Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Cardioprotection mediated by exosomes is impaired in the setting of type II diabetes but can be rescued by ... 
      Davidson, Sean M.; Riquelme, Jaime A.; Takov, Kaloyan; Vicencio, José M.; Boi-Doku, Claire; Khoo, Vanessa; Doreth, Christian; Radenkovic, Dina; Lavandero González, Sergio; Yellon, Derek M. (Blackwell, 2018)
      Many patients with ischaemic heart disease also have diabetes. As myocardial infarction is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in these patients, treatments that increase cell survival in response to ischaemia and ...
    • Frequency of familial hyperaldosteronism type 1 in a hypertensive pediatric population: Clinical and ... 
      Aglony, Marlene; Martínez-Aguayo, Alejandro; Carvajal, Cristian A.; Campino, Carmen; García, Hernán; Bancalari, Rodrigo; Bolte, Lillian; Avalos, Carolina; Loureiro, Carolina; Trejo, Pamela; Brinkmann, Karin; Giadrosich, Vinka; Mericq, Verónica; Rocha, Ana; Avila, Aleja (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2011)
      Familial hyperaldosteronism type 1 is an autosomal dominant disorder attributed to a chimeric CYP11B1/CYP11B2 gene (CG). Its prevalence and manifestation in the pediatric population has not been established. We aimed to ...
    • Functionality of tRNAs encoded in a mobile genetic element from an acidophilic bacterium 
      Alamos, Pamela; Tello, Mario; Quirós Bustamante, Paula; Gutiérrez, Fernanda; Shmaryahu, Amir; Maldonado, Juan; Levicán, Gloria; Orellana, Omar (Taylor and Francis Inc., 2018)
      © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. The genome of the acidophilic, bioleaching bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, strain ATCC 23270, contains 95 predicted tRNA genes. Thirty-six of these genes (all 20 species) ...
    • Validación argentino-chilena de la versión en español del test Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III para el ... 
      Bruno, D.; Slachevsky Chonchol, Andrea; Fiorentino, N.; Rueda, D. S.; Bruno, G.; Tagle, A. R.; Olavarría, L.; Flores, P.; Lillo, P.; Roca, M.; Torralva, T. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: The Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III (ACE-III), an adaptation of the ACE cognitive screening test, has been demonstrated to have high sensitivity and specificity in detecting cognitive impairment in ...
    • Helicobacter pylori Induced Phosphatidylinositol-3-OH Kinase/mTOR activation increases hypoxia inducible ... 
      Canales, Jimena; Valenzuela, Manuel; Bravo, Jimena; Cerda Opazo, Paulina; Jorquera, Carla; Toledo, Héctor; Bravo, Denisse; Quest, Andrew F. G. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)
      © 2017 Canales, Valenzuela, Bravo, Cerda-Opazo, Jorquera, Toledo, Bravo and Quest. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a human gastric pathogen that has been linked to the development of several gastric pathologies, such ...
    • Arginine vasotocin, the Social Neuropeptide of Amphibians and Reptiles 
      Wilczynski, Walter; Quispe, Maricel; Muñoz, Matías I.; Penna Varela, Mario (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)
      © 2017 Wilczynski, Quispe, Muñoz and Penna.Arginine vasotocin (AVT) is the non-mammalian homolog of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and, like vasopressin, serves as an important modulator of social behavior in addition to its ...
    • Amerindian mtDNA haplogroups and celiac disease risk HLA haplotypes in mixed-blood Latin American patients 
      Parada, Alejandra; Araya, Magdalena; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Méndez, Marco; Mimbacas, Adriana; Motta, Patricia; Martín, Gabriela; Botero, Jorge; Espinosa, Nelly; Alarcon, Teresa; Canales, Paulina (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2011)
      Background and Objective: Risk haplotypes have been described in celiac disease (CD), but the influence of native genes on CD in Hispanic Americans is unknown. The aim of the study was to measure the frequency of Amerindian ...
    • Autonomic nervous system activation mediates the increase in whole-body glucose uptake in response to ... 
      Benrick, Anna; Kokosar, Milana; Hu, Min; Larsson, Martin; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Marcondes, Rodrigo Rodrigues; Soligo, Marzia; Protto, Virginia; Jerlhag, Elisabet; Sazonova, Antonina; Behre, Carl Johan; Højlund, Kurt; Thorén, Peter; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet (FASEB, 2017)
      © FASEB A single bout of low-frequency electroacupuncture (EA) causing muscle contractions increases wholebody glucose uptake in insulin-resistant rats.We explored the underlyingmechanism of this finding andwhether it can ...
    • Recognition, tolerance and interculturality. A pending affair in a world of moral strangers Reconhecimento, ... 
      Villarroel, Raúl (Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud, 2017)
      © 2017, Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud. All rights reserved. The complexities of a current interest phenomenon such the unavoidable and increasing situation of coexistence between moral strangers, understood as a ...
    • Adolescents' access to contraception: Perceptions of health workers in Huechuraba, Chile Acceso a anticoncepción ... 
      Rojas Ramírez, Giovanna; Eguiguren Bravo, Pamela; Matamala Vivaldi, María Isabel; Palma Manríquez, Irma Ester; Gálvez Pérez, Thelma (Pan American Health Organization, 2017)
      Objective. Identify difficulties in adolescents' access to contraceptive care and information, based on perceptions and experiences of health workers in Huechuraba, in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. Methods. This ...
