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    • Quiñones, Luis S.; Rosero, Mario P.; Roco, Ángela A.; Moreno, Iván T.; Sasso, Jaime A.; Varela, Nelson F.; Cáceres, Dante L.; Saavedra, Iván S. (2008)
      Cytochrome P450 enzymes are very important to metabolize anti-carcinogenic agents. Therefore, understanding the role of these enzymes and their allele variants in the bioactivation or detoxification of drugs could greatiy ...
    • González Hormazábal, Patricio; Musleh, Maher; Bustamante, Marco; Stambuk, Juan; Escandar, Susana; Valladares, Hector; Lanzarini, Enrique; Chiong, Hector; Rojas, Jorge; Castro, V. Gonzalo; Rubio-Reyes, Cristian; Jara, Lilian; Berger, Zoltan (International Institute of Anticancer Research, 2014)
      Aim: To assess the role of pro- and anti-inflammatory polymorphisms in gastric cancer susceptibility. Patients and Methods: We genotyped 12 polymorphisms in eight cytokine genes (Interleukin-1β-IL1B-, IL8, IL17A, IL17F, ...
    • Osorio, Fabiola; Fuentes, Camila; López, Mercedes N.; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; González, Fermín E. (Frontiers Media, 2015)
      The ability of dendritic cells (DCs) to trigger tolerance or immunity is dictated by the context in which an antigen is encountered. A large body of evidence indicates that antigen presentation by steady-state DCs induces ...
    • Mackern-Oberti, Juan Pablo; Llanos, Carolina; Vega, Fabián; Salazar Onfray, Flavio; Riedel, Claudia A.; Bueno, Susan M.; Kalergis, Alexis M. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Dendritic cells (DCs) play a key role in the activation of the immune response against pathogens, as well as in the modulation of peripheral tolerance to self-antigens (Ags). Furthermore, an imbalance in the activating/inhibitory ...
    • Tapia Opazo, Gladys; Silva, David; Romero Palacios, Nalda; Pettinelli, Paulina; Dossi, Camila G.; Miguel, Manuel de; González Mañán, Daniel Alonso (Elsevier, 2018)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the contribution of tocopherols present in Rosa mosqueta oil (RM) in the prevention of high-fat diet (HFD)-induced alterations. Methods: Male C57 BL/6 J mice (n = 9/group) ...
    • Kohan Ivani, Karla; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Selman,; Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Romero Osses, Carmen (Springer Verlag, 2016)
      © 2015, The Author(s).Purpose: One of the hypotheses regarding the genesis of epithelial ovarian cancer involves the action of androgens on the proliferation of epithelial ovarian cells, as well as inclusion cysts. The ...
    • Espinoza,; Riquelme,; Germain,; Tevah,; Parer,; Llanos, (1989)
      Intravenous administration of the opioid receptor antagonist naloxone to asphyxiated fetal sheep increases the arterial blood pressure. We examined the hypothesis that endogenous opioids modify the cardiac output distribution ...
    • Soto, Abel A.; Ortiz, Gerardo; Contreras, Sofía; Soto Rifo, Ricardo Andrés; González, Pablo A. (MDPI, 2022)
      Herpesviruses are double-stranded DNA viruses occurring at a high prevalence in the human population and are responsible for a wide array of clinical manifestations and diseases, from mild to severe. These viruses are ...
    • Blanco, Rances; Carrillo Beltrán, Diego; Osorio, Julio C.; Calaf, Gloria M.; Aguayo González, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      High-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) is etiologically associated with the development and progression of cervical cancer, although other factors are involved. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) detection in premalignant and ...
    • Vivar Sánchez, Raúl; Humeres, Claudio; Anfossi, Renatto; Bolívar, Samir; Catalán Díaz, Mabel; Hill, Joseph; Lavandero González, Sergio; Díaz Araya, Guillermo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) are necessary to maintain extracellular matrix (ECM) homeostasis in the heart. Normally, CFs are quiescent and secrete small amounts of ECM components, whereas, in pathological conditions, they ...
