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    • Alaniz, Alberto J.; Bacigalupo, Antonella; Cattan Ayala, Pedro (Sociedad Chilena de Infectología, 2017)
      The Zika virus has raised world alarm in recent years, representing a major public health problem. In this study we evaluated the potential risk of exposure to Zika virus in Chile, associated with the probability of ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Carrasco, Fernando; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Papapietro Vallejo, Karin; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares, Manuel; Sian, Lei; Westcott, Jamie L.; Miller, Leland V.; Hambidge, K. Michael; Krebs, Nancy F. (2011)
      Background: Micronutrient deficiencies are common in patients undergoing gastric bypass. The effect of this type of surgery on zinc absorption and zinc status is not well known. Objective: The objective was to evaluate the ...
    • Ruz, Manuel; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Rebolledo Acevedo, Annabella; Krebs, Nancy F.; Westcott, Jamie E.; Sian, Laei; Hambidge, K. Michael (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2005-12)
      The objective was to compare the absorption of zinc from a micronutrient-fortified dried cow's milk, which is part of the Chilean National Complementary Food Program, with that from a standard nonfortified milk. Fortification ...
    • Solomons, Noel W.; Ruz, Manuel (1997)
      This paper reviews research published in recent years concerning the effects of zinc and iron interaction in both animal and humans. The information is discussed with particular emphasis on those situations relevant to the ...
    • Ruz Ortíz, Manuel; Carrasco Naranjo, Fernando; Rojas Mondaca, Pamela; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza Escobar, Jorge; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Valencia Canessa, Alejandra; Vásquez, Karla; Galgani Fuentes, José; Pérez, Alvaro; López, Gloria; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (The United Nations University, 2013)
      Background: Type 2 diabetes is highly prevalent in populations having high rates of overweight and obesity. It is a chronic condition responsible for long-term severe dysfunction of several organs, including the ...
    • Severi, Cecilia; Hambidge, Michael; Krebs, Nancy; Alonso, Rafael; Atalah Samur, Eduardo (2013)
      Objetivo: Evaluar la edad como factor de riego para el déficit nutricional de zinc en el embarazo y en el posparto y la correlación entre la concentración de zinc plasmático y de la leche materna. Diseño: Estudio de ...
    • Severi, Cecilia; Hambidge, Michael; Krebs, Nancy; Alonso, Rafael; Atalah, Eduardo (2013)
      Objective: To assess if age is a risk factor for low zinc nutritional status in pregnancy, postpartum and in breast milk concentration, and the association between mother zinc plasma level with zinc milk concentration. ...
    • Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ruz, Manuel (2007)
      There is increasing concern about potential negative interactions in combined iron and zinc supplementation. The aim of the present study was to determine the dose-response effect of zinc, given as a solution, on iron ...
    • Pérez, Alvaro; Arenas Rojas, Pamela; Carrasco, Fernando; Basfi-fer Obregón, Karen; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Codoceo, Juana; Inostroza, Jorge; Ruz, Manuel (Humana Press Inc., 2018)
      © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Glucagon dysregulation is an essential component in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Studies in vitro and in animal models have shown that zinc ...
    • Reyes, Juan G. (American Physiological Society, 1996)
      The importance of zinc in cell physiology is related mainly to its intracellular involvement in enzyme catalysis, protein structure, protein- protein interactions, and protein-oligonucleotide interactions. The mechanisms ...
    • Miranda, Marcelo; Seijas, Daniel; Castillo, José Luis; Pérez, Carolina J. (2010)
    • Traipe, Felipe; Traipe, Leonidas; Salinas Toro, Daniela; López, Daniela; Valenzuela, Felipe; Pérez, Claudio; Cartes, Cristian; Zuazo, Francisca; Varela, Patricia; Toledo Araya, Héctor; López Solís, Remigio (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2017)
      Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose: Morphological features of tear microdesiccates on glass surfaces have been associated with tear fluid status. Tear-film lipids play a critical role ...
    • Videla Cabrera, Luis; Correa, Loreto; Rivera, Marcela; Sir Petermann, Teresa (1993)
      Luminol-amplified CL of whole blood phagocytes was studied in rats given 3 consecutive doses of 0.1 mg L-triiodothyronine T3/kg or in hyperthyroid patients, after stimulation by zymosan. In both cases, CL was significantly ...
    • Sierralta, Fernando; Naquira,; Pinardi,; Miranda, Daniela (John Wiley and Sons Inc., 1996)
      1. The antinociceptive action of clonidine (Clon) and the interactions with α1, α2 adrenoceptor and opioid receptor antagonists was evaluated in mice by use of chemical algesiometric test (acetic acid writhing test). 2. ...
    • Llanos Mansilla, Jorge; Ramachandran, Janakiraman; Creasy, Robert K.; Rudolph, Abraham M.; Serón Ferré, María (1979)
      To determine the role of other ACTH-like peptides in the regulation of glucocorticoid secretion in fetal sheep, we examined the responses of the adrenal gland of fetal and newborn sheep to comparable single doses of αMSH ...
    • Mondaca, Mauricio; Hernández, Alejandro; Pérez, Hernán; López Valladares, Luis; Sierralta, Walter; Fernández, Victor; Soto Moyano, Rubén (Elsevier B.V., 2004)
      Pretreatment with the α2-adrenoceptor agonist clonidine (31.25, 62.5, or 125 μg/kg, i.p.) dose-dependently reduced long-term potentiation (LTP) elicited in vivo in the occipital cortex of anesthetized rats, whereas ...
    • Moroni, Mirko; Zwart, Ruud; Sher, Emanuele; Cassels Niven, Bruce; Bermudez, Isabel (2006)
      α4 and β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunits expressed heterologously assemble into receptors with high (HS) and low (LS) sensitivity to acetylcholine (ACh); their relative proportions depend on the α4 to ...
    • Lavandero González, Sergio; Donoso, Eduardo P.; Sapag Hagar, Mario (1985)
    • Sáez Briones, Patricio; Soto Moyano, Rubén; Burgos, Héctor; Castillo, Amparo; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Morgan, Carlos; Pérez, Hernán; Barra, Rafael; Constandil, Luis; Laurido, Claudio; Hernández, Alejandro (Academic Press Inc., 2015)
      © 2014 Elsevier Inc.Moderate reduction in dietary protein composition of pregnant rats from 25% to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, has been described as a "hidden malnutrition" because it does not alter ...
    • Gomes, L. F.; Gonçalves, L. M.; Fonseca, F. L.A.; Celli, C. M.; Videla Cabrera, Luis; Chaimovich, H.; Junqueira, Virginia (2002)
      β2-Glycoprotein I (β2GPI) is known to influence macrophage uptake of particles with phosphatidylserine containing surfaces, as apoptotic thymocytes and unilamellar vesicles in vitro. Nevertheless, effects upon macrophage ...