Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions

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    • Smart food policies for obesity prevention 
      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 ...
    • International Regulations of Propolis Quality: Required Assays do not Necessarily Reflect their ... 
      Bridi, Raquel; Montenegro, Gloria; Núñez Quijada, Gabriel; Giordano, Ady; Morán Romero, María Fernanda; Jara Pezoa, Isaac; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Atala, Elías; López Alarcón, Camilo (Institute of Food Technologists, 2015)
      Propolis has been proposed as a polyphenolic-rich natural product potentially able to be used for human consumption or even for medicinal proposes. To guarantee a minimum phenolic and flavonoid content and as consequence ...
    • Reduction of serum advanced glycation end-products with a low calorie Mediterranean diet 
      Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Concha, M. J.; Mizón, C.; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Henríquez, Sandra; Uribarri, Jaime; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress and inflammation. A low dietary AGE intervention ...
    • Effect of calorie restriction on energy expenditure in overweight and obese adult women 
      Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Henríquez Parada, Sandra; Rodríguez Silva, Juan; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Energy expenditure (EE) may decrease in subjects on hypocaloric diets, in amounts that exceed body mass loss, favoring weight regain. Objective: to verify if a short-term caloric restriction lowers Resting Energy ...
    • Disposable Diaper Use Promotes Consolidated Nighttime Sleep and Positive Mother-Infant Interactions in ... 
      Lukowski, Angela F.; Liu, Xicheng; Peirano Campos, Patricio; Odio, Mauricio; Bauer, Patricia J. (American Psychological Association, 2015)
      The emergence of consolidated nighttime sleep and the formation and maintenance of parent-infant relationships are 2 primary developmental achievements of the infancy period. Despite the development of a transactional model ...
    • Transcriptional activation of glutathione pathways and role of glucose homeostasis during copper imbalance 
      Quiroz, Natalia; Rivas, Nicole; Pozo, Talía del; Burkhead, Jason; Suazo Romo, Miriam; González, Mauricio; Latorre, Mauricio (Springer, 2015)
      Copper is an essential micronutrient for organism health. Dietary changes or pathologies linked to this metal induce changes in intracellular glutathione concentrations. Here, we studied the transcriptional activation of ...
    • Folic Acid Supplementation during Pregnancy Induces Sex-Specific Changes in Methylation and Expression of ... 
      Peñailillo, Reyna; Guajardo, Angélica; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Public Library Science, 2015)
      In the placenta, 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11 beta-HSD2) limits fetal glucocorticoid exposure and its inhibition has been associated to low birth weight. Its expression, encoded by the HSD11B2 gene is ...
    • Adiponectin receptor 1 expression in human umbilical artery endothelial cells (HUAEC) from large fetuses ... 
      Muñoz Muñoz, E. C.; Krause, B.; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Casanello, P. (WB Sauders Co, 2015)
    • Inactivated E. coli transformed with plasmids that produce dsRNA against infectious salmon anemia virus ... 
      Katherin, García; Ramírez Araya, Sebastián; Díaz, Álvaro; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Higuera, Gastón; Higuera, Gastón; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2015)
      Infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV) has caused great losses to the Chilean salmon industry, and the success of prevention and treatment strategies is uncertain. The use of RNA interference (RNAi) is a promising approach ...
    • Hydration status after exercise affect resting metabolic rate and heart rate variability 
      Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Cerda Kohler, Hugo; Pérez Luco, Cristian; Monsalves, Matías; Andrade, David Cristobal; Hermann, Zbinden Foncea; Báez San Martín, Eduardo; Ramírez Campillo, Rodrigo (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, C/ISABEL COLBRAND, 2015)
      Introduction: Heart rate variability and resting metabolic rate are commonly to assess athlete's physiological status and energy requirements. Exercise-induced dehydration can reach up to 5% of body mass per hour. Consequently, ...
    • Risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in poultry and beef 
      Foerster, Claudia; Figueroa Gronemeyer, Guillermo; Evers, Eric (Emerald, 2015)
      Purpose – A quantitative microbiological risk assessment (QMRA) was developed to estimate the probability of getting listeriosis as a consequence of chicken and beef consumption in Chile. The paper aims to discuss these ...
    • Evaluation of simple body composition methods: assessment of validity in prepubertal Chilean children 
      Aguirre, C. A.; Salazar, G. D.; Lopez de Romaña, D. V.; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Natura Publishing Group, 2015)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the validity of body fatness estimations based on skinfolds and bioelectrical iImpedance analyses (BIA) measurements compared to a three-component model (3C model) ...
    • Exposición prenatal a drogas de abuso y crecimiento de lactantes de CONIN Valparaíso, Chile 
      Piñuñuri, Raúl; Mardones, Constanza; Valenzuela, Carina; Estay, Pamela; Llanos Silva, Miguel (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Introducción: Las consecuencias de la exposición fetal a drogas de abuso en niños han sido estudiadas extensamente. El presente estudio pretende describir la realidad chilena en esta materia, caracterizando el crecimiento ...
    • Prevalence of Diseases and Conditions Which Impact on Oral Health and Oral Health Self-Care Among Older Chilean 
      Mariño, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Cea Nettig, Ximena; Fuentes García, Alejandra (Sage, 2015)
      Objective: The aim is to describe the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions that may affect the oral health and oral health self-care of independent living Chilean older adults. Method: In all, 4,766 residents ...
    • Glycemic Control and Oxidative Stress Markers and their relationship with the Thioredoxin Interacting Protein ... 
      Andrews Guzmán, Mónica; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Olivares Gronhert, Manuel (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Objective: To investigate the relationship between oxidative stress and biochemical parameters and the expression of TXNIP, IL-6, IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha in peripheral mononuclear cells (PMCs) from type-2 diabetic patients. ...
    • Compliance of physical activity guidelines by chilean low-income children: difference between school and ... 
      Moreno, Lorena; Cano Cappellacci, Marcelo; Orellana Zapata, Yasna; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (NCBI, 2015)
      The main objectives of this study were to compare in 6-9 y Chilean low-income children, daily minutes of moderate/ vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and compliance of the guideline of 60 min of daily MVPA on weekdays versus ...
    • Obesity is associated with acute inflammation in a sample of adolescents 
      Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Quintanilla, Cristina; Burrows, Raquel; Blanco, Estela; Cifuentes, Mariana; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2015)
      Background: Obesity is associated with a mild chronic inflammatory response, which has been suggested to be pivotal in the development of cardiometabolic alterations of obesity. However, little is known about the involvement ...
    • Gender differences in predictors of self-rated health among older adults in Brazil and Chile 
      Viana Campos, Ana Cristina; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Duarte Vargas, Andrea María; Ferreira e Ferreira, Efigenia (Biomed Central, 2015)
      Background: The determinants of self-rated health (SRH) have been widely investigated to explain social differences and gender differences in health. This study aimed to investigate the gender differences in predictors ...
    • Folates Induce Colorectal Carcinoma HT29 Cell Line Proliferation Through Notch1 Signaling 
      Rodríguez, Juan M.; Miranda, Dante; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2015)
      Folic acid (FA) consumption at high levels has been associated with colon cancer risk. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this association. The Notch signal pathway has been implicated in the regulation of ...
    • 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 ...