Browsing by Title Facultad de Medicina
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(2008)Studies done many years ago established unequivocally the key role of calcium as a universal second messenger. In contrast, the second messenger roles of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species have emerged only recently. ...
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(Frontiers Media, 2020)The strength of goal-oriented behaviors is regulated by midbrain dopamine neurons. Dysfunctions of dopaminergic circuits are observed in drug addiction and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Compulsive behavior is a feature ...
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(MDPI, 2020)Zika virus (ZIKV) is a mosquito-borne virus associated with neurological disorders such as Guillain-Barré syndrome and microcephaly. In humans, ZIKV is able to replicate in cell types from di erent tissues including ...
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(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2012)Huntington disease (HD) is caused by an extended polyglutamine [poly(Q)] stretch in the Huntingtin (HTT) protein, and is associated with the accumulation of intracellular protein aggregates, onset of progressive chorea, ...
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(Hindawi, 2021)Signals from the tumor microenvironment (TME) have a profound influence on the maintenance and progression of cancers. Chronic inflammation and the infiltration of immune cells in breast cancer (BC) have been strongly ...
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(Elsevier, 2018-06)Normal liver function includes a number of metabolic processes, secretion of cellular mediators and its role in immunobiology; these require a high energy supply, which is further enhanced under adverse conditions triggering ...
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(2009)Timely production of glucocorticoid hormones in response to ACTH is essential for survival by coordinating energy intake and expenditure and acting as homeostatic regulators against stress. Adrenal cortisol response to ...
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(MDPI, 2021)We describe a case of chronic meningoencephalitis with hydrocephalus caused by Cryptococcus bacillisporus (VGIII) in an immunocompetent patient from Santa Cruz, Bolivia. This first report of a member of the Cryptococcus ...
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(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2007)Cryptosporidium oocysts, observed in a natural sputum sample of a patient with HIV, were further studied by using DNA markers to determine the species of the parasite. C. hominis was identified as the species infecting the ...
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(Universidad de Cordoba, 2014)Objective. To determine the Cryptosporidium spp. infection frequency by using Ziehl-Neelsen and Auramine stains on samples obtained from diarrheic calves from milking farms of the Valdivia province. To compare both diagnostic ...
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(2013)Objectives: We aimed to explore physiological responses to the six-minute walk test (6MWT) and assess computed tomographic (CT) features of the lungs and thigh muscle in order to determine contributors to dyspnea intensity ...
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(2009)To study the variability at the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene in a Chilean sample of healthy people. DM1 is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by an expansion of a (CTG) repeat at the 3′-UTR of the gene ...
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(Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, 2015)
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(Universidad de Chile, 2006)El objetivo de este trabajo es contribuir al conocimiento de lo que sucede en nuestro país respecto de la relación entre depresión y uso de servicios sanitarios, a través de describir la autovaloración del estado de salud ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2023)Antecedentes: Adenosín deaminasa (ADA) es una enzima que participa en el metabolismo de las purinas y en la proliferación y maduración de linfocitos T. La neumonía adquirida en la comunidad (NAC) es una enfermedad ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2023)La obesidad es una enfermedad crónica no transmisible que se considera uno de los principales pilares que caracterizan al síndrome metabólico, el cual consiste en un grupo de factores de riesgo cardiovascular. Diversos ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2023)El objetivo de este estudio fue cuantificar la carga de trabajo adicional que se puede alcanzar en el acelerador Infinity del Instituto Nacional del Cáncer (INC) considerando un cálculo de blindaje adaptado de la metodología ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2017)La parálisis facial afecta entre 15 a 40 casos por cada 100.000 personas en la población mundial. De estos, el 50% corresponde a parálisis de Bell. Esta patología es un tipo de parálisis de origen desconocido (parálisis ...
