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    • Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Martínez, Ronny; Núñez González, Marco; Ruz, Manuel; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (2006)
      Interactions of micronutrients can affect absorption and bioavailability of other nutrients by a number of mechanisms. In aqueous solutions, and at higher uptake levels, competition between elements with similar chemical ...
    • Araya, Magdalena; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; González Canales, Mauricio; Méndez, Marco (2006)
    • Tapia S., Alexis; Araya, Magdalena (2006)
      The frequency of Crohn disease shows a significant increase in the last century. Affected patients show a misbalance between production of free radicals and anti oxidant defenses. Thus, one of the increasingly accepted ...
    • Luque, Cecilia; Cisternas, Felipe A.; Araya, Magdalena (2006)
      Background: During the twentieth century there was a change in the pattern of diseases in Europe, with an increase in the incidence of allergies and autoimmune disorders, that paralleled a decrease of infectious conditions. ...
    • Reyes, Angélica; Leiva, Andrea; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Méndez, Marco; González Canales, Mauricio (2006)
      Copper is an essential and toxic trace metal for bacteria and, therefore, must be tightly regulated in the cell. Enterococcus hirae is a broadly studied model for copper homeostasis. The intracellular copper levels in ...
    • Mangin, Irène; Suau, Antonia; Magne, Fabien; Garrido, Daniel; Gotteland, Martín; Neut, Christel; Pochart, Philippe (BLACKWELL, 2006-01)
      In this study, a competitive PCR was developed to estimate the quantity of bifidobacteria in human faecal samples using two 16S rRNA gene Bifidobacterium genus-specific primers, Bif164f and Bif662r. A PCR-temporal temperature ...
    • O'Brien, Peter; Carrasco Pozo, Catalina; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán (ELSEVIER, 2006-01-05)
      The increasing recognition of the participation of free radical-mediated oxidative events in the initiation and/or progression of cardiovascular, tumoural, inflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders, has given rise to ...
    • Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Martínez Laso, Jorge; Martín-Villa, José M.; Moscoso, Juan; Moreno, Almudena; Serrano Vela, Juan I.; Zamora, Jorge; Asenjo, Silvia; Gleisner, Andrea; Arnaiz Villena, Antonio (ELSEVIER, 2006-02)
      A rare case of type I diabetes is studied in an Amerindian (Mapuche) family from Chile, analyzing glutamic acid decarboxylase, islet-cell autoantibodies and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes. The affected sib is the only ...
    • Clark, Katy M.; Castillo, Marcela; Calatroni, Agustín; Walter, Tomas; Cayazzo, Marisol; Pino Zúñiga, Paulina; Lozoff, Betsy (ALLIANCE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP DIVISION ALLEN PRESS, 2006-04)
      Objective: Breast-feeding is associated with better child development outcomes, but uncertainty remains primarily due to the close relationship between breast-feeding and socioeconomic status. This study assesses the issue ...
    • Fuenzalida, Loreto; Hernández, Cristina; Toro, Jessica; Rioseco, M. Luisa; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-04)
      Large epidemics of diarrhoea associated with seafood consumption and Vibrio parahaemolyticus occurred during the austral summers of 2004 and 2005 in the environs of Puerto Montt, Chile (41 degrees 29'S 72 degrees 24'W). ...
    • Carreño, J.; Vyhmeister, G.; Grau, L.; Ivanovic Marincovich, Daniza (W B SAUNDERS CO LTD, 2006-04)
      Objective: In the last decades, the epidemiological and demographic transition in Chile has resulted in a considerable increase in diet-related noncommunicable chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to determine the ...
    • González Escalona, Narjol; Fey, Axel; Hofle, Manfred G.; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Guzmán, Carlos A. (BLACKWELL, 2006-04)
      We performed a comparative analysis of the Vibrio cholerae strain El Tor 3083 entering the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state and starvation after incubation in artificial seawater (ASW) at 4 and 15 degrees C respectively. ...
    • Gotteland, Martín; Brunser, O.; Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia (BLACKWELL, 2006-04-15)
      Helicobacter pylori is a highly prevalent pathogen considered as an aetiological factor for gastroduodenal ulcers, and a risk factor for gastric adenocarcinoma and lymphoma in humans. Most subjects colonized by this ...
    • Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Salvat, Valentina; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-05)
      Bioavailability results, obtained in humans, of wheat flour fortified with elemental iron might not be reliable because these studies have been performed using tracer iron compounds that probably do not have the same ...
    • Díaz, E. O.; Galgani Fuentes, José; Aguirre, Carolina A. (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2006-05)
      The purpose of this review was to examine the role of glycaemic index in fuel partitioning and body composition with emphasis on fat oxidation/storage in humans. This relationship is based on the hypothesis postulating ...
    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Dangour, Alan D. (INT LIFE SCIENCES INST NORTH AMERICA, 2006-05)
      The essential fatty acids (EFAs), particularly the n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPs), are important for brain development during both the fetal and postnatal period. They are also increasingly seen to be ...
    • Sierralta, Walter; Hernández, Alejandro; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Pérez, Hernán; Mondaca, Mauricio; Soto Moyano, Rubén (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2006-05-15)
      Mild reduction in the protein content in the diet of pregnant rats from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but results in significant ...
    • Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, María; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Haschke, Ferdinand; Steenhout, Philippe; Klassen, Petra; Hager, Corinne; Offord, Elizabeth; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (AMER COLLEGE NUTRITION, 2006-06)
      Objective: To study the effects of a special nutritional supplement on bone mineral density and bone turnover markers in Chilean elderly subjects with femoral osteoporosis. Setting: Public primary health care clinics in ...
    • Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Garrido, Fernando; Llanos Silva, Miguel (ELSEVIER, 2006-06-01)
      Recently, we reported the presence of higher levels of metallothionein (MT) in placentas of smokers compared to non-smokers. In the present study, we designed experiments to separate and evaluate two isoforms of NIT (MT-1 ...
    • Garrido, Argelia; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Valladares Boasi, Luis (ELSEVIER, 2006-06-20)
      Objectives: It has been suggested that isoflavones protect the cardiovascular system, in part by improving lipid profile. The purpose of the present research was to examine the effect of a 12-week soy isoflavone supplementation ...