    • Carrasco Mujica, Loreto; Cea, Paola; Rocco, Paola; Peña Oyarzún, Daniel; Rivera Mejías, Pablo; Sotomayor Flores, Cristian Alejandro; Quiroga, Clara; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Ibarra, Cristián; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio (Wiley-Liss, 2014)
      In the heart, insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) is a peptide with pro‐hypertrophic and anti‐apoptotic actions. The pro‐hypertrophic properties of IGF‐1 have been attributed to the extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) ...
    • Alemany, Laia; Cubilla, Antonio; Halec, Gordana; Kasamatsu, Elena; Quiros, Beatriz; Masferrer, Emili; Tous, Sara; Lloveras, Belén; Hernández Suárez, Gustavo; Lonsdale, Ray; Tinoco, Leopoldo; Alejo, María; Alvarado Cabrero, Isabel; Laco, Jan; Guimera, Nuria; Poblet, Enrique; Lombardi, Luis E.; Bergeron, Christine; Clavero, Omar; Shin, Hai-Rim; Ferrera, Annabelle; Félix, Ana; Germar, Julieta; Mandys, Vaclav; Clavel, Christine; Tzardi, María; Pons, Luis E.; Wain, Vincent; Cruz, Eugenia; Molina, Carla; Mota, José D.; Jach, Robert; Velasco, Julio; Carrilho, Carla; López Revilla, Rubén; Goodman, Marc T.; Quint, Wim G.; Castellsague, Xavier; Bravo, Ignacio; Pawlita, Michael; Muñoz, Nubia; Bosch, F. Xavier; de Sanjose, Silvia (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background: Invasive penile cancer is a rare disease with an approximately 22 000 cases per year. The incidence is higher in less developed countries, where penile cancer can account for up to 10% of cancers among men in ...
    • Toledo Araya, Héctor; Alvarez A., José Miguel; Uribe, F.; Canales, J.; Canto, N.; Cerda Arancibia, Óscar (Wiley, 2017)
    • Castillo, C.; López-Muñoz, R.; Duaso, J.; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; Jaña, F.; Ferreira, J.; Cabrera, G.; Maya Arango, Juan; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (2012)
      Background: Chagas' disease is caused by the haemophlagelated protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi). During congenital transmission the parasite breaks down the placental barrier. In the present study we analyzed the ...
    • Romero Osses, Carmen; Hernández, Andrea; Cuevas, Paula; Retamales, Rocio; Vera, Carolina; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (Spandidos Publications Ltd., 2017)
    • Pulgar Pulgar, Eduardo; Concha Nordemann, Miguel (Elsevier, 2017-07)
    • Retamales-Ortega, Rocío; Oróstica Arévalo, María Lorena; Vera, Carolina; Cuevas, Paula; Hernández, Andrea; Hurtado, Iván; Vega Blanco, María Margarita; Romero Osses, Carmen (MDPI AG, 2017)
      © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer in women worldwide, and epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) represents 90% of cases. Nerve growth factor (NGF) and its ...
    • Luchsinger Farías, Vivian; Piedra, Pedro A.; Ruiz, Mauricio; Zunino, Enna; Martínez, María Angélica; Machado, Clarisse; Fasce, Rodrigo; Ulloa Flores, María Teresa; Fink, María Cristina; Lara, Pamela; Avendaño, Luis F. (2012-04)
      Background. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) has been implicated in the etiology of adult communityacquired pneumonia (CAP). We investigated RSV infection in Chilean adults with CAP using direct viral detection, real-time ...
    • Castro, Andrea; Johnson, María Cecilia; Anido, Mabel; Cortinez, Armando; Gabler Neale, Fernando; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (2002)
      Objective: To investigate the role of nitric oxide (NO) and death regulatory genes, bcl-2 and bax, in human endometria apoptosis.Design: Expression of bcl-2, bax, NO synthases (NOS), and the apoptotic effect of L-arginine ...
    • Sotomayor, Camilo; Cortes, Ignacio A.; Gormaz, Juan G.; Vera, Sergio; Libuy, Matías; Valls Jiménez, Nicolás; Rodrigo Salinas, Ramón (Bentham Science Publ Ltd., 2017)
      Renal transplantation (RT) is considered the "gold standard" treatment for end-stage renal disease patients. Efforts should be made to reduce ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury, which unavoidably occurs in RT as long as ...