Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Analysis of organ donation for transplantation in Chile during 2017 El sinsabor que deja el mejor año en ... 
      González Fuenzalida, Fernando; González Cohens, Francisca (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2018)
      © 2018, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: In October 2016, television stations began a campaign to increase organ donation rates. During the months that followed, a sustained increase in donation ...
    • Inhibiting Pathogen Surface Adherence by Multilayer Polyelectrolyte Films Functionalized with Glucofuranose ... 
      Villalobos, Valeria; Leiva, Ángel; Ríos, Hernán E.; Pavez, Jorge; Silva, Carlos P.; Ahmar, Mohammed; Queneau, Yves; Blamey, J. M.; Chávez, Francisco P.; Urzúa Acevedo, Marcela (American Chemical Society, 2018)
      © 2018 American Chemical Society. Inhibiting pathogenic bacterial adherence on surfaces is an ongoing challenge to prevent the development of biofilms. Multilayer polyelectrolyte films are feasible antibacterial materials. ...
    • Macroglossia, the first manifestation of systemic amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma: case report 
      Maturana Ramírez, Andrea; Ortega Pinto, Ana Verónica; Labbé, F. C.; de Moraes, E.; Aitken Saavedra, Juan (Elsevier, 2018)
      Amyloidosis is a group of diseases characterized by an irreversible and extracellular deposition of fibrillar, amorphous protein known as amyloid in different organs and tissues. Amyloid deposits may occur locally in ...
    • Preventive medicine of von Hippel-Lindau disease-associated pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors 
      Krauss, Tobias; Ferrara, Alfonso Massimiliano; Links, Thera P.; Wellner, Ulrich; Bancos, Irina; Kvachenyuk, Andrey; De Las Heras, Karina Villar Gómez; Yukina, Marina Y.; Petrov, Roman; Bullivant, Garrett; Von Duecker, Laura; Jadhav, Swati; Ploeckinger, Ursula; Welin, (BioScientifica Ltd., 2018)
      © 2018 Society for Endocrinology Published by Bioscientifica Ltd. Printed in Great Britain. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs) are rare in von Hippel-Lindau disease (VHL) but cause serious morbidity and mortality. ...
    • Maternal androgen excess and obesity induce sexually dimorphic anxiety-like behavior in the offspring 
      Manti, Maria; Fornes, Romina; Qi, Xiaojuan; Folmerz, Elin; Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén; De Castro Barbosa, Thais; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Benrick, Anna; Stener-Victorin, Elisabet (FASEB, 2018)
      © 2018 FASEB. All rights reserved. Maternal polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition associated with hyperandrogenism, is suggested to increase anxiety-like behavior in the offspring. Because PCOS is closely linked ...
    • Characteristics, management and response to alteplase in China versus non-China participants of the ENCHANTED trial 
      Song, Lily; Wang, Xia; Robinson, Thompson; Lindley, Richard I.; Arima, Hisatomi; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel; Chen, Xiaoying; Chalmers, John; Anderson, Craig S.; Anderson, Craig S. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2017)
      © 2017 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved. Background The characteristics of patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) and their management vary across regions, which may influence outcomes. We examined for ...
    • First Latin American clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus: Latin ... 
      Pons-Estel, Bernardo A.; Bonfa, Eloisa; Soriano, Enrique R.; Cardiel, Mario H.; Izcovich, Ariel; Popoff, Federico; Criniti, Juan M.; Vásquez, Gloria; Massardo, Loreto; Duarte, Margarita; Barile-Fabris, Leonor A.; García, Mercedes A.; Amigo, Mary Carmen; Espada, Gracie (BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
      © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a complex and heterogeneous autoimmune ...
    • Impact of residential combustion and transport emissions on air pollution in Santiago during winter 
      Mazzeo, Andrea; Huneeus Lagos, Nicolás; Ordoñez, César; Orfanoz Cheuquelaf, Andrea Paz; Menut, Laurent; Mailler, Sylvan; Valari, Myrto; Denier van der Gon, Hugo; Gallardo, Laura; Muñoz, Ricardo; Donoso, Rodrigo; Galleguillos, Maurico; Osses, Mauricio; Tolvett, Sebastian (Elsevier Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Santiago (33.5°S, 70.5°W), the capital of Chile, is frequently affected by extreme air pollution events during wintertime deteriorating air quality (AQ) and thus affecting the health of its population. ...
    • Autonomic imbalance in cardiac surgery: A potential determinant of the failure in remote ischemic preconditioning 
      Gajardo, Abraham I.J.; Karachon, Lukas; Bustamante, Pablo; Repullo, Pablo; Llancaqueo, Marcelo; Sánchez, Gina; Rodrigo Salinas, Ramón (Churchill Livingstone, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) is a cardioprotective strategy against myocardial damage by ischemia-reperfusion. Many in-vivo and ex-vivo animal researches have demonstrated that RIPC decreases ...
    • Psychological, clinical, and therapeutic predictors of the outcome of detoxification in a large clinical ... 
      Bottiroli, Sara; Allena, Marta; Sances, Grazia; De Icco, Roberto; Avenali, Micol; Fadic, Ricardo; Katsarava, Zaza; Lainez, Miguel J.A.; Goicochea, Maria Teresa; Bendtsen, Lars; Jensen, Rigmor Højland; Nappi, Giuseppe; Tassorelli, Cristina; Jensen, Rigmor Højland (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2018)
      © 2018, International Headache Society 2018.Aim: To identify factors that may be predictors of the outcome of a detoxification treatment in medication-overuse headache. Methods: Consecutive patients entering a detoxification ...
