Browsing by Subject "Diabetes"

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    • Diabetes alters the involvement of myofibroblasts during periodontal wound healing 
      Retamal, Ignacio; Hernández, Romina; Velarde, Victoria; Oyarzún, Alejandro; Martínez, Constanza; González Burgos, María Julieta; Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Smith, Patricio C. (Wiley, 2020)
      Objectives Myofibroblasts constitute a specific cell phenotype involved in connective tissue healing. Diabetes alters the wound healing response. However, it is not clear whether diabetes modifies the involvement of ...
    • Early pregnancy levels of gingival crevicular fluid matrix metalloproteinases-8 and −9 are associated with ... 
      Chaparro, Alejandra; Realini, Ornella; Hernández Ríos, Marcela; Albers, Daniela; Weber, Laura; Ramírez, Valeria; Param, Fernanda; Kusanovic, Juan Pedro; Sorsa, Timo; Rice, Gregory Edward; Illanes, Sebastián E. (Wiley, 2020)
      Background Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is increasing worldwide and women with a history of GDM are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes which is a risk factor for periodontitis. Aim To explore the association ...
    • Loss of caveolin-1 is associated with a decrease in beta cell death in mice on a high fat diet 
      Lillo Urzúa, Paloma; Núñez Murillo, Olinda; Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Torres Quintana, María Angélica; Lladser Caldera, Álvaro; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Espinoza Robles, Carolina; Llanos Vidal, Paola; Wehinger, Sergio (MDPI, 2020)
      Elevated free fatty acids (FFAs) impair beta cell function and reduce beta cell mass as a consequence of the lipotoxicity that occurs in type 2 diabetes (T2D). We previously reported that the membrane protein caveolin-1 ...