Browsing by Author "Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro"

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    • Dendritic cell chimerism in oral mucosa of transplanted patients affected by graft-versus-host disease 
      Pérez, Claudio A.; Rabanales, Ramón; Rojas Alcayaga, Gonzalo; Larrondo Lillo, Milton; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; López, Mercedes N.; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; Alfaro Lucero, Jorge; González, Fermin E. (John Wiley & Sons, 2016)
      ObjectiveGraft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is one of the main complications after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Clinical features of GVHD include either an acute (aGVHD) or a chronic (cGVHD) condition that affects ...
    • Efecto de una suspensión intramamaria de células troncales mesenquimáticas (MSC) sobre la expresión de ... 
      Sepúlveda Orellana, Sofía Valentina (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      Las células troncales mesenquimáticas (MSC, del inglés Mesenchymal Stem Cells o Mesenchymal Stromal Cells) son células estromales multipotentes que están presentes en todos los tejidos fetales y adultos. Cuentan con ...
    • Efecto del uso tópico e ingesta del probiótico lactobacillus rhamnosus sp1 en la producción de inmunoglobulina ... 
      Briceño Jacoby, Javiera Andrea (Universidad de Chile, 2019)
      Introducción: Los probióticos han sido ampliamente estudiados por sus efectos positivos sobre la salud general, y recientemente han surgido estudios sobre su uso en la prevención de caries. Existe evidencia que indica ...
    • Neisseria gonorrhoeae Induces a Tolerogenic Phenotype in Macrophages to Modulate Host Immunity 
      Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Candia, Enzo; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Villegas Valdés, Bélgica; Neira, Tanya; López Nitsche, Mercedes; Maisey, Kevin; Tempio, Fabián; Ríos, Miguel; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Imarai, Mónica (Hindawi, 2013)
      Neisseria gonorrhoeae is the etiological agent of gonorrhoea, which is a sexually transmitted disease widespread throughout the world. N. gonorrhoeae does not improve immune response in patients with reinfection, suggesting ...
    • P2X7 receptor is essential for cross-dressing of bone marrow-derived dendritic cells 
      Barrera Ávalos, Carlos; Briceño, Pedro; Valdés, Daniel; Imarai, Mónica; Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Rojo, Leonel E.; Milla, Luis A.; Huidobro Toro, Juan Pablo; Robles Planells, Claudia; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Di Virgilio, Francesco; Morón, Gabriel; Sauma Mahaluf, Daniela Macarena; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (Cell, 2021)
      T cell activation requires the processing and presentation of antigenic peptides in the context of a major histocompatibility complex (MHC complex). Cross -dressing is a non-conventional antigen presentation mechanism, ...
    • Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells Derived from Donors with Natural Rubber Latex Allergy Modulate Allergen-Specific ... 
      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), ...