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    • Cardiometabolic health relates to educational outcomes: a case control study in adolescents from a latino cohort 
      Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Rodríguez, Yanina; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Burrows, Raquel (Karger, 2017)
    • Carotid ultrasound examination as an aging and disability marker 
      Barrera Acevedo, María; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (Japan Geriatrics Society, 2014)
      Aim: To explore the usefulness of carotid ultrasound examination as a marker of aging and predictor of disability among older people. Methods: Carotid ultrasound, measuring carotid intima media thickness (CIMT) and ...
    • The case for strategic international alliances to harness nutritional genomics for public and personal health 
      Kaput, Jim; Ordovas, José; Ferguson, Lynnette; Van Ommen, Ben; Rodríguez, Raymond; Allen, Lindsay; Ames, Bruce; Dawson, Kevin; German, Bruce; Krauss, Roland; Malyj, Wasyl; Archer, Michael; Barnes, Stephen; Bartholomew, Amelia; Birk, Ruth; Van Bladeren, Peter; Bradford, Kent; Brown, Kenneth; Caetano, Rosane; Castle, David; Chadwick, Ruth; Clarke, Stephen; Clément, Karine; Cooney, Craig; Corella, Dolores; Manica da Cruz, Ivana; Daniel, Hannelore; Duster, Troy; Ebbesson, Sven; Elliott, Ruan; Fairweather-Tait, Susan; Felton, Jim; Fenech, Michael; Finley, John; Fogg Johnson, Nancy; Gill Garrison, Rosalynn; Gibney, Michael; Gillies, Peter; Gustavsson, Jan-Ake; Hartman, John; He, Lin; Hwang, Jae-Kwan; Jais, Jean-Philippe; Jang, Yangsoo; Joost, Hans; Junien, Claudine; Kanter, Mitchell; Kibbe, Warren; Koletzko, Berthold; Korf, Bruce; Kornman, Kenneth; Krempin, David; Langin, Dominique; Lauren, Denis; Ho Lee, Jong; Leveille, Gilbert; Lin, Su-Ju; Mathers, John; Mayne, Michael; McNab, Warren; Milner, John; Morgan, Peter; Muller, Michael; Nikolsky, Yuri; Van der Ouderaa, Frans; Park, Taesun; Pensel, Norma; Pérez Jiménez, Francisco; Poutanen, Kaisa; Roberts, Matthew; Saris, Wim; Schuster, Gertrud; Shelling, Andrew; Simopoulos, Artemis; Southon, Sue; Tai, Shyong; Towne, Bradford; Trayhurn, Paul; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Visek, Willard; Warden, Craig; Weiss, Rick; Wiencke, John; Winkler, Jack; Wolff, George; Zhao-Wilson, Xi; Zucker, Jean-Daniel (CABI PUBLISHING, 2005-11)
      Nutrigenomics is the study of how constituents of the diet interact with genes, and their products, to alter phenotype and, conversely, how genes and their products metabolise these constituents into nutrients, antinutrients, ...
    • CCS and SOD1 mRNA are reduced after copper supplementation in peripheral mononuclear cells of individuals ... 
      Suazo Romo, Miriam; Olivares, Felipe; Méndez, Marco; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Prohaska, Joseph R.; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Araya, Magdalena; González Canales, Mauricio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC, 2008-04)
      The limits of copper homeostatic regulation in humans are not known, making it difficult to define the milder effects of early copper excess. Furthermore, a robust assay to facilitate the detection of early stages of ...
    • CCS mRNA transcripts and serum CCS protein as copper marker in adults suffering inflammatory processes 
      Araya, Magdalena; Gutiérrez, Ricardo; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel (Springer, 2014)
      The chaperone to Zn–Cu superoxide dismutase (CCS) has been postulated as a candidate copper indicator, changing in a consistent manner in induced and recovered copper deficiency, in experimental cell and animal models. ...
    • Central obesity and not age increases skeletal muscle lipids, without influencing lean body mass and strength 
      Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jara, Natalia; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Claudio, Silva; Pañella, Loreto; Henríquez, Sandra; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, 2015)
      Background/Aims: To measure skeletal muscle lipid infiltration, its association with insulin resistance (IR) lean mass and function, in Chilean men differing in age and body composition. Our hypothesis was that muscle lipid ...
    • Cetobacterium is a major component of the microbiome of giant amazonian fish (Arapaima gigas) in Ecuador 
      Ramírez Saavedra, Carolina; Coronado, Jaime; Silva, Arturo; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (MDPI, 2018)
      Arapaima gigas is a large air-breathing fish found in Amazonian rivers, a characteristic that gives this species an advantage in oxygen-deprived waters. It shows high potential for aquaculture in the Amazon region due ...
    • Changes in food purchases after the Chilean policies on food labelling, marketing, and sales in schools: a ... 
      Smith Taillie, Lindsey; Bercholz, Maxime; Popkin, Barry; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela Adriana; Colchero, M Arantxa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background In 2016, Chile implemented a unique law mandating front-of-package warning labels, restricting marketing, and banning school sales for products high in calories, sodium, sugar, or saturated fat. We aimed ...
    • Changes in plasma steroid hormones and gonadal histology associated with sexual maturation in wild southern ... 
