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    • Nutritional status, food consumption and physical activity among Chilean school children: a descriptive study 
      Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Lera Marques, Lydia; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Morón, C. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2004-09)
      Objective: To assess the nutritional status, food consumption and physical activity (PA) habits of Chilean school children, as a baseline for developing an educational intervention. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: ...
    • The association between HLA DQ genetic polymorphism and type 1 diabetes in a case-parent study conducted ... 
      Mimbacas, Adriana; Pérez Bravo, Fernando; Santos, José Luis; Pisciottano, Carmen; Grignola, Rosario; Javiel, Gerardo; Jorge, Ana María; Cardoso, Horacio (KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL, 2004-10)
      Susceptibility to the type 1 diabetes is genetically controlled and there is an increased risk associated with the presence of some specific alleles of the human leukocyte antigens class II loci (DQA1 and DQB1 genes). The ...
    • Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and obesity in two Chilean aboriginal populations living in urban zones 
      Carrasco Piña, Elena; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Larenas Y., Gladys; Montalvo V., Domingo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-10)
      Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is increasing in aboriginal populations in Chile. Aim: To study the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and serum lipids in two aboriginal populations, Mapuche ...
    • High Affinity Leptin Receptors Are Present in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) Derived From Control and ... 
      Hess, Rodrigo; Pino, Ana María; Ríos, Susana; Fernández Gálvez, Mireya; Rodríguez, J. Pablo (AMER SOC BONE & MINERAL RES., 2004-10)
      There are disparate observations on central and peripheral effects of leptin, but several studies consistently support its role as a link between fat and bone. Bone marrow stroma contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), ...
    • Insulin secretion in women who have polycystic ovary syndrome and carry the Gly972Arg variant of insulin ... 
      Sir Petermann, Lidia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Santos, José Luis; Riesco, María Virginia; Toloza, Henry; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (ELSEVIER, 2004-10)
      OBJECTIVE: We evaluated metabolic parameters in Chilean women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who were carriers and non-carriers of the glycine-to-arginine substitution at codon 972 (Gly972Arg) variant of insulin ...
    • Estado nutricional y resistencia aeróbica en escolares de educación básica: línea base de un proyecto de ... 
      Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Romo M., Marcela; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Cerda Rioseco, Ricardo; González P., Rosa; Giadalah Astudillo, Francisco Antonio; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-11)
      Background: The Chilean Ministry of Health has developed a health promotion program called "Vida Chile" whose aim is to target risk factors for chronic diseases. To achieve this, school-based initiatives in nutrition and ...
    • Sex and ceruloplasmin modulate the response to copper exposure in healthy individuals 
      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 ...
    • Results of a community-based weight-bearing resistance training programme for healthy Chilean elderly subjects 
      Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Avendaño, Marcelo; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Gattas, Vivien; Leiva Balich, Laura; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (OXFORD UNIV PRESS, 2005-01)
    • Identification of genes expressed during Drosophila melanogaster gastrulation by using subtractive hybridization 
      González Aguero, Mauricio; Zúñiga, Alejandro; Pottstock, Hans; Pozo, Talía del; González Canales, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana (ELSEVIER, 2005-01-31)
      A subtractive hybridization approach was used to identify genes that are expressed at the beginning of gastrulation. We used tester DNA complimentary to RNA (cDNA) prepared from stages 6-7 embryos (gastrula) and excess ...
    • Serum folate and homocysteine levels in obese females with non-alcoholic fatty liver 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Poniachik Teller, Jaime; Avendaño, Maritza; Csendes Juhasz, Attila; Burdiles Pinto, Patricio; Smok Sahid, Gladys; Díaz Jeraldo, Juan; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (ELSEVIER, 2005-02)
      Objective: Folate depletion and hyperhomocysteinemia increase the risk for hepatic alcoholic damage and promote oxidative stress in animals. In addition, some investigators have reported an inverse association between serum ...
