Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2010)We determined whether postnatal pulmonary hypertension induced by 70% of pregnancy at high altitude (HA) persists once the offspring return to sea level and investigated pulmonary vascular mechanisms operating under these ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2010)Tumor resistance to traditional cancer treatments poses an important challenge to modern science. Thus, angiogenesis inhibition is an important emerging cancer treatment. Many drugs are tested and corticosteroids have shown ...
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(2010)The transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) proves to be useful to treat pathologies in which tissue damage is linked to oxidative stress (OS). The aim of our work was to evaluate whether primary human MSCs (hMSCs) ...
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(2010)Background: The infant mortality gradient by maternal education is a good indicator of the health impact of the social inequalities that prevail in Chile. Aim: To propose a systematic method of analysis, using simple ...
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(2010)Peliosis hepatis is a rare vascular condition of the liver characterized by the presence of cystic blood-fi lled cavities distributed randomly throughout the liver parenchyma. We report a 46 year old female, with dyspepsia. ...
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(2010)In order to increase awareness of the pandemic and to streamline control measures before any new outbreak of influenza we analyze the behavior of the cases of Chile and from 9 countries with more cases in 2009. Reproductive ...
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Serological markers of autoimmunity in pregnant women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A pilot study (2010)Background. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is highly prevalent in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Women with GDM have considerable risk for developing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Aim. To evaluate the ...
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(2010)Background: The recent and ongoing changes in the structure and social organization of medicine have deeply transformed medical practice. Aim: To study the perception of these changes by physicians, the impact of these ...
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(2010)The European project European and Latin American Systems of Ethics Regulation of Biomedical Research Project (EULABOR) has carried out the first comparative analysis of ethics regulation systems for biomedical research in ...
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(2010)Exposure to excess testosterone (T) during fetal life has a profound impact on the metabolic and reproductive functions in the female's postnatal life. However, less is known about the effects of excess testosterone in ...
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(2010)Ovogenesis and foliculogenesis in the mare differ from other farm animals and therefore, gamete manipulation, in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer have been very difficult. The histologic traits of ovaries from 12 ...
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(2010)Objectives: To characterize the seroepidemiological features of Pneumocystis jirovecii infection in healthy Chilean children using overlapping fragments (A, B, C) of the P. jirovecii major surface glycoprotein (Msg). ...
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(2010)HTLV-1 Tax expression exerts an inhibitory effect on the Foxp3 transcription factor in CD4 +CD25 + T-regulatory cells (Treg). For a better understanding of the role of Tax mRNA in the gene expression of cellular markers ...
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(2010)There is ample documentation supporting the fact that androgens are required for normal spermatogenesis. A minority of infertile men have abnormal testosterone blood levels or mild androgen receptor mutations. We investigated ...
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(2010)Objective The University of Washington Quality of Life (UW-QOL) questionnaire is one of the most widely used instruments to evaluate the quality of life of head and neck cancer patients. The aim of this study was to perform ...
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(2010)Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motoneuron degenerative disease characterized by the selective loss of motoneurons in the spinal ventral horn, most brainstem nuclei, and the cerebral ...
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(2010)In order to regenerate organs and functions has become known to the stem cells. Adult stem cells have the advantage that can be obtained from adult individuals without the ethical problems that brings the use of embryonic ...
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(2010)Necrosis is associated with an increase in plasma membrane permeability, cell swelling, and loss of membrane integrity with subsequent release of cytoplasmic constituents. Severe redox imbalance by overproduction of reactive ...
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(2010)Background: Chronic Hashimoto Thyroiditis (CHT) is the main cause of hypothyroidism. Aim: To report a series of patients with CHT. Material and Methods: Retrospective analysis of a series of 27 men aged 38 ± 14 years and ...
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(2010)Stress can be understood as a threat to psychological or physiological integrity of the individual. Stress has previously shown to alter morphology and function of diverse structures of the Central Nervous System related ...
