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    • Lacassie, Yves; Johnson, Britt; Lay-Son, Guillermo; Quintana, Rita; King, Andrew; Cortés, Fanny; Álvarez, Cecilia; Gómez, Ricardo; Vargas, Alfonso; Chalew, Stuart; King, Alejandra; Guardia, Sylvia; Sorensen, Ricardo U.; Aradhya, Swaroop (Wiley, 2020)
      Autosomal recessive SOPH syndrome was first described in the Yakuts population of Asia by Maksimova et al. in 2010. It arises from biallelic pathogenic variants in the NBAS gene and is characterized by severe postnatal ...
    • Méndez, Marco; Araya, Magdalena; Ordóñez Pizarro, Fernando; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; González Canales, Mauricio (US DEPT HEALTH HUMAN SCIENCES PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE, NATL INST HEALTH, NATL INST ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES, 2004-12)
      Previous studies indicated that sex might influence the response to copper exposure. Cenaloplasmin (Cp) is an indicator of Cu status, but it is not clear whether and how it reflects changes of Cu status among healthy ...
    • Sandoval Vargas, Diego Esteban; Concha Rubio, Nataly D.; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra; Castro, Matías; Medina, Daniel A. (MDPI, 2021)
      Obesity is a health problem of global concern that negatively impacts quality of life. Various studies have implicated obesity in the disruption of the normal microbiome composition. The virome consists of a collection ...
    • Andrews, Mónica; Leiva, Elba; Arredondo Olguin, Miguel Armando (Elsevier GMBH, 2016)
      Objective: We evaluated the relationship between the HO1 genotype, ferritin levels and the risk of type-2 diabetes and inflammation. Research methods: Eight hundred thirty-five individuals were evaluated and classified ...
    • Valenzuela, Carina; Castillo, Valeska; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Aguirre, Carolina; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Llanos Silva, Miguel (2014)
      The endocannabinoid system (SEC) is an important modulator of several metabolic functions. This system is composed by cannabinoid receptors type 1 and 2 (RCB1 and RCB2), their endogenous ligands, known as endocannabinoids, and ...
    • Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Soc. Médica Santiago, 2021)
    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva, Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos, Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva B., Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos S., Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background: In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.6% to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim: To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
    • Chamorro Melo, Rodrigo; Ferri, Raffaele; Algarín Crespo, Cecilia; Garrido, Marcelo; Lozoff, Betsy; Peirano Campos, Patricio (2014)
      Study Objectives: To compare sleep microstructure (cyclic alternating pattern, CAP) characteristics in otherwise healthy overweight (OW) and normal weight (NW) children Design: Polysomnographic cross-sectional study Setting: ...
    • Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Salvat, Valentina; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-05)
      Bioavailability results, obtained in humans, of wheat flour fortified with elemental iron might not be reliable because these studies have been performed using tracer iron compounds that probably do not have the same ...
    • Hawkes, Corinna; Smith, Trenton G.; Jewell, Jo; Wardle, Jane; Hammond, Ross A.; Friel, Sharon; Thow, Anne Marie; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Elsevier, 2015)
      Prevention of obesity requires policies that work. In this Series paper, we propose a new way to understand how food policies could be made to work more effectively for obesity prevention. Our approach draws on evidence ...
    • Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Garrido, Fernando; Llanos Silva, Miguel (ELSEVIER, 2006-06-01)
      Recently, we reported the presence of higher levels of metallothionein (MT) in placentas of smokers compared to non-smokers. In the present study, we designed experiments to separate and evaluate two isoforms of NIT (MT-1 ...
    • Correa Burrows, Paulina; Rodríguez Letelier, Yanina; Blanco, Estela; Gahagan, Sheila; Burrows, Raquel (MDPI, 2017-05)
      Although numerous studies have approached the effects of exposure to aWestern diet (WD) on academic outcomes, very few have focused on foods consumed during snack times. We explored whether there is a link between nutritious ...
    • Von Holle, Ann; North, Kari E.; Gahagan, Sheila; Burrows Argote, Raquel; Blanco, Estela; Lozoff, Betsy; Howard, Annie Green; Justice, Anne; Graff, Misa; Voruganti, Venkata Saroja (BMJ, 2020)
      Objectives Infant anthropometric growth varies across socioeconomic factors, including maternal education and income, and may serve as an indicator of environmental influences in early life with long-term health consequences. ...
    • Moreno Ruiz, Ximena Andrea; Lera Marques, Lydia de la Caridad; Moreno, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia Hortensia (BMC, 2021)
      Background Chile has one of the longest life expectancies of Latin America. The country is characterised by an important macroeconomic growth and persisting socioeconomic inequalities. This study analyses socioeconomic ...
    • Gaitan, Diego; Chamorro Melo, Rodrigo; Cediel, Gustavo; Lozano, Gustavo; Silva Gomes, Fabio da (Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutrición, 2015)
      Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in Latin America (LA). A high sodium intake is one of main risk factors for CVD. Strategies aiming to decrease sodium intake has been shown health ...
    • Lera Marqués, Lydia; Angel Badillo, Bárbara; Márquez Jara, Carlos; Saguez Mamani, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (JMIR Publications, 2020)
      Background: The usual diagnosis of sarcopenia requires a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) exam, which has low accessibility in primary care for Latin American countries. Objective: The aim of this study is to ...
    • Guerrero, Javier; Tobar, Nicolás; Cáceres, Mónica; Espinoza, Lorena; Escobar Oliva, Paula; Dotor, Javier; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez Winkler, Jorge (Springer Science+Business Media, 2011)
      In carcinomas such as those of breast, pancreas, stomach, and colon, cancer cells support the expansion of molecular and cellular stroma in a phenomenon termed desmoplasia, which is characterized by a strong fibrotic response. ...
    • Guerrero, Javier; Tobar, Nicolás; Cáceres, Mónica; Espinoza, Lorena; Escobar, Paula; Dotor, Javier; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez, Jorge (Springer, 2010)
      In carcinomas such as those of breast, pancreas, stomach, and colon, cancer cells support the expansion of molecular and cellular stroma in a phenomenon termed desmoplasia, which is characterized by a strong fibrotic response. ...