Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de los Alimentos: Recent submissions

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    • The Cu(I)–glutathione complex: factors affecting its formation and capacity to generate reactive oxygen species 
      Aliaga, Margarita E.; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; López Alarcón, Camilo; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (Springer, 2010)
      Cu2? ions and reduced glutathione (GSH) swiftly interact to form the physiologically occurring Cu(I)–[GSH]2 complex. Prompted by the recently reported ability of this complex to generate superoxide radicals from molecular ...
    • SÍNDROME METABÓLICO EN NIÑOS Y ADOLESCENTES 
      Burrows, Raquel (2008)
    • Síndrome metabólico (SM) en niños y adolescentes: asociación con sensibilidad insulínica (SI) y con magnitud ... 
      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 ...
    • Diagnóstico Genético Molecular de Síndrome de Xq-Frágil. 
      Pizarro, Lorena; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Curotto, B.; Toro, J.; Codriansky, Y.; Cortés, F.; Troncoso, L. (Universidad de Chile - INTA, 2007)
    • Identification of woolliness response genes in peach fruit after post-harvest treatments 
      González Agüero, Mauricio; Pávez, Leonardo; Ibáñez, Freddy; Pacheco Blanco, Igor; Campos Vargas, Reinaldo; Meisel, Lee Ann; Orellana López, Ariel; Retamales Aranda, Julio; Silva Ascencio, Herman; González Canales, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana (2008)
      Woolliness is a physiological disorder of peaches and nectarines that becomes apparent when fruit are ripened after prolonged periods of cold storage. This disorder is of commercial importance since shipping of peaches ...
    • Methylmalonic acidaemia: Examination of genotype and biochemical data in 32 patients belonging to mut, cblA ... 
      Merinero, B.; Pérez, B.; Pérez Cerda, C.; Rincón, A.; Desviat, L. R.; Martínez, M. A.; Ruiz Sala, P; García, M. J.; Aldamiz Echevarría, L.; Campos, J.; Cornejo Espinoza, Verónica; Toro, M. del; Mahfoud, A.; Martínez Pardo, M.; Parini, R.; Pedrón, C.; Peña Quintana, L.; Pérez, M.; Pourfarzam, M.; Ugarte, M. (SPRINGER, 2008-02)
      Methylmalonic acidaemia (MMA) is a genetic disorder caused by defects in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase or in any of the different proteins involved in the synthesis of adenosylcobalamin. The aim of this work was to examine the ...
    • Nutrition transition in Chile revisited: mid-term evaluation of obesity goals for the period 2000-2010 
      Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS, 2008-04)
      Objective: To analyse the nutritional status component of the nutrition transition in Chile in relation to the evolution of obesity rates in all age groups until 2005, comparing these with the goals established by the ...
    • c-jun-NH2JNK mediates invasive potential and EGFR activation by regulating the expression of HB-EGF in a ... 
      Cáceres, Mónica; Tobar, Nicolás; Guerrero, Javier; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez, Jorge (WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 2008-02-15)
      In this study, we demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and the autocrine expression of uPA and HB-EGF depend on the activity of c-jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) in human prostatic DU-145 cells. These cells ...
    • Effect of a lactose-free milk formula supplemented with bifidobacteria and streptococci on the recovery ... 
      Mao, Meng; Yu, Tao; Xiong, Ying; Wang, Zhiling; Liu, Hanmin; Gotteland, Martín; Brunser, Oscar (H E C PRESS, HEALTHY EATING CLUB PTY LTD, 2008)
      Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with ...
    • Weight Increase Is Associated with Skeletal Muscle Immunostaining for Advanced Glycation End Products, ... 
      Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Uribarri, Jaime; Olivares, Daniela; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2008-12)
      Background: Tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is associated with ageing, both in diabetics and nondiabetic subjects. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess immunostaining for AGEs, ...
