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    • Mesa Valencia, Diana Carolina; Mericq, Verónica; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
      Purpose: Recent reports show that girls with higher body mass index (BMI) have an earlier puberty onset (thelarche). It has been suggested that earlier puberty is a consequence of higher levels of estrogen due to increased ...
    • Castaño Moreno, Erika; Castillo, Valeska; Peñailillo, Reyna; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana (Elsevier, 2020)
      Micronutrients (folates and vitamin B12) and long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) are linked through the one carbon cycle. We studied the effects of pre and postnatal high FA/low B12 diets (HFLB12) on hepatic ...
    • Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R.; Correa, Teresa; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      Objective: To evaluate the effects of Chile's 2016 regulation restricting child-directed marketing of products high in energy, saturated fats, sodium and sugars on reducing children's exposure to 'high-in' television food ...
    • 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 ...
    • Fuentes, Jocelyn; Arias Santé, M. Fernanda; Atala Riffo, Elías; Pastene, Edgar; Kogan Bocian, Marcelo; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (Elsevier, 2020)
      The occurrence of the quercetin oxidation metabolite 2-(3,4-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2,4,6-trihydroxy-3(2H)-benzofuranone (BZF), whose antioxidant potency is notably higher than the antioxidant potency of quercetin, was investigated ...
    • Rivas García, Lorenzo; Quiles, José L.; Varela López, Alfonso; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; López, Paulina; Rodríguez Diéguez, Antonio; Montes Bayón, María; Aranda, Pilar; Llopis, Juan; Sánchez González, Cristina (Elsevier, 2020)
      We aimed to study the effect of vanadium(V) exposure on cell viability, nuclear DNA (nDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and to elucidate if these effects can be reverted by co-exposure to V and manganese (Mn). HepG2 cells ...
    • Páez, Jassir; Hernández, Romina; Espinoza, Javier; Rojas, Leticia; Martínez, Constanza E.; Tobar Bachler, Nicolás; Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Smith, Patricio C. (Wiley, 2020)
      Background and objective: Aging is characterized by a decline in tissue structure and function that may be explained by the development of cellular senescence. However, the acquisition of specific phenotypic responses in ...
    • Rincón Cervera, Miguel Ángel; Galleguillos Fernández, Raúl; González Barriga, Barriga; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Fuentes, Jocelyn; Valenzuela, Alfonso (Wiley, 2020)
    • Gunning, Marlise N.; Sir Petermann, Teresa; Crisosto King, Nicolás; van Rijn, Bas B.; de Wilde, Marlieke A.; Christ, Jacob P.; Uiterwaal, C. S. P. M.; de Jager, Wilco; Eijkemans, Marinus J. C.; Kunselman, Allen R.; Legro, Richard S.; Fauser, Bart C. J. M. (Oxford Unv Press, 2020)
      BACKGROUND: Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) suffer from an unfavorable cardiometabolic risk profile, which is already established by child-bearing age. OBJECTIVE AND RATIONALE: The aim of this ...
    • Cuvertino, Sara; Hartill, Verity; Colyer, Alice; Garner, Terence; Nair, Nisha; Al-Gazali, Lihadh; Canham, Natalie; Faundes Gómez, Víctor; Flinter, Frances; Hertecant, Jozef; Holder Espinasse, Muriel; Jackson, Brian; Lynch, Sally Ann; Nadat, Fatima; Narasimhan, Vagheesh M.; Peckham, Michelle; Sellers, Robert; Seri, Marco; Montanari, Francesca; Southgate, Laura; Squeo, Gabriella Maria; Trembath, Richard; van Heel, David; Venuto, Santina; Weisberg, Daniel; Stals, Karen; Ellard, Sian; Barton, Anne; Kimber, Susan J.; Sheridan, Eamonn; Merla, Giuseppe; Stevens, Adam; Johnson, Colin A.; Banka, Siddharth (Nature, 2020)
      Purpose To investigate if specific exon 38 or 39 KMT2D missense variants (MVs) cause a condition distinct from Kabuki syndrome type 1 (KS1). Methods Multiple individuals, with MVs in exons 38 or 39 of KMT2D that encode a ...
    • Jaramillo, Ángela M.; Garmendia Miguel, MarÍa Luisa; Muñoz, Patricio; Corbari, Alicia; Valenzuela, Rodrigo; Casanello, Paola (Wiley, 2020)
      The interest in the amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the umbilical cord blood (UCB) is increasing, but the stability of erythrocyte PUFA in these samples during storage and washing of the erythrocytes has ...
    • Miranda, Simón; Vilches, Paulina; Suazo, Miriam; Pavez, Leonardo; García, Katherine; Méndez, Marco; González, Mauricio; Meisel, Lee; Defilippi, Bruno G.; Pozo, Talia del (Elsevier, 2020)
      Sweet cherry is a valuable non-climacteric fruit with elevated phytonutrients, whose fruit quality attributes are prone to rapid deterioration after harvest, especially peel damage and water loss of stem. Here the metabolic ...
    • Rincón Cervera, Miguel; González-Barriga, Valeria; Romero, Jaime; Rojas, Rodrigo; López Arana, Sandra (MDPI, 2020)
      Fatty acid composition and distribution in edible species of fish and shellfish captured in the South Pacific were studied, with a focus on n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFA). Fatty acids were quantified ...
    • Bambs, Claudia; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Margozzini, Paula; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2020)
      Chile has experienced rapid epidemiological transitions characterized by decreasing infant mortality, population aging, and a shift towards obesity with an increase in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Today, tobacco, ...
    • Bascuñán Gamboa, Karla; Araya Quezada, Magdalena; Roncoroni, Leda; Doneda, Luisa; Elli, Luca (Oxford University Press, 2020)
      The gut microbiota plays a relevant role in determining an individual's health status, and the diet is a major factor in modulating the composition and function of gut microbiota. Gluten constitutes an essential dietary ...
    • Lizana, Pablo; Vega Fernández, Gustavo; Lera Marques, Lydia (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Aim The school teacher profession has been reported to be associated with an increased rate of health problems that can affect the quality of life (QoL) of teachers. However, there is little information about rural teachers. ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Ortega, Alejandra; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Marambio, Paola; Rojas, Joanna; Muñoz, Camila; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara (Sage, 2020)
      We developed and pilot tested the effectiveness of a physically active academic program, Active Breaks (AB), whose objective is to increase school time moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among first graders, through ...
    • Aravena, José M.; Saguez, Rodrigo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Moya Moya, Mario; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Wiley, 2020)
      Aim The aims of this study were to describe the prevalence of screening-positive depression and to identify the frequency and factors related to self-reported depression diagnosis in people with screen-positive ...
    • Hidalgo, Miltha; Rodríguez, Vania; Kreindl, Christine; Porras Espinoza, Omar (MDPI, 2020)
      Most of the biological impacts of Vitamin E, including the redox effects, have been raised from studies with alpha-tocopherol only, despite the fact that tocopherol-containing foods carry mixed tocopherol isomers. Here, ...
    • Zúñiga Prado, Alejandro; Aravena Espinoza, Pamela; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Travisany, Dante; Ortiz Severín, Javiera; Chávez Espinosa, Francisco; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; González Canales, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      Piscirickettsia salmonis is the causative agent of Piscirickettsiosis, a systemic infection of salmonid fish species. P. salmonis infects and survives in its host cell, a process that correlates with the expression of ...