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    • Gutiérrez, Tomás; Parra, Valentina; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Pennanen, Christian; Contreras Ferrat, Ariel Eduardo; Vásquez Trincado, César Alonso; Morales, Pablo E.; López Crisosto, Camila; Sotomayor Flores, Cristian Alejandro; Chiong Lay, Mario; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Lavandero González, Sergio (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)
      © 2014 Gutierrez et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Cardiac hypertrophy is characterized by alterations in both cardiac bioenergetics and insulin sensitivity. Insulin promotes glucose uptake by cardiomyocytes ...
    • Rodríguez, Andrea E.; López Crisosto, Camila; Peña Oyarzún, Daniel; Salas, Daniela; Parra A., Valentina; Quiroga, Clara; Morawe, Tobías; Chiong Lay, Mario; Behl, Christian; Lavandero González, Sergio (Taylor and Francis, 2016)
      Autophagy is mainly regulated by post-translational and lipid modifications of ATG proteins. In some scenarios, the induction of autophagy is accompanied by increased levels of certain ATG mRNAs such as MAP1LC3B/LC3B, ATG5 ...
    • Parra, Valentina; Moraga, Francisco; Kuzmicic, Jovan; López Crisosto, Camila; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Torrealba, Natalia; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Díaz Elizondo, Jessica; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2013)
      Ceramides are important intermediates in the biosynthesis and degradation of sphingolipids that regulatenumerous cellular processes, including cell cycle progression, cell growth, differentiation and death. In ...
    • Westermeier, Francisco; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; López Crisosto, Camila; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Quiroga Lagos, Clara; Bustamante, Mario; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Zalaquett Sepúlveda, Ricardo; Ibacache, Mauricio; Parra Ortíz, María Valentina; Castro, Pablo F.; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Hill, Joseph A.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2015)
      Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common consequence of longstanding type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and encompasses structural, morphological, functional, and metabolic abnormalities in the heart.Myocardial energy metabolism ...
    • Troncoso, Rodrigo; Paredes, Felipe; Parra, Valentina; Gatica, Damián; Vásquez Trincado, César Alonso; Quiroga, Clara; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; López Crisosto, Camila; Rodriguez, Andrea E.; Oyarzún, Alejandra P.; Kroemer, Guido; Lavandero González, Sergio (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2014)
      Glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone, enhance protein breakdown via ubiquitin-proteasome system. However, the role of autophagy in organelle and protein turnover in the glucocorticoid-dependent atrophy program remains ...
    • Battiprolu, Pavan K.; López Crisosto, Camila; Wang, Zhao V.; Nemchenko, Andriy; Lavandero González, Sergio; Hill, Joseph A. (2013)
      The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus are both increasing rapidly in societies around the globe. The majority of patients with diabetes succumb ultimately to heart disease, much of which stems from atherosclerotic ...
    • López Crisosto, Camila; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Rodríguez Peña, Marcelo; Mera, Claudia; Castro, Pablo F.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Cifuentes, Mariana; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier B.V.. Eukaryotic cells contain a variety of subcellular organelles, each of which performs unique tasks. Thus follows that in order to coordinate these different intracellular functions, a highly dynamic ...
    • Oyarzún, Alejandra P.; Westermeier, Francisco; Pennanen, Christian; López Crisosto, Camila; Parra, Valentina; Sotomayor Flores, Cristian; Sánchez, Gina; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2015)
      Aim: FK866 is an inhibitor of the NAD(+) synthesis rate-limiting enzyme nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT). Using FK866 to target NAD(+) synthesis has been proposed as a treatment for inflammatory diseases and ...
    • Garrido-Moreno, Valeria; Díaz Vegas, Alexis; López Crisosto, Camila; Troncoso, Mayarling Francisca; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; García Nannig, Lorena; Estrada, Manuel; Cifuentes, Mariana; Lavandero González, Sergio (Academic Press, 2019)
      Growth differentiation factor 11 (GDF11) is a novel factor with controversial effects on cardiac hypertrophy both in vivo and in vitro. Although recent evidence has corroborated that GDF11 prevents the development of cardiac ...
    • Parra, Valentina; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Iglewski, Myriam; Del Campo, Andrea; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Jones, Deborah; Zhu, Yi; Kuzmicic Previtali, Jovan Paolo; Pennanen, Christian; López Crisosto, Camila; Jaña, Fabián; Ferreira, Jorge; Noguera, Eduard; Chiong Lay, Mario; Bernlohr, David A.; Klip, Amira (2014)
      Insulin regulates heart metabolism through the regulation of insulin-stimulated glucose uptake. Studies have indicated that insulin can also regulate mitochondrial function. Relevant to this idea, mitochondrial function ...