    • Effectiveness of autologous mononuclear cells implant in patients with chronic periodontitis Eficacia del ... 
      Borrego, Amparo Pérez; Ortueta, Zaida Teresa Ilisástigui; Ramírez, Porfirio Hernández; Delgado, Norma Fernández; Iglesias, Ana Iris González; Suárez, Tania González; Arrozarena, Odalis Salgado; Méndez, Andy Caballero; Ilisástigui, Alina López; Díaz, Rosa M.Lam; Val (Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de La Hab, 2015)
      Introduction: over the last years, in Cuba and other countries, encouraging results have been obtained in different medical specialties in the field of tissue regeneration by implanting stem cells; it has motivated us to ...
    • Clinical practice guidelines: Qualitative study of their implementation in the Chilean health system Guías ... 
      Herrera, Paloma; Fajreldin, Valentina; Rodríguez, María Francisca; Kraemer, Patricia; Mendoza, Carolina; Pineda, Ignacio; Burdiles, Pamela; Cornejo, Marco; Villanueva Maffei, Julio; Tohá, María Dolores; Carrasco Labra, Alonso (Pan American Health Organization, 2017)
      Objective. Characterize the implementation process, barriers, and facilitators of evidence-based recommendations in the context of developing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) generated by the Ministry of Health of Chile, ...
    • Approaches to empower the implementation of new tools to detect and prevent foodborne pathogens in food processing 
      Rivera, Dácil; Toledo, Viviana; Reyes-Jara, Angélica; Navarrete, Paola; Tamplin, Mark; Kimura, Bon; Wiedmann, Martin; Silva, Primal; Moreno Switt, Andrea I. (Academic Press, 2018)
      © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Foodborne pathogens cause an important public health burden, which is estimated in 600 million cases and more than 400,000 deaths, globally every year. The most susceptible populations, such as children ...
    • Massive Chondroblastoma of the Talus: Treatment With En Bloc Talectomy and Tibiocalcaneal Arthrodesis: ... 
      Bahamonde Muñoz, Luis; Escudero Heldt, Mario (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017)
      © 2016, © 2016 The Author(s). Chondroblastomas are benign bone tumors that are usually located at epiphyseal regions of long bones, and are rarely located at the talus. The usual treatment consists of curettage and filling ...
    • The peroxyl radical-induced oxidation of Escherichia coli FtsZ and its single tryptophan mutant (Y222W) ... 
      Escobar-Álvarez, Elizabeth; Leinisch, Fabian; Araya, Gissela; Monasterio Opazo, Octavio; Lorentzen, Lasse G.; Silva, Eduardo; Davies, Michael J.; López Alarcón, Camilo (Elsevier Inc., 2017)
      © 2017 Elsevier Inc. FtsZ (filamenting temperature-sensitive mutant Z) is a key protein in bacteria cell division. The wild-type Escherichia coli FtsZ sequence (FtsZwt) contains three tyrosine (Tyr, Y) and sixteen methionine ...
    • Genetic Variants of Cytochrome CYP2D6 in Two Mixed Chilean Populations 
      Acuña, Mónica; Pinto, Eric; Olivares, Paulina; Ríos, Carolina (S. Karger AG, 2017)
      © 2017 S. Karger AG, Basel. Objectives: It is known that the interindividual and interethnic variability of the genetic polymorphisms of CYP2D6 plays an important role in the presentation of adverse drug reactions and ...
    • Spanish adaptation and validation of the outcome questionnaire OQ-30.2 
      Errázuriz, Paula; Opazo, Sebastián; Behn, Alex; Silva, Oscar; Gloger, Sergio (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2017)
      © 2017 Errázuriz, Opazo, Behn, Silva and Gloger. This study assessed the psychometric properties of a Spanish version of the Shortened Outcome Questionnaire (OQ-30.2, Lambert et al., 2004) validated with a sample of 546 ...
    • Using global and regional Species Distribution Models (SDM) to infer the invasive stage of latrodectus ... 
      Taucare Ríos, Andrés; Bizama, Gustavo; Bustamante Araya, Ramiro (Entomological Society of America, 2016)
      © The Authors 2016. The brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841, is a large spider of the family Theridiidae that belongs to a genus of medical interest owing to its potent neurotoxic venom, which ...
    • Violence and tactics in the processes of women's integration into copper mining in Chile Violencia y táctica ... 
      Angelcos Gutiérrez, Nicolás; Ísola Sánchez, Enzo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, 2017)
      This paper attempts to understand the women's integration experience to the great copper mining in Chile. In doing so, we analyzed eight life stories of female workers from the Chuquicamata Division of the State-owned ...
    • Global gene expression analysis provides insight into local adaptation to geothermal streams in tadpoles ... 
      Pastenes, Luis; Valdivieso, Camilo; Di Genova, Alex; Travisany, Dante; Hart, Andrew; Montecino, Martín; Orellana, Ariel; Gonzalez, Mauricio; Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.; Allende Connelly, Miguel; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; Méndez, Marco A. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017)
      © 2017 The Author(s). The anuran Rhinella spinulosa is distributed along the Andes Range at altitudes that undergo wide daily and seasonal variation in temperature. One of the populations inhabits geothermal streams, a ...