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    • Surface ammonia-oxidizer abundance during the late summer in the West Antarctic Coastal System 
      Alcamán Arias, María E.; Cifuentes Anticevic, Jerónimo; Diez, Beatriz; Testa, Giovanni; Troncoso, Macarena; Bello, Estrella; Farías, Laura (Frontiers Media, 2022)
      Marine ammonia oxidizers that oxidize ammonium to nitrite are abundant in polar waters, especially during the winter in the deeper mixed-layer of West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) waters. However, the activity and abundance ...
    • Sweetness of chilean infants’ diets: methodology and description 
      González González, Carmen Gloria; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela (MDPI, 2022)
      Sugars and other sweeteners contribute to the sweet taste of foods; exposure to this taste could alter appetite regulation and preferences for sweet products. Despite this, there is no widely accepted methodology for ...
    • Synergistic effect of copper and low temperature over Listeria monocytogenes 
      Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Quesille Villalobos, Ana María; Maza, Felipe; Parra, Angel; Reyes Jara, Angélica (Springer, 2015)
      The capacity to grow at low temperatures has allowed Listeria monocytogenes to become one of the primary food pathogens to date, representing a major public health problem worldwide. Several works have described the ...
    • Systematic evidence and gap map of research linking food security and nutrition to mental health 
      Sparling, Thalia M.; Deeney, Megan; Cheng, Bryan; Han, Xuerui; Lier, Chiara; Lin, Zhuozhi; Offner, Claudia; Santoso, Marianne V.; Pfeiffer, Erin; Emerson, Julián A.; Amadi, Florence Mariamu; Mitu, Khadija; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz; Verdeli, Helen; Araya, Ricardo; Kadiyala, Suneetha (Nature Portfolio, 2022)
      Connections between food security and nutrition (FSN) and mental health have been analytically investigated, but conclusions are difficult to draw given the breadth of literature. Furthermore, there is little guidance ...
    • Systematic review: are probiotics useful in controlling gastric colonization by Helicobacter pylori? 
      Gotteland, Martín; Brunser, O.; Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia (BLACKWELL, 2006-04-15)
      Helicobacter pylori is a highly prevalent pathogen considered as an aetiological factor for gastroduodenal ulcers, and a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma and lymphoma in humans. Most subjects colonized by this ...
    • Systematics, taxonomy and domestication of alpaca and llama: new chromosomal and molecular evidence 
      Marín, Juan C.; Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel (2007)
      Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
    • Target genes of Dpp/BMP signaling pathway revealed by transcriptome profiling in the early D. melanogaster embryo 
      Domínguez, Calixto; Zúñiga, Alejandro; Hanna, Patricia; Hödar Quiroga, Christian; González, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Verónica (Elsevier Science BV., 2016)
      In the early Drosophilamelanogaster embryo, the gene regulatory network controlled by Dpp signaling is involved in the subdivision of dorsal ectoderm into the presumptive dorsal epidermis and amnioserosa. In this work, ...
    • Technical note: Use of internal transcribed spacer for ruminal yeast identification in dairy cows 
      Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Cancino Padilla, N.; Romero, J. (Cambridge University Press, 2016)
      Molecular techniques are important tools for microbiological studies in different habitats, and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) has been proved to be useful for analyzing fungal diversity. The aim of this study was ...
    • Telerehabilitation is effective to recover functionality and increase skeletal muscle mass index in COVID-19 ... 
      Cancino López, Jorge; Zarricueta Vergara, Patricio; Leyton Dinamarca, Barbara de Lourdes; Figueroa Contreras, Pedro; Miño Cárcamo, Luis; Cartagena Ibarra, Nicolás; Soto Sánchez, Johana Patricia (Univ Pittsburgh, 2021)
      Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a telerehabilitation program for COVID-19 survivors on their functionality, aerobic capacity, upper-lower body strength and skeletal muscle mass index. ...
    • Tendencia del desarrollo puberal en escolares de la Región Metropolitana de Chile: Menor edad de presentación, ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Ceballos S., Ximena; Burgueño, Medardo; Muzzo B., Santiago (2010)
      Background: There is a worldwide tendency towards an earlier appearance of puberal development among children, associated with an increase in weight and height. Aim: To study the trends in puberal development in Chilean ...
