Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2007)We report a 42 years old HIV negative male admitted for fever of unknown origin. Initial laboratory evaluation showed elevated hepatic transaminases and alkaline phosphatase and an hipodense hepatic imagen was visualized ...
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(2006)Variegate porphyria (VP) results from a hereditary deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPOX) that is transmitted in an autosomal dominan fashion. The diagnosis is based on the clinical symptoms and is confirmed ...
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(2007)During cell division, cessation of transcription is coupled with mitotic chromosome condensation. A fundamental biological question is how gene expression patterns are retained during mitosis to ensure the phenotype of ...
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(BioScientifica Ltd., 2007)Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) stimulates estradiol and progesterone release from ovarian granulosa cells in vitro. Very little information is available as to the role VIP plays in the control of steroid secretion ...
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(2007)This study examined the placentation in the degu, the origin of the extrasubplacental trophoblast (EST) (extravillous trophoblast in human), and the activity of Na+/K+ ATPase in the placental barrier during different ...
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Adrenarche in Prader-Willi syndrome appears not related to insulin sensitivity and serum adiponectin (2007)Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a genetic disorder characterized by dysmorphic features, obesity, hypogonadism, hypotonia and mental retardation. Obesity has been linked to insulin resistance and the latter has also been ...
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(2007)A number of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are characterized by abnormalities in the neuronal cytoskeleton. Here, we find that the enhancement in actin polymerization induced by ...
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(2006)This paper consists of a theoretical review and the construction, through analytic induction, of a model that establishes structural relations between leadership styles, the strategic decision-making process and efficacy ...
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(2007)Objective: Our aim was to study the fatty acid (FA) composition of liver phospholipids and its relation to that in erythrocyte membranes from patients with obese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), as an indication ...
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(2007)Rotavirus is the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis in children younger than 3 years of age worldwide. New rotavirus vaccine candidates were required to confer early protection against the most common rotavirus ...
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(1997)The kidney response to exogenous inducers is known to he different to the liver, but its response to endogenous factors is poorly known. The <ioxidation of palmitoil CoA catalized by the peroxisomes and the lanrir arid ...
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(2007)Liolaemus monticola is a mountain lizard species, with a widespread distribution from central Chile that displays several highly polymorphic chromosomal races. Our study determined the phylogeographic structuring and ...
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(2007)Lizard tail autotomy is considered an efficient anti-predator strategy that allows animals to escape from a predator attack. However, since the tail also is involved in many alternative functions, tailless animals must ...
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(2006)This paper reviews basic aspects of the knowledge society and establishes a relationship between the requirements arising in this society and strategic management. A theoretical discussion describes the main characteristics ...
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(2007)BACKGROUND: Neosaxitoxin is a phycotoxin that reversibly blocks the voltage-gated sodium channels at the neuronal level. Its activity results in blocking the axonal conduction, stopping the propagation of the nerve impulse. ...
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(2007)Objective: To evaluate the protein and messenger RNA expression of sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in endometria from women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Design: Case-control study. Setting: Hospital research ...
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(2007)The amount of DNA lesions repaired in G2 and also G2 timing are controlled by the DNA damage-dependent checkpoint. Down syndrome (DS) lymphocytes showed twice