      Alvarado, Manuel; Serrano, Edison; Sánchez, Juan; Valladares Boasi, Luis (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2015)
      A detailed study of gametes development and characterization of plasma sex steroid hormones during the maturation cycle was performed for the first time in the southern hake (Merluccius australis). Fish were caught in the ...
    • Changes in the amount of nutrient of packaged foods and beverages after the initial implementation of the ... 
      Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey; PopkinI, Barry; Kanter, Rebecca; Vandevijvere, Stefanie; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (Public Library of Science, 2020)
      Background In June 2016, the first phase of the Chilean Food Labelling and Advertising Law that mandated front-of-package warning labels and marketing restrictions for unhealthy foods and beverages was implemented. We ...
    • Changes in the composition and diversity of the bacterial microbiota associated with oysters (Crassostrea ... 
      Trabal Fernández, Natalia; Mazón Suástegui, José M.; Vázquez Juárez, Ricardo; Ascencio Valle, Felipe; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Federation of European Microbiological Societies, 2014)
      The resident microbiota of three oyster species (Crassostrea corteziensis, Crassostrea gigas and Crassostrea sikamea) was characterised using a high-throughput sequencing approach (pyrosequencing) that was based on the ...
    • Changes of somatotype in high school students, V region, Chile; 1985-2010 
      Lizana Arce, P.; Almagia Flores, A.; Simpson Lelievre, C.; Ivanovic Marincovich, Daniza; Binvignat Gutiérrez, O.; Berral de la Rosa, F. (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, 2012-02)
      Objective: To determine the trend of high school students from Valparaiso Chile by means of an anthropometrical somatotype Material and methods: two samples of students during the years 1984-1985 (86 men and 71 women) ...
    • Chaperones CCS, ATOX and COXIV responses to copper supplementation in healthy adults 
      Araya, Magdalena; Andrews, Mónica; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando (Springer, 2012-04)
      Assessment of proteins in blood and other tissues has failed to identify markers of early copper effects on health. Studies in animal models show that chaperone of SOD (CCS) respond to changes of copper status. Evidence ...
    • Characterization and pathogenicity of Vibrio splendidus strains associated with massive mortalities of ... 
      Rojas, Rodrigo; Miranda, Claudio D.; Opazo Salas, Rafael; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Elsevier, 2015)
      Three strains (VPAP16, VPAP18 and VPAP23 strains) were isolated as the most predominant organisms from 3 different episodes of massive mortalities of larval cultures of the Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus occurred ...
    • Characterization by gender of frailty syndrome in elderly people according to frail trait scale and fried ... 
      Palomo, Iván; García, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia; Wehinger, Sergio; Fuentes, Manuel; Alarcón, Marcelo; Arauna, Diego; Montecino, Héctor; Méndez, Diego; Sepúlveda, Magdalena; Fuica, Peggy; Fuentes, Eduardo (MDPI, 2022)
      Background: Frailty has emerged as one of the main geriatric syndromes to be prevented in order to improve quality of health and life in the elderly. In this sense, the characterization of this syndrome through reliable ...
    • Characterization of a novel variant of the quinolone-resistance gene qnrB (qnrB89) carried by a multi-drug ... 
      Concha, Christopher; Miranda, Claudio D.; Rojas, Rodrigo; Godoy, Félix A.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime Moisés (MDPI, 2021)
      The main objective of this study was to characterize using whole-genome sequencing analysis, a new variant of the qnrB gene (qnrB89) carried by a fluoroquinolone-susceptible bacterium isolated from mucus of farmed Salmo ...
    • Characterization of human intestinal bifidobacteria using competitive PCR and PCR-TTGE 
      Mangin, Irène; Suau, Antonia; Magne, Fabien; Garrido, Daniel; Gotteland, Martín; Neut, Christel; Pochart, Philippe (BLACKWELL, 2006-01)
      In this study, a competitive PCR was developed to estimate the quantity of bifidobacteria in human faecal samples using two 16S rRNA gene Bifidobacterium genus-specific primers, Bif164f and Bif662r. A PCR-temporal temperature ...
    • Characterization of the intestinal microbiota of wild-caught and farmed fine flounder (Paralichthys adspersus) 
      Salas Leiva, Joan; Opazo Salas, Rafael; Remond, Camille; Uribe, Eduardo; Velez, Antonio; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, 2017)
      A comparative analysis of the cultivable intestinal microbiota of farmed (AF) and wild-caught (WF) Paralichthys adspersus was performed. The 16S rRNA gene was used for taxa identification, and the ITS region for strain ...
    • Childhood and adolescent phenol and phthalate exposure and the age of menarche in Latina girls 
      Binder, Alexandra M.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Calafat, Antonia M.; Ye, Xiaoyun; Mericq, Verónica; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Michels, Karin B. (BIOMED Central Ltd., 2018)
      Background: The age of menarche has been associated with metabolic and cardiovascular disease, as well as cancer risk. The decline in menarcheal age over the past century may be partially attributable to increased exposure ...
    • Children's perceptions about environmental sustainability, food, and nutrition in chile: a qualitative study 
      Fretes, Gabriela; Sepúlveda, Amapola; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz; Cash, Sean B. (MDPI, 2021)
      Food is inextricably linked to human health and environmental sustainability; however, very little is known about children's perceptions of the concept of sustainability in the context of food choices. We aimed to explore ...