir inmunidad o tolerancia a antígenos que fueron capturados desde ...