Facultad de Medicina: Recent submissions
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(MDPI, 2022)Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine/metabolic disorder associated with insulin resistance (IR) and obesity. Endometria from women with PCOS present failures in insulin action, glucose uptake and signaling of ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is endemic to Central and South America. However, it has spread around the world and affects several million people. Treatment with currently available drugs ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2021)El carcinoma oral de células escamosas (COCE) es el tipo más común de cáncer oral. Su desarrollo se ha asociado a diversos factores como el tabaquismo y el consumo de alcohol. Además, se ha sugerido que algunos microorganismos ...
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(Oxford University Press, 2022)During retroviral replication, the full-length RNA serves both as mRNA and genomic RNA. However, the mechanisms by which the HIV-1 Gag protein selects the two RNA molecules that will be packaged into nascent virions remain ...
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(Wiley, 2022)Background Squamous cell carcinoma of the lip accounts for 20% of all oral carcinomas. Its diagnosis may be challenging because it clinically resembles actinic cheilitis and inflammatory lesions of the lips. Objectives To ...
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(Wiley, 2021)Organ transplantation is a lifesaving procedure for end-organ damage and remains up to today as the most cost-effective alternative to treat these conditions. However, the main limitation to performing organ transplants ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2021)La resistencia a los antimicrobianos está generando un problema de salud pública a nivel mundial. Se estima que para el año 2050 no se contará con antimicrobianos efectivos para combatir las enfermedades causadas por ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2020)Problema: La psoriasis es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica de la piel que causa una importante carga de enfermedad (Karimkhani et al., 2017). Es una enfermedad que está siendo subtratada debido a la escasa información ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2019)Problema: Cerca del 74,2% de la población chilena tiene sobrepeso u obesidad, considerada un factor de riesgo para variadas enfermedades no transmisibles, las cuales hoy en día representan gran parte de la mortalidad ...
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(MDPI, 2022)In bacteria, the translation of genetic information can begin through at least three different mechanisms: canonical or Shine-Dalgarno-led initiation, readthrough or 70S scanning initiation, or leaderless initiation. Here, ...
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(Wiley, 2022)The intracellular mechanisms safeguarding DC function are of biomedical interest in several immune-related diseases. Type 1 conventional DCs (cDC1s) are prominent targets of immunotherapy typified by constitutive activation ...
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(Elsevier, 2022)Background: The activation of the medial olivocochlear reflex reduces the cochlear gain, which is manifested perceptually as decreased auditory sensitivity. However, it has remained unclear whether the extent of this ...
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(MDPI, 2022)Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive impairment, apathy, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Two main pathological hallmarks have been described: ...
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(BMC, 2022)Background: Central nervous system (CNS) infection has been an ongoing concern in paediatrics. The FilmArray (R) Meningoencephalitis (FAME) panel has greater sensitivity in identifying the aetiology of CNS infections. This ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2019)Introducción: La esquizofrenia es una enfermedad psiquiátrica grave y crónica que afecta al 1% de la población. La etiología de la esquizofrenia es desconocida, donde los factores genéticos son de suma importancia ya que ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2019)Se presenta una investigación cualitativa de carácter exploratorio, la cual aborda un fenómeno de estudio poco conocido en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile, como es la percepción de las competencias ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2020)Objetivo General: Describir el caso de las mujeres beneficiarias de la ley Ricarte Soto para el tratamiento de cáncer de mama, atendidas en el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer, explorando sus percepciones respecto de la ...
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(Universidad de Chile, 2019)El razonamiento clínico es un proceso fundamental dentro de las competencias del profesional matrona-matrón, ayudándolo a realizar una óptima toma de decisiones clínica en diversas situaciones, por lo que es importante ...
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(Nature Research, 2021)Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) aggregate the many small effects of alleles across the human genome to estimate the risk of a disease or disease-related trait for an individual. The potential benefits of PRSs include ...