    • TGF-L1 and Smad4 overexpression induce a less invasive phenotype in highly invasive spindle carcinoma cells 
      Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; Quintanilla, Miguel; Martínez, Jorge (Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies., 2002-04-18)
      We have examined the effect of transforming growth factor L1 (TGF-L1) and overexpression of the Smad4 gene on the phenotype of Car C, a ras mutated highly malignant spindle carcinoma cell line. TGF-L1-treated Car C cells ...
    • The aging of the chilean population and the challenges for health and wellbeing of older people 
      Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Elsevier, 2020)
      El envejecimiento de la población es un fenómeno global. El proceso ha adquirido mayor velocidad en países en desarrollo que la que tuvo en países desarrollados, los que enfrentan el proceso en un contexto de desarrollo ...
    • The Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Profile of Adolescence Is Associated with Increased Risk of Metabolic ... 
      Burrows, Raquel; Correa Burrows, María Paulina; Guichapani Oyarzún, Carmen; Blanco Reina, Estela; Cheng, E.; Gahagan, S. (Karger, 2016)
    • The association between breast density and gut microbiota composition at 2 years post-menarche: a cross-sectional ... 
      Yoon, Lara S.; Jacobs, Jonathan P.; Hoehner, Jessica; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana Ines; Gana, Juan Cristóbal; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Michels, Karin B. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The gut microbiome has been linked to breast cancer via immune, inflammatory, and hormonal mechanisms. We examined the relation between adolescent breast density and gut microbial composition and function in a cohort of ...
    • The bioleaching potential of a bacterial consortium 
      Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Cortés Burgos, María Paz; Travisany, Dante; Di Genova, Alex; Budinich Abarca, Marko; Reyes Jara, Angélica; Hödar Quiroga, Christian; González Canales, Mauricio; Parada, Pilar; Bobadilla Fazzini, Roberto; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2016)
      This work presents the molecular foundation of a consortium of five efficient bacteria strains isolated from copper mines currently used in state of the art industrial-scale biotechnology. The strains Acidithiobacillus ...
    • The burden of excessive saturated fatty acid intake attributed to ultra-processed food consumption: a study ... 
      Martínez Steele, Eurídice; Batis, Carolina; Cediel Giraldo, Gustavo Andrés; Da Costa Louzada, María Laura; Khandpur, Neha; Machado, Priscila; Moubarac, Jean-Claude; Rauber, Fernanda; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela Adriana; Bertazzi Levy, Renata; Monteiro, Carlos A. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2021)
      Cross-sectional nutritional survey data collected in eight countries were used to estimate saturated fatty acid intakes. Our objective was to estimate the proportion of excessive saturated fatty acid intakes (>10 % of ...
    • The CatSper channel is present and plays a key role in sperm motility of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) 
      Beltrán Lissabet, Jorge Félix; Herrera Belén, Lisandra; LeeEstevez, Manuel; Risopatrón, Jennie; Valdebenito, Iván; Figueroa, Elías; Farías, Jorge G. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Among all the Ca2+ channels, CatSper channels have been one of the most studied in sperm of different species due to their demonstrated role in the fertilization process. In fish sperm, the calcium channel plays a key role ...
    • The CB1 Receptor Antagonist SR141716A Reverses Adult Male Mice Overweight and Metabolic Alterations Induced ... 
      Valenzuela, Carina A.; Castillo, Valeska A.; Aguirre, Carolina A.; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Llanos Silva, Miguel (2011)
      Perinatal stress may cause metabolic and hormonal disruptions during adulthood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of early postnatal nociceptive stimulation (NS) on body weight and other metabolic ...
    • The chilean diet: is it sustainable? 
      Gormaz Rencoret, Teresita Cristina; Cortés, Sandra; Tiboni Oschilewski, Ornella Giovanna; Weisstaub, Sergio Gerardo (MDPI, 2022)
      Food systems are one of the main contributors to climate change. Sustainable diets are one strategy to mitigate climate change. Assessments and estimations at a national level are lacking, especially in the Global South, ...
    • The contribution of distance education to health promotion in Chile 
      Salinas Cubillos, Judith; Muñoz, Carolina; Albagli, Andrea; Araya, Gloria; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Oxford University Press, 2016)
      The objective of this paper is to present the distance education's contribution to developing health promotion in Chile, through evaluation of a postgraduate certificate program for professionals, and a training course for ...