    • Total fluoride intake in children aged 22-35 months in four Colombian cities 
      Franco, Angela; Martignon, Stefanía; Saldarriaga, Alexandra; González, María; Arbeláez, María; Ocampo, Alvaro; Luna, Luz; Martínez-Mier, E. Angeles; Villa Litovosky, Alberto (BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD, 2005-02)
      Objective: To obtain information on the level of total fluoride intake from food, beverages and toothpaste by children at the age of 22-25 months of low and high socioeconomic status (SES) in major Colombian cities. Methods: ...
    • Increased levels of metallothionein in placenta of smokers 
      Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Argüello, Graciela; Suazo Romo, Miriam; Llanos Silva, Miguel (ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD, 2005-03-01)
      Experiments were designed to evaluate and compare metallothionein (NIT), zinc and cadmium levels in human placentas of smoking and non-smoking women. Smoking was assessed by self-reported cigarette consumption and urine ...
    • Años de vida perdidos por muerte prematura (AVPP) en adultos del Gran Santiago. ¿Hemos ganado con equidad? 
      Sánchez R., Hugo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-05)
      Background: Potentially productive years of life lost (PPYLL) is an impact measure that illustrates the lost that a society suffers as a con-sequence of deaths of young people or premature deaths. Aim: To study the evolution ...
    • Effects of chronic copper exposure during early life in rhesus monkeys 
      Araya, Magdalena; Kelleher, Shannon; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; Sierralta, Walter; Vial, María Teresa; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Lonnerdal, Bo (AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2005-05)
      Background: Whether infants regulate copper absorption and the potential effects of excess copper in early life remain poorly defined. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess copper retention, liver copper ...
    • Polymorphism and gene conversion of the 16S rRNA genes in the multiple rRNA operons of Vibrio parahaemolyticus 
      González Escalona, Narjol; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2005-05-15)
      The genome sequence of a strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus holds 11 copies of rRNA operons (rrn) with identical 16S rRNA genes (rrs). Conversely, the species type strain contains two rrs classes differing in 10 nucleotide ...
    • Prebiotic ingestion does not improve gastrointestinal barrier function in burn patients 
      Olguín, F.; Araya, Magdalena; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Brunser, O.; Ayala, V.; Rivera, R.; Gotteland, Martín (ELSEVIER, 2005-06)
      Prebiotics increase intestinal levels of health-promoting bacteria implicated in decreasing pathogen colonization, stimulating immune functions and stabilizing gut barrier functions, parameters which are altered in burn ...
    • Mild prenatal protein malnutrition increases alpha(2C)-adrenoceptor density in the cerebral cortex during ... 
      Soto Moyano, Rubén; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Sierralta, Walter; Pérez, Hernán; Mondaca, Mauricio; Fernández, Víctor; Burgos, Héctor; Hernández Hidalgo, Alejandro (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2005-06)
      Mild reduction in the protein content of the mother's diet from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but leads to significant enhancements ...
    • Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in type 2 diabetic patients of Talca, Chile 
      Leiva, Elba; Mujica, Verónica; Orrego, Roxana; Prieto, María; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando (ELSEVIER IRELAND, 2005-06)
      Apolipoprotein E (apo E) modulates the metabolism of atherogenic lipoprotein particles and participates in the process of cellular incorporation of specific lipoproteins. Genetic polymorphism of apo E: has beets reported ...
    • Perfil metabólico de riesgo cardiovascular en niños y adolescentes obesos con menor sensibilidad insulínica 
      Burrows, Raquel; Burgueño, Medardo; Leiva, Laura; Ceballos, Ximena; Guillier, Ivette; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-07)
      Background: Infantile obesity is associated with metabolic disturbances (hiperinsulinism, impaired glucose, dislipidemia) that determine a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and atherosclerotic vascular ...
    • No evidence of association between the serotonin 2A receptor 21438G/Apromoter polymorphism and childhood ... 
      Santos, José Luis; Ochoa, María C.; Patiño, A.; Azcona, C.; Martínez, J. A.; Marti, A. (TAYLOR & FRANCIS, 2005-08)
      Serotonin has been related to feeding behaviour and body weight control through its suppressive effect on appetite. Conflicting results have been published in the literature regarding the association between the -1438 G/A ...