    • First report of the distribution of Locus of Adhesion and Autoaggregation (LAA) pathogenicity island in ... 
      Colello, Rocío; Vélez, María Victoria; González, Juliana; Montero, David A.; Bustamante, Ana V.; Del Canto, Felipe; Etcheverría, Analía I.; Vidal, Roberto; Padola, Nora Lía (Academic Press, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are important foodborne pathogens that can cause severe disease. The ability to adhere to epithelial cells is an important virulence trait and pathogenicity ...
    • Mitochondria and calcium regulation as basis of neurodegeneration associated with aging 
      Müller, Marioly; Ahumada-Castro, Ulises; Sanhueza, Mario; González Billault, Christian; Court, Felipe A.; Cárdenas, César (Frontiers Media S.A., 2018)
      © 2018 Müller, Ahumada-Castro, Sanhueza, Gonzalez-Billault, Court and Cárdenas.Age is the main risk factor for the onset of neurodegenerative diseases. A decline of mitochondrial function has been observed in several ...
    • Economic benefits of treating medication-overuse headache – results from the multicenter COMOESTAS project 
      Jellestad, Pernille Linde; Carlsen, Louise Ninett; Westergaard, Maria Lurenda; Munksgaard, Signe Bruun; Bendtsen, Lars; Lainez, Miguel; Fadic, Ricardo; Katsarava, Zaza; Goicochea, Maria Teresa; Spadafora, Santiago; Jensen, Rigmor Højland; Nappi, Giuseppe; Tassorelli, (SAGE, 2018)
      Background: Medication-overuse headache is a costly disease for individuals and society. Objective: To estimate the impact of medication-overuse headache treatment on direct and indirect headache-related health care ...
    • Generation of monoclonal antibodies against 17α-hydroxyprogesterone for newborn screening of congenital ... 
      Morejón García, Greilys; García de la Rosa, Iria; González Reyes, Ernesto C.; Rubio Torres, Anett; Quintana Guerra, Joel M.; Hernández Marín, Milenén; Pérez Mora, Pedro L.; Feal Carballo, Sadys; Lafita Delfino, Yesdiley; Pupo Infante, Maylín; Castells Martínez, Eli (Elsevier B.V., 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the deficiency of one of the five enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of corticosteroids. The most common form of the ...
    • Differential infectivity of two Trypanosoma cruzi strains in placental cells and tissue 
      Medina, Lisvaneth; Castillo, Christian; Liempi, Ana; Herbach, Mathias; Cabrera, Gonzalo; Valenzuela, Lucía; Galanti Garrone, Norbel; de los Angeles Curto, María; Schijman, Alejandro G.; Kemmerling Weis, Ulrike (Elsevier B.V., 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Congenital Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), has become epidemiologically relevant. The probability of congenital transmission depends on the maternal and developing fetal/newborn ...
    • Urinary inorganic arsenic concentration and gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women from Arica, Chile 
      Muñoz, María Pía; Valdés, Macarena; Muñoz-Quezada, María Teresa; Lucero, Boris; Rubilar, Paola; Pino, Paulina; Iglesias, Verónica (MDPI AG, 2018)
      © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Introduction: The association of total arsenic exposure with impaired glucose tolerance and gestational diabetes has been shown; however, evidence regarding urinary ...
    • Development and characterization of 22 polymorphic microsatellites of the Andean frog Telmatobius chusmisensis ... 
      Fabres, Alejandra; Fibla, Pablo; Araya, Carolina; Sallaberry Ayerza, Michel; Méndez, Marco A. (Springer Netherlands, 2018)
      © 2018, Springer Nature B.V. The genus Telmatobius Wiegmann, 1834 is composed of a wide variety of species and is one of the most diverse native components of the high-altitude Andean environments. The species of the genus ...
    • Transitando de embrión a feto: la metamorfosis de los cordados 
      Smok, Carolina; Roa, Ignacio; Prieto, Ruth; Rojas, Mariana (Universidad de la Frontera, 2018)
      Durante el período del desarrollo conocido como prefetal, el embrión cambia sus características ictiomórficas comunes a todos los vertebrados y adquiere gradualmente las formas propias de la especie que representa. Durante ...
    • Gender pluralism and sexual diversity in the Chilean television Pluralismo de género y diversidad sexual ... 
      Bravo, María Cecilia; Amigo Latorre, Bernardo; Baeza, Andrea; Cabello, Cristian (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2018)
      © 2018 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. All rights reserved. This paper collects the results of a research conductedfortheChileanNationalTelevision Council on respect for gender equity and diversity in Chilean ...
    • Influence of a self-regulated cognitive dual task on time to failure and complexity of submaximal isometric ... 
      Cruz-Montecinos, Carlos; Calatayud, Joaquín; Iturriaga, Carolina; Bustos, Claudio; Mena, Benjamín; España-Romero, Vanesa; Carpes, Felipe P. (Springer Verlag, 2018)
      © 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Purpose: To determine the effects of performing a self-regulated cognitive dual task on time to failure and neuromuscular force control during submaximal ...