    • Kuzmicic, Jovan; Del Campo, Andrea; López Crisosto, Camila; Morales, Pablo E.; Pennanen, Christian; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Hechenleitner, Jonathan; Zepeda, Ramiro; Castro, Pablo F.; Verdejo, Hugo; Parra, Valentina; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio (2011)
      Mitochondria are dynamic organelles able to vary their morphology between elongated interconnected mitochondrial networks and fragmented disconnected arrays, through events of mitochondrial fusion and fission, respectively. ...
    • Pennanen, Christian; Parra, Valentina; López Crisosto, Camila; Morales, Pablo E.; del Campo, Andrea; Gutierrez, Tomás; Rivera Mejías, Pablo; Kuzmicic, Jovan; Chiong Lay, Mario; Zorzano, Antonio; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Company of Biologists Ltd, 2014)
      Cardiomyocyte hypertrophy has been associated with diminished mitochondrial metabolism. Mitochondria are crucial organelles for the production of ATP, and their morphology and function are regulated by the dynamic processes ...
    • Del Campo Sfeir, Andrea Estefanía; Parra Ortíz, María Valentina; Vásquez Trincado, César Alonso; Gutiérrez, Tomás; Morales, Pablo E.; López Crisosto, Camila; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Contreras Ferrat, Ariel Eduardo; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio (American Physiological Society, 2014)
      Insulin is a major regulator of glucose metabolism, stimulating its mitochondrial oxidation in skeletal muscle cells. Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that can undergo structural remodeling in order to cope with these ...
    • Del Campo, Andrea; Parra, Valentina; Vásquez Trincado, César Alonso; Gutiérrez, Tomás; Morales, Pablo E.; López Crisosto, Camila; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Navarro Márquez, Mario F.; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Contreras Ferrat, Ariel Eduardo; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio (2014)
      Insulin is a major regulator of glucose metabolism, stimulating its mitochondrial oxidation in skeletal muscle cells. Mitochondria are dynamic organelles that can undergo structural remodeling in order to cope with these ...
    • Muñoz Córdova, Felipe Andrés; Hernández Fuentes, Carolina; López Crisosto, Camila; Troncoso, Mayarling; Calle Chalco, Ximena Elena; Guerrero Moncayo, Alejandra; Gabrielli, Luigi; Chiong Lay, Mario; Castro, Pablo F.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a severe complication of diabetes developed mainly in poorly controlled patients. In DCM, several clinical manifestations as well as cellular and molecular mechanisms contribute to its ...
    • Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Torrealba Cárdenas, Natalia Belén; Paredes, Felipe; Morales, Pablo E.; Pennanen Saavedra, Christian; López Crisosto, Camila; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Chiong Lay, Mario; Hill, Joseph A.; Simmend, Thomas; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2014)
      Cellular organelles do not function as isolated or static units, but rather form dynamic contacts between one another that can be modulated according to cellular needs. The physical interfaces between organelles are ...
    • Fernández, Carolina; Torrealba, Natalia; Altamirano, Francisco; Garrido Moreno, Valeria Soraya; Vásquez Trincado, César; Flores Vergara, Raúl Alejandro; López Crisosto, Camila; Ocaranza, María Paz; Chiong Lay, Mario Martin; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully Rocío Evangelina; Lavandero González, Sergio (Public Library Science, 2021)
      Cardiac hypertrophy is the result of responses to various physiological or pathological stimuli. Recently, we showed that polycystin-1 participates in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy elicited by pressure overload and mechanical ...
    • Ramírez Sagredo, Andrea Soledad; Quiroga, Clara; Garrido Moreno, Valeria Soraya; López Crisosto, Camila; Leiva Navarrete, Sebastián Rolando; Norambuena Soto, Ignacio Estebán; Ortiz Quintero, Jose Jafet; Díaz Vesga, Magda C.; Pérez, William; Hendrickson, Troy; Parra Ortiz, Valentina Maria; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully Rocio Evangelina; Altamirano, Francisco; Chiong Lay, Mario Martin; Lavandero Gonzalez, Sergio Alejandro (Wiley, 2021)
      Polycystin-1 (PC1) is a transmembrane protein found in different cell types, including cardiomyocytes. Alterations in PC1 expression have been linked to mitochondrial damage in renal tubule cells and in patients with ...
    • López Crisosto, Camila (Universidad de Chile, 2012)
      La obesidad y la diabetes son condiciones altamente prevalentes que representan un importante factor de riesgo para el desarrollo de patologías cardiovasculares, principal causa de muerte entre los pacientes diabéticos. ...
    • Troncoso, Rodrigo; Vásquez Trincado, César; Campo, Andrea del; Gatica, Damián; Morales, Pablo; Paredes, Felipe; Gutiérrez, Tomás; López Crisosto, Camila; Lavandero González, Sergio; Torrealba, Natalia; García Nannig, Lorena; Díaz Araya, Guillermo; Battiprolu, Pavan K.; Nemchenko, Andriy; Ferdous, Anwarul; Gillette, Thomas G.; Hill, Joseph A. (Nova Science Publishers, 2012)