Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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Hormetic responses of thyroid hormone calorigenesis in the liver: Association with oxidative stress (2010)Thyroid hormone (L-3,3',5-triiodothyronine, T3) exerts calorigenic effects by accelerating mitochondrial O2 consumption through transcriptional activation of respiratory genes, with consequent increased reactive oxygen ...
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(2010)Aim: This study explored how Chilean immigrant women living in Sweden perceived and related their life situations and health status during midlife to their migration experiences. Method: Three focus group discussions (FGDs) ...
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(Springer New York, 2010)The double-strand break (DSB) DNA repair pathway has been implicated in breast cancer (BC). RAD51 and its paralogs XRCC3 and RAD51D play an important role in the repair of DSB through homologous recombination (HR). Some ...
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(2010)The pathways leading to male germ cell apoptosis in vivo are poorly understood, but are highly relevant for the comprehension of sperm production regulation by the testis. In this work, we show the evidence of a mechanism ...
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(Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2010)Senda Darwin Biological Station (SDBS) is a field research center immersed in the rural landscape of northern Chiloé island (42° S), where remnant patches of the original evergreen forests coexist with open pastures, ...
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(2010)Every day more adolescents begin consuming drugs and at increasingly younger ages. Due to social stigma and criminal sanctions, studies on illicit drugs (ID) require methodologies that reduce underreporting. To identify ...
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(2010)Salmonella Gallinarum is a pathogen with a host range specific to poultry, while Salmonella Enteritidis is a broad host range pathogen that colonizes poultry sub-clinically but is a leading cause of gastrointestinal ...
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(2010)This study was conducted to determine the types of M. pneumoniae prevalent in adults presenting with community-acquired pneumonia during an epidemic period, and to scrutinize a variable region of the RepMP4 element for the ...
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(2010)Based on association and sequencing studies, investigators have postulated muscle segment homeobox 1 (MSX1) as a strong candidate gene involved in the causation of nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP). ...
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(2010)Background: HAART rollout in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased from approximately 210,000 in 2003 to 390,000 patients in 2007, covering 62% (51%-70%) of eligible patients, with considerable variation among ...
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(2010)Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) is a wide host range serovar belonging to the S. enterica genus. Worldwide, it is one of the most frequent causes of food borne disease. Similar to S. Typhimurium, ...
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(Universidad de la Frontera, 2009)At present it is not clear if male fertility is affected by intermittent hypobaric hypoxia (IHH). This is an important issue since a large human population works over 3000 masl. This study analyzes epididymal sperm, in ...
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(2010)Breast cancer is a common disease estimated to occur in 1 in 9 women over their lifetime. Epidemiological research has identified a number of risk factors for breast cancer. Racial and ethnic differences in breast cancer ...
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(Academic Press Inc., 2010)The molecules and networks involved in the process of acquisition and maintenance of the form of a mature neuron are not completely known. Using a misexpression screen we identified the gene hindsight as a gene involved ...
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(2010)Background: Transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound can demonstrate dynamic information. We aimed to evaluate whether TCD generates useful additional information in the emergency room after a multimodal stroke imaging ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2010)Background: Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that occurs during a specific period of women's lifetime: Puerperium. The prevalence of PPD ranges from 8% to 30%, and a three-fold increase is seen in emerging ...
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(2010)Health research oriented to solve the most relevant sanitary problems in Chile must be encouraged. In 2001, the National Health Research Fund (FONIS) was created by the National Research Council of the Ministry of Health ...
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(2010)Objectives: To investigate the association between the presence of a genetic island inserted within the sapABCDF operon of Salmonella Typhi and the susceptibility to antimicrobial peptides. Methods: Genetics and bioinformatics ...
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(Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile, 2010)Introduction: Capnothorax is a rare complication of urologic laparoscopy. However with the increasing use of this technique in a variety of urological procedures, this rare complication is a potential risk. Material and ...
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(2010)Endocannabinoids are the endogenous ligands for the cannabinoid receptors type 1 and 2. These membrane receptors are responsible for the psychotropic effects of Cannabis Sativa, when bound to its active component known ...