    • Evaluación a largo plazo del estado nutricional, composición corporal y densidad mineral ósea en mujeres ... 
      Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Boggiano, Carolina; Herrera, Tomás; Pérez, Yanet; Gattas, Vivien; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-11)
      Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has had a positive impact on co-morbidities associated with obesity. However, in the long-term it can induce micronutrient deficiencies. Aim: To perform a complete nutritional assessment ...
    • Urinary excretion of fluorescent advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in the elderly 
      Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bravo, A.; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Barrera Acevedo, María; Petermann, M.; Garrido, F.; Uribarri, Jaime; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SERDI EDITION, 2008-03)
    • The roles of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in pregnancy, lactation and infancy: review of current ... 
      Koletzko, Berthold; Lien, Eric; Agostoni, Carlo; Boehles, Hansjosef; Campoy, Cristina; Cetin, Irene; Decsi, Tamas; Dudenhausen, Joachim W.; Dupont, Cristophe; Forsyth, Stewart; Hoesli, Irene; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Lapillonne, Alexandre; Putet, Guy; Secher, Niels J.; Symonds, Mike; Szajewska, Hania; Willatts, Peter; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO, 2008)
      This paper reviews current knowledge on the role of the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6), in maternal and term infant nutrition as ...
    • Efectividad de una intervención en educación alimentaria y actividad física para prevenir obesidad en ... 
      Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Cerda Rioseco, Ricardo; Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-01)
      Background: With the aim of contributing to be Healthy Goal 2010 of reducing significantly the prevalence of childhood obestiy, we developed and implemented during 2003 and 2004, a school-based obesity prevention intervention ...
    • Lack of effect of diet-induced hypomethylation on endothelium-dependent relaxation in rats 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Pinardi Testa, Gianni; Montequin, María José; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, 2008-12)
      Background: Endothelial dysfunction is a key process in atherosclerosis. Hypomethylation is one of the postulated mechanisms involved in atherogenesis and is mainly secondary to a decrease in essential factors such as, ...
    • Methylation status in healthy subjects with normal and high serum folate concentration 
      Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Silva, Francisca; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (ELSEVIER, 2008-12)
      Objective: We assessed the impact of high serum folate concentration oil erythrocyte S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) concentrations, SAM/SAH ratio, CpG methylation levels across the promoter region ...
    • Efecto de un programa de educación nutricional en el consumo de energía y macronutrientes de preescolares ... 
      Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Rodríguez, M. del Pilar; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición, 2008-09)
      El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar los cambios en el consumo de energía y macronutrientes de niños (as) obesos y eutróficos, asistentes a jardines infantiles JUNJI de la zona oriente de Santiago, como producto de ...
    • Validación de ecuaciones antropométricas para evaluar composición corporal en niños preescolares chilenos 
      Velásquez R., Marcia; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Díaz Z., Nora; Anziani, Alyerina (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-04)
      Validated equations to measure body composition in Chilean preschool children are lacking, since the only international equation available was developed in obese, and undernourished caucasian children. Due to the increase ...
    • Modulation of Helicobacter pylori colonization with cranberry juice and Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 in children 
      Gotteland, Martín; Andrews, Mónica; Toledo Cumplido, Marcela; Muñoz, Loreto; Cáceres, Paola; Anziani, Alyerina; Wittig Rovira, Emma; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (ELSEVIER, 2008-05)
      Objective: Probiotics and cranberry have been shown to inhibit Helicobacter pylori in vitro owing to bacteriocin production and high levels of proanthocyanidins, iespectively. These effects have been confirmed in clinical ...
    • Expression of copper-related genes in response to copper load 
      González Canales, Mauricio; Reyes Jara, Angélica; Suazo Romo, Miriam; Jo, William J.; Vulpe, Chris (AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2008-09-01)
      Copper is an essential micronutrient for all biological systems. Multiple proteins require one or more atoms of copper for proper structure and function, but excess of copper is toxic. To prevent the consequences of copper ...