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    • Gómez Valenzuela, Fernán Daniel; Escobar López, Enrico Alejandro; Pérez Tomás, Ricardo; Montecinos, Viviana P. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The tumor microenvironment (TME) corresponds to a complex and dynamic interconnection between the extracellular matrix and malignant cells and their surrounding stroma composed of immune and mesenchymal cells. The TME ...
    • De Marco, Gennaro; Lanza, Alessandro; Cristache, Corina M.; Capcha, Estefani B.; Espinoza, Karen I.; Rullo, Rosario; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando Marcelo; Cafferata Chea, Emilio Alfredo; Di Francesco, Fabrizio (Universidade de Sao Paulo Faculdade de Odontologia, Brasil, 2021)
      Third molar removal surgery usually comes accompanied by postoperative discomfort, which could be influenced by the surgical approach chosen. This scoping systematic review aimed at compiling the available evidence focused ...
    • Pestle, William J.; Torres-Rouff, Christina; Gallardo Ibáñez, Francisco; Cabello, Gloria Andrea; Smith, Erin K.; Clarot, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2019)
      While the village of Quillagua, a riparian oasis in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile, is of limited modern importance, there is strong evidence to support the contention that during different prehistoric ...
    • Farfan, Mauricio; Cantero, Lidia; Vergara, Alejandra; Vidal, Roberto; Torres, Alfredo (2013)
      Infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 is characterized by acute inflammation of the colonic mucosa. STEC O157:H7 contains two non-identical loci encoding long polar fimbriae (Lpf), which ...
    • Rodas, Paula; Alamos Musre, A.; Alvarez, Francisca; Escobar Alvarez, Alejandro; Tapia Paredes, Cecilia; Osorio, Eduardo; Otero, Carolina; Calderón, Iván; Fuentes, Juan A.; Gil, Fernando; Paredes Sabja, Daniel; Christodoulides, Myron (Oxford University Press, 2016)
      The ADP-ribosylating enzymes are encoded in many pathogenic bacteria in order to affect essential functions of the host. In this study, we show that Neisseria gonorrhoeae possess a locus that corresponds to the ...
    • Maturana Romesín, Humberto (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2000)
      We human beings live in the explanations of our existence as living beings. These explanations of our existence include what we call the 'laws of nature'. Though we name them laws, we cannot claim that they have an existence ...
    • Soto, Cristopher; Bugueño Valdebenito, Isaac; Hoare Teuche, Anilei; González, S.; Vengas Díaz, Darna; Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Pérez Donoso, José; Bravo Rodríguez, Denisse (Wiley Blackwell, 2016)
      Background and ObjectivePorphyromonas gingivalis infection induces apoptosis inhibition in gingival epithelial cells; however, it is not fully understood which bacterial effectors are involved in this process. The aim of ...
    • Sanhueza, Álvaro; Briner, Michelle; Calvo, Magdalena; Cisternas, Alejandra (Sociedad Chilena Anatomía, 2018)
      Lingual foramina and canals are located in the midline of the jaw; which are important due to their neurovascular content. The location of the lingual foramina and canals can be classified according to their relationship ...
    • Rivas, Solange; Silva, Patricio; Reyes Rojas, Montserrat; Sepúlveda, Hugo; Solano, Luis; Acuña, Juan; Guerrero, Marisol; Varas Godoy, Manuel; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Montecino, Martín; Torres Gómez, Vicente (Nature, 2020)
      Tumor hypoxia and the hypoxia inducible factor-1, HIF-1, play critical roles in cancer progression and metastasis. We previously showed that hypoxia activates the endosomal GTPase Rab5, leading to tumor cell migration and ...
    • Fuente López, Marjorie de la; Landskron, Glauben; Parada, Daniela; Dubois Camacho, Karen; Simian, Daniela; Martínez, Maripaz; Romero, Diego; Roa, Juan; Chahuán, Isidora; Gutiérrez, Rocío; Lopez-K, Francisco; Alvarez, Karin; Kronberg, Udo; López, Sebastián; Sanguinetti, Antonella; Moreno, Natalia; Abedrapo Moreira, Mario Antonio; González, María Julieta; Quera, Rodrigo; Hermoso-R, Marcela (NLM (Medline), 2018)
      A complex network of chemokines can influence cancer progression with the recruitment and activation of hematopoietic cells, including macrophages to the supporting tumor stroma promoting carcinogenesis and metastasis. The ...
    • Gutiérrez Reyes, Mario; Malaquias, Pamela; Hass, Viviane; Matos, Thalita P.; Lourenco, Lucas; Reis, Alessandra; Loguercio, Alessandro D.; Farago, Paulo Vitor (Elsevier, 2017-06)
      Objectives: To evaluate the effect of addition of copper nanoparticles at different concentrations into an etchand-rinse adhesive (ER) on antimicrobial activity, Knoop microhardness (KHN), in vitro and in situ degree ...
    • Ordin, Mikhail; Polyanskaya, Leona; Gómez, David Maximiliano; Samuel, Arthur G. (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2019)
      Purpose: We investigated whether rhythm discrimination is mainly driven by the native language of the listener or by the fundamental design of the human auditory system and universal cognitive mechanisms shared by all ...
    • Hong, H. Y.; Hoare Teuche, Anilei; Cardenas, A.; Dupuy, A. K.; Choquette, L.; Salner, A. L.; Schauer, P. K.; Hegde, U.; Peterson, D. E.; Dongari-Bagtzoglou, A.; Strausbaugh, L. D.; DÍaz, P. I. (SAGE, 2020)
      A broad range of fungi has been detected in molecular surveys of the oral mycobiome. However, knowledge is still lacking on interindividual variability of these communities and the ecologic and clinical significance of ...
    • Torres, Pedro; Díaz Jara, Jorge; Arce, Maximiliano; Silva, Patricio; Mendoza, Pablo; Lois, Pablo; Molina Berríos, Alfredo Enrique; Owen, Gareth I.; Palma Alvarado, Verónica; Torres Gómez, Vicente (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2017)
      Saliva is a key factor that contributes to the high efficiency of wound healing in the oral mucosa. This is not only attributed to physical cues but also to the presence of specific peptides in the saliva, such as histatins. ...
    • Muñoz, M. A.; Luque Martínez, I.; Hass, V.; Gutiérrez Reyes, Mario; Reis, A.; Loguercio, A. D. (Elsevier, 2019)
      The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of sonic application of universal adhesives on the enamel microshear bond strengths (SBS), in situ degree of conversion (DC) and etching pattern. Ninety-six extracted ...
    • Abusleme, Loreto; Dupuy, Amanda; Dutzan, Nicolás; Silva, Nora; Burleson, Joseph; Strausbaugh, Linda; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge; Diaz, Patricia (2013)
      The goals of this study were to better understand the ecology of oral subgingival communities in health and periodontitis and elucidate the relationship between inflammation and the subgingival microbiome. Accordingly, we ...
    • Hernández Ochoa, Erick O.; Llanos Vidal, Paola; Lanner, Johanna T. (Hindawi Ltd., 2017)
    • Stähli, Alexandra; Strauss, Franz; Gruber, Reinhard (Blackwell Munksgaard, 2018)
      Objective: To assess the effect of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) on implant dentistry. The primary focused question was as follows: What are the clinical, histological, and radiographic outcomes of PRP administration for ...
    • Cea Muñoz, Gabriel; Benatar, Michael; Verdugo Latorre, Renato; Salinas, Rodrigo (John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2013)
      Background Treatments currently used for patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) include steroids, non-steroid immune suppressive agents, plasma exchange, intravenous immunoglobulin and thymectomy. Data from randomized ...
    • Muñoz, Gonzalo; Olate, Sergio; Cantín, Mario; Vásquez, Bélgica; del Sol, Mariano; Fariña, Rodrigo (E-Century Publishing Corporation, 2014)
      The aim of this study was to ascertain the joint space present in the TMJ of subjects diagnosed with Class III dentofacial deformity with an indication for orthognathic surgery. Fourteen subjects were recruited from the ...