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    • Aguilera, Raquel; Saffie, Carlos; Tittarelli, Andrés; González Bergas, Fermín; Ramírez Fernández, Marcos; Reyes, Diego; Pereda, Cristián; Hevia, Daniel; García, Tamara; Salazar, Lorena; Ferreira Vigouroux, Luis Arturo; Hermoso Ramello, Marcela; Mendoza Naranjo, Ariadna; Ferrada, Carlos; Garrido, Paola; López Nitsche, Mercedes; Salazar Onfray, Flavio (AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2011-04-15)
      Purpose: This study characterizes, biologically and clinically, a novel type of dendritic cells (DC) produced in the short term and called tumor antigen–presenting cells (TAPCells). In particular, we identified factors ...
    • Romo-Kröger, C. M.; Morales, J. R.; Dinator, M. I.; Llona, F.; Eaton, L. C. (1994)
      The Chilean mine El Teniente is the world's largest underground copper mine. It operates a giant smelter at Caletones (34° 7′ S, 70° 27′ W) and we have found it is the major source of air contamination in the region. In ...
    • Cornman-Homonoff, Joshua; Kuehn, Devon; Aros, Sofia; Carter, Tonia C.; Conley, Mary R.; Troendle, James; Cassorla Goluboff, Fernando; Mills, James L. (2012)
      We prospectively identified 96 women consuming at least 4 drinks/day during pregnancy by screening 9628 pregnant women. In these women with heavy prenatal alcohol use, there were three stillbirths and one preterm delivery; ...
    • Teraoka, H.; Russell, C.; Regan, J.; Chandrasekhar, A.; Concha, Miguel L.; Yokoyama, R.; Higashi, K.; Take-uchi, M.; Dong, W.; Hiraga, T.; Holder, N.; Wilson, S. W. (JOHN WILEY & SONS, 2004-09-05)
      Serotonin (5HT) plays major roles in the physiological regulation of many behavioral processes, including sleep, feeding, and mood, but the genetic mechanisms by which serotonergic neurons arise during development are ...
    • Valenzuela, Manuel A.; Canales, Jimena; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Quest, Andrew F. G. (WJG Press, 2015)
      © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. The sequence of events associated with the development of gastric cancer has been described as "the gastric precancerous cascade". ...
    • Díaz, Paula; Valenzuela Valderrama, Manuel; Bravo, Jimena; Quest, Andrew F. G. (Frontiers Media SA, 2018)
      Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is the major risk factor associated with the development of gastric cancer. The transition from normal mucosa to non-atrophic gastritis, triggered primarily by H. pylori infection, ...
    • Lucero Álvarez, Yalda; Oyarzún, Amaya; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Valenzuela, Romina; Alcalde Ruíz, Elisa; Arce Fricke, Claudio; Farfán Urzúa, Mauricio; Vergara, Alejandra F.; Sandoval Gajardo, Iván Elías; Méndez, Jocelyn; Carrasco, Jorge; Ossa Alemparte, Juan; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Castro Lebrero, Magdalena; Araya, Magdalena (Frontiers Media, 2017)
      Background: Mechanisms underlying the high clinical and histological diversity of celiac disease (CD) remain elusive. Helicobacter pylori (Hp) chronically infects gastric and duodenal mucosa and has been associated with ...
    • Valenzuela, Manuel; Albar, Juan P.; Paradela, Alberto; Toledo, Héctor (2011)
      Background: Helicobacter pylori colonizes the acid environment of the gastric mucosa. Like other enteric bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, which must survive a brief exposure to that environment, H. pylori ...
    • Bravo, Denisse; Hoare, Anilei; Soto, Cristopher; Valenzuela, Manuel A.; Quest, Andrew F. G. (Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited, 2018)
      © The Author(s) 2018. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) is present in roughly 50% of the human population worldwide and infection levels reach over 70% in developing countries. The infection has classically been associated ...
    • Canales, Jimena; Valenzuela, Manuel; Bravo, Jimena; Cerda Opazo, Paulina; Jorquera, Carla; Toledo, Héctor; Bravo, Denisse; Quest, Andrew F. G. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)
      © 2017 Canales, Valenzuela, Bravo, Cerda-Opazo, Jorquera, Toledo, Bravo and Quest. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a human gastric pathogen that has been linked to the development of several gastric pathologies, such ...
    • da Costa, Daniel; Guidotti, Francesca; Cabello, Nicolas; Trigo, Francisco; Contreras, Caterina; Vergara, Francisca; Miranda, Juan Pablo; Montenegro, Cristián; Muñoz, Pablo; Berger, Zoltán (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Helicobacter pylori (HP) is the most widespread chronic human infection worldwide and the most important pathogenic factor of gastric cancer. The calculated ...
    • Orellana Manzano, Andrea; O'Ryan Gallardo, Miguel; Lagomarcino, Anne; George Carreño, Sergio; Muñoz, Mindy; Mamani Manzano, Nora; Serrano, Carolina; Harris, Paul; Ramilo, Octavio; Mejías, Asunción; Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Lucero Álvarez, Yalda; Quest, Andrew F. G. (Frontiers Media, 2016)
      Background: Helicobacter pylori infects half of the world's population and causes gastric cancer in a subset of infected adults. Previous blood microarray findings showed that apparently healthy children, persistently ...
    • González, María Fernanda; Paredes Díaz, Paula Andrea; Sandoval Bórquez, Alejandra; Herrera, Daniela; Geoffery Quest, Andrew (MDPI, 2021)
      Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived vesicles important in intercellular communication that play an essential role in host-pathogen interactions, spreading pathogen-derived as well as host-derived molecules during ...
    • Lucero Álvarez, Yalda Cecilia; Lagomarcino, Anne Josephine; Torres Torretti, Juan Pablo; Roessler, Patricia; Mamani Manzano, Nora Herminia; George Carreño, Sergio Andrés; Huerta, Nicole; González, Mónica; O'ryan Gallardo, Miguel Luis (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background: Helicobacter pylori is acquired largely in early childhood, but its association with symptoms and indirect biomarkers of gastric damage in apparently healthy children remains controversial. We aimed to relate ...
    • Valenzuela, Manuel; Pérez Pérez, Guillermo; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Carrasco, Gonzalo; Urra, Hery; Bravo, Denisse; Toledo, Héctor; Quest, Andrew F. G. (2010)
      Helicobacter pylori infects the human stomach and modifies signaling pathways that affect gastric epithelial cell proliferation and viability. Chronic exposure to this pathogen contributes to the onset of gastric atrophy, ...
    • Martínez Torres, Alejandra; Martínez Gaensly, Miguel (2002)
      There is increasing evidence that certain microbial agents may have an etiopathogenic role in the development of atherothrombosis. Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that causes peptic ulcer disease, has been suggested as ...
    • Yáñez Meza, Andrea; Landaeta Aqueveque, Carlos; Quiroga, Nicol; Botto Mahan, Carezza (Brazilain Coll Veterinary Parasitology, 2019)
      Helminth parasites are still not a well-known component of animal biodiversity. In this study, we describe and compare the endoparasite assemblages of three native rodent species from a semiarid Mediterranean ecosystem. A ...
    • Rostión Allel, Carmen Gloria; Galaz, María Isabel; Contador, Mónica; Aldunate, Margarita; Benavides, Sandra; Harz, Carlos (W.B. Saunders, 2016)
      Background: Clinical importance of sexual abuse in children has rapidly expanded in recent years, but despite of it, the lack of medical signs in the vast majority of sexual abuse cases, makes it difficult to assess. Given ...
    • Quiroz, Manuel; Undurraga, Alvaro; Moya, Rafael; Fernández, Cristina; Bezares, Katiuska; Linacre, Virginia (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2017)
      Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma is a multifocal tumor that rarely metastasizes. It is difficult to diagnose, most often it is an incidental finding in young asymptomatic women. The radiologic pattern is heterogeneous. ...
    • Morrison, P. R.; Kerst, K.; Rosenmann, M. (Springer-Verlag, 1963)
      Hematocrit levels were measured on a series of Chilean mammals including PHYLLOTIS DARWINI RUPESTRIS, AKODON ANDINUS, AKODON BERLEPSCHII, LAGIDIUM VISCACIA and CHINCHILLA BOLIVIANA from high altitude; and PHYLLOTIS D. ...