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    • Cataldo, L. R.; Cortés, V. A.; Mizgier, María Luisa; Aranda, E.; Mezzano, Diego; Olmos, P.; Galgani Fuentes, José; Suazo Sanhueza, José Lorenzo; Santos M., José Luis (Johann Ambrosius Barth Verlag Medizinverlage Heidelberg GMBH, 2015)
      Introduction: Pancreatic -cells synthetize and store Serotonin (5-Hydroxytriptamine, 5HT) which is co-released with insulin. It has been proposed that extracellular 5HT binds to specific cell surface receptors and modulate ...
    • Villanueva Bianchini, Pía; Quevedo, Mónica; Barbieri Ortiz, Zulema de,; Piñeiro, Soledad; Herrero, Carolina; Fernández Gallardo, María Angélica; Palomino Montenegro, Hernán (Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía, 2015)
      Chilean Robinson Crusoe Island is a semi-isolated location with unusually high rates of both consanguinity and language disorder. The current population of 633 inhabitants is descended almost exclusively from the colonization ...
    • Lacruz, Rodrigo; Bromage, Timothy; O’Higgins, Paul; Toro Ibacache, María Viviana; Warshaw, Johanna; Berger, Lee (Nature, 2015)
      Studies of facial ontogeny in immature hominins have contributed significantly to understanding the evolution of human growth and development. The recently discovered hominin species Autralopithecus sediba is represented ...
    • Fuentes del Campo, Aler; Miralles Lozano, Rodolfo; Santander Navarro, Hugo; Gutiérrez Reyes, Mario; Bull Simpfendorfer, Ricardo; Martin, Conchita (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
      Objective. This study evaluated the effect of a natural mediotrusive contact on the electromyographic (EMG) activity of the anterior temporalis and sternocleidomastoid muscles during chewing in healthy subjects. Materials ...
    • Urzúa Orellana, Blanca; Martínez, Blanca; Ortega Pinto, Ana; Adorno Farías, Daniela; Morales Bozo, Irene; Riadi, Gonzalo; Jara, Lilian; Plaza, Anita; Lefimil, Claudia; Lozano, Carla; Reyes, Monserrat (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objective: Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) is a group of clinically and genetically heterogeneous inherited conditions, causing alterations in the structure of enamel and chemical composition of enamel matrix during development. ...
    • Fernández Godoy, Eduardo; Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Gordan, Valeria; Mjoer, Ivar; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Letelier Pardo, Claudia; Estay Larenas, Juan; Moncada Cortés, Gustavo; Martin Casielles, Javier (Mosher & Linder, 2015)
      Purpose: To evaluate the clinical performance of refurbished resin composite restorations compared to untreated (negative control) restorations over a period of 10 years. Methods: 26 subjects (having a total of 52 composite ...
    • Alibhai, Shabbir M. H.; Breunis, Henriette; Timilshina, Narhari; Brignardello Petersen, Romina; Tomlinson, George; Mohamedali, Hassanabbas; Gupta, Vikas; Minden, Mark D.; Li, Madeline; Buckstein, Rena; Brandwein, Joseph M. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objectives: Intensive chemotherapy (IC) is the primary treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) but is associated with significant toxicity, particularly in older adults. We characterized the impact of AML and its treatment ...
    • Silva, Patricio; Soto, Nicolás; Díaz, Jorge; Mendoza, Pablo; Díaz, Natalia; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Torres Gómez, Vicente (Elsevier, 2015)
      The early endosomal protein Rab5 is highly expressed in tumor samples, although a causal relationship between Rab5 expression and cell transformation has not been established. Here, we report the functional effects of ...
    • Ortiz, María Carolina; Lefimil Puente, Claudia; Rodas, Paula I.; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; López, Mercedes; Acuña Castillo, Claudio; Imarai, Mónica; Escobar, Alejandro (Public Library Science, 2015)
      Current data suggest that Neisseria gonorrhoeae is able to suppress the protective immune response at different levels, such as B and T lymphocytes and antigen-presenting cells. The present report is focused on gonococcus ...
    • Martín Casielles, Javier; Vildósola Grez, Patricio; Bersezio Miranda, Cristian; Herrera Ronda, Andrea; Bortolatto, J.; Saad, J. R. C.; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Fernández Godoy, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objective: The aim of this clinical randomized double-blind split-mouth study was to assess the effectiveness of a 6% hydrogen peroxide with nitrogen-doped titanium dioxide light activated bleaching agent. Method: 31 ...
    • Moncada Cortés, Gustavo; Maureira Chicahual, Jéssica; Neira, M.; Reyes, E.; Oliveira, Osmir Batista; Faleiros, S.; Palma, P.; Corsini, G.; Ugalde, C.; Gordan, V. V.; Yévenes López, Ismael (Journal Pedodontics Inc., 2015)
      The aim of this cross sectional study was to evaluate the ureolytic and arginolytic activities of saliva in children and associate them with their caries status. Study design: 65, 8 year old children, were randomly ...
    • Silva, Nora; Abusleme Ramos, Loreto Andrea; Bravo, Denisse; Dutzan Muñoz, Nicolás; García Sesnich, Jocelyn; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando; Hernández, Marcela; Gamonal Aravena, Jorge Antonio (Univ Sao Paulo Fac Odontologia Bauru, 2015)
      Periodontal diseases usually refer to common inflammatory disorders known as gingivitis and periodontitis, which are caused by a pathogenic microbiota in the subgingival biofilm, including Porphyromonas gingivalis, ...
    • Martínez García, L.; Sanabria, A. J.; Araya Cabello, Ignacio; Lawson, J.; Solà, Iván; Vernooij, R. W. M.; López, D.; García Álvarez, E.; Trujillo Martín, M. M.; Etxeandia-Ikobaltzeta, I.; Kotzeva, A.; Rigau, D.; Louro González, A.; Barajas Nava, L.; Díaz del Campo, P.; Estrada, M. D.; Gracia, J.; Salcedo Fernández, F.; Haynes, R. B.; Alonso Coello, Pablo (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: A major challenge in updating clinical guidelines is to efficiently identify new, relevant evidence. We evaluated the efficiency and feasibility of two new approaches: the development of restrictive ...
    • Pintor, Fernanda; Carrasco Soto, Rolando; Verdugo Avello, Francisco; Landaeta Mendoza, Mirtha (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is an uncommon condition, caused by hematic bacterial migration or direct migration of other head and neck infections. We report a 41 year old female who presented a ...
    • Hinojosa, A.; Fariña Sirandoni, Rodrigo; Zurbuchen, A.; Salinas, F. (Elsevier, 2015)
      The segmentation of the Le Fort I osteotomy is a surgical technique used for the correction of vertical and horizontal discrepancies. However one of its limitations is the presence of narrow interradicular distance. This ...
    • Toro Ibacache, Viviana; Zapata Muñoz, Víctor; O'Higgins, Paul (Wiley, 2015)
      To carry out functional simulations of the masticatory system that aim to predict strain magnitudes it is important to apply appropriate jaw-elevator muscle forces. Force magnitude estimation from directly measured muscle ...
    • 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 ...
    • Fitton, Laura; Proa, Miguel; Rowland, Charlie; Toro Ibacache, Viviana; O'Higgins, Paul (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
      In recent years finite element analysis (FEA) has emerged as a useful tool for the analysis of skeletal form-function relationships. While this approach has obvious appeal for the study of fossil specimens, such material ...
    • Collao González, Carolina; Carrasco Labra, Alonso; Sung-Hsieh, Hsiao-Hsin; Cortés Araya, Juan Eliecer (Sociedad Española de Medicina Oral, 2014-03)
      Objectives: To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. Study Design: Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 ...
    • Toro Ibacache, Viviana; Cortés Araya, Juan Eliecer; Díaz Muñoz, Alejandro; Manríquez Soto, Germán (American Association of Orthodontists, 2014-09)
      Introduction: In this study, we compared patterns of morphologic variations of the craniofacial skeleton between patients affected by clefts who were operated on and unaffected subjects, aiming to discuss possible ...