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    • Córdova Jara, Luis; Loi, Florence; Lin, Tzu-Hua; Gibon, Emmanuel; Pajarinen, Jukka; Nabeshima, Akira; Lu, Laura; Yao, Zhenyu; Goodman, Stuart B. (Wiley, 2017)
      The modulation of macrophage phenotype from pro-inflammatory (M1) to tissue healing (M2) via exogenous addition of interleukin-4 (IL-4) facilitates osteogenesis; however, the molecular mediators underlying this phenomenon ...
    • Cavalla Ruiz, Ian Franco; Biguetti, Claudia C.; Dionisio, Thiago J.; Azevedo, Michelle C. S.; Martins, Walter, Jr.; Santos, Carlos F.; Trombone, Ana Paula F.; Silva, Renato M.; Letra, Ariadne; Garlet, Gustavo P. (Elsevier, 2018)
      Chronic and aggressive periodontitis are infectious diseases characterized by the irreversible destruction of periodontal tissues, which is mediated by the host inflammatory immune response triggered by periodontal infection. ...
    • Álvarez Rivas, C.; Rojas, L.; Monasterio, G.; García, K.; Pujol, M.; Carvajal, P.; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando (2016)
    • Villanueva Maffei, Julio; Gigoux, Carlos; Solé, Fernando (1995)
      Central neurilemmomas in the oral cavity are tumors of rare incidence. A review of related literature is included. A case of central neurilemmoma of the maxilla in a 14-year-old girl, the surgical treatment, and results ...
    • Jiménez Silva, Antonio; Tobar Reyes, Julio; Vivanco Coke, Sheilah; Pastén-Castro, Eduardo; Palomino Montenegro, Hernán (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2017)
      Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the relationship between centric relation-intercuspal position discrepancy (CR-ICP discrepancy) and temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), by systematically reviewing the ...
    • Díaz, Leonor; Hoare, Anilei; Soto, Cristopher; Bugueño, Isaac; Silva Steffens, Nora; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Venegas, Darna; Salinas, Daniela; Pérez Donoso, José; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Bravo Rodríguez, Denisse (Elsevier, 2015)
      Virulence factors on the surface of Porphyromonas gingivalis constitute the first line of interaction with host cells and contribute to immune modulation and periodontitis progression. In order to characterize surface ...
    • Cornejo Ovalle, Marco; Paraje, Guillermo; Vásquez Lavín, Felipe; Pérez, Gloria; Palencia, Laia; Borrell, Carme (MDPI AG, 2015)
      The study examines changes in the distribution and socioeconomic inequalities of dental care utilization among adults after the major healthcare reform in Chile, 2004-2009. We evaluated the proportion of people who visited ...
    • Skármeta, Nicolás Patricio; Pesce, Maria Cecilia; Saldivia, Josefina; Espinoza Mellado, Paula; Montini, Francisca; Sotomayor, Claudio (Quintessence Publishing, 2019)
      Objective:The understanding the etiology of painful temporomandibular disorders (TMD) has evolved over the last eight decades. Evidence-based systematic research had questioned historical concepts and abandoned preconceived ...
    • Ormeño, Fernando; Hormazábal, Juan; Moreno, José; Riquelme, Felipe; Ríos, Javiera; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Albornoz, Amelina; Alfaro, Iván E.; Budini, Mauricio (Frontiers Media, 2020)
      TAR DNA binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) is a ribonuclear protein regulating many aspects of RNA metabolism. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) are fatal neurodegenerative ...
    • Ríos, Javiera; Sequeida, Álvaro; Albornoz, Amelina; Budini, Mauricio Fernando (Frontiers Media SA, 2021)
      Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) represents a specific way of lysosomal protein degradation and contrary to macro and microautophagy is independent of vesicles formation. The role of CMA in different physiopathological ...
    • Madariaga Venegas, Francisco; Fernández Soto, Roberto; Duarte, Luisa; Suárez, Nicole; Delgadillo, Daniela; Jara Sandoval, José; Fernández Ramires, Ricardo; Urzúa Orellana, Blanca; Molina Berríos, Alfredo Enrique (Public Library Science, 2017-05-11)
      Candida albicans biofilms play a key role in denture stomatitis, one of the most common oral pathologies in elderly people. Because biofilms are highly resistant to antifungals, new pharmacological strategies are needed. ...
    • Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Acevedo, A.; Bascones, A.; Jorge, O.; Silva, A. (Munksgaard, 2001-06)
      Leukocyte migration is essential for immune surveillance of tissues by focusing immune cells to sites of antigenic challenge. The control of leukocyte migration depends on the combined actions of adhesion molecules and a ...
    • Silva Steffens, Nora; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Dezerega Piwonka, Andrea; Rivera Escobar, Oriana; Aguillón Gutiérrez, Juan Carlos; Aravena, Octavio; Lastres, Pedro; Pozo, Patricia; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Blackwell, 2008)
      Background and aims: Periodontitis is an infection with an episodic nature of tissue support destruction. The aim of this work was to determine the levels of chemokines, cytokines, matrix metalloproteinase-13, periodontal ...
    • Dezerega Piwonka, Andrea; Pozo, Patricia; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Oyarzún Droguett, Alejandro; Rivera Escobar, Oriana; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; Gutiérrez Fernández, Ana; Overall, Christopher M.; Garrido, Mauricio; Alcota Rojas, Marcela; Ortiz, Emilio; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (American Academy of Periodontology, 2010-02)
      Background: Chemokines are central in the activation and direction of leukocyte subsets to target tissues. However, the monocyte chemoattractant protein-3 (MCP-3) has not been associated with chronic periodontitis. Chronic ...
    • Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio; Bascones, A.; Jorge, O.; Silva, A. (Munksgaard, 2000-09)
      Background, aims: This study presents the first evidence on the presence of the chemokine RANTES in the gingival fluid crevicular (GCF) of patients with periodontitis. RANTES is a chemokine that selectively attracts and ...
    • Acuña, J.; Rojas, J.; Amaro, A.; Toledo, H.; Jerez, C. (1992)
      Ni2+, Fe2+ and Cu2+ were attractants and aspartate was an apparent repellent for Leptospirillum ferrooxidans, a behaviour opposite to that for Escherichia coli. Membranes from L. ferrooxidans contained proteins with a ...
    • Aravena, Pedro; Delgado, Felipe; Olave, Hugo; Ulloa Marín, Carolina; Pérez-Rojas, Francisco (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2016)
      Objective: To describe the perception of the quality of life in oral health based on the Health-Related Quality of Life instrument in its Spanish version (HRQOL-sp) in Chilean patients with third molar extraction ...
    • Silva, D.; Arancibia, R.; Tapia, C.; Acuña Rougier, C.; Díaz Dosque, Mario; Cáceres, M.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (John Wiley & Sons, 2013)
      Background and Objective: Chitosan is a naturally derived polymer that may be applied in periodontal therapy for tissue-reconstruction purposes. Previous studies have shown that chitosan may stimulate tissue healing. ...
    • Robles Planells, Claudia; Barrera Ávalos, Carlos; Rojo, Leonel E.; Spencer, Eugenio; Cortez San Martín, Eugenio; Matiacevich, Silvia; Pavez, Jorge; Milla, Luis A.; Navarro, Franco D.; Martínez, Brandon A; Bravo, Francisco J.; Mella, Andrea; Huidobro Toro, Juan Pablo; Fernández, Ricardo; Escobar Álvarez, Alejandro; Acuña Castillo, Claudio (Hindawi, 2020)
      Reovirus is known to have an anticancer effect in both the preclinical and clinical assays. Current evidence suggests that the reovirus-mediated impact on tumor growth depends on the activation of specific antitumor immune ...
    • Romero, A.; Cáceres, M.; Arancibia, R.; Silva, D.; Couve, E.; Martínez, C.; Martínez, J.; Smith, P. C. (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      Background: Granulation tissue remodeling and myofibroblastic differentiation are critically important events during wound healing. Tobacco smoking has a detrimental effect in gingival tissue repair. However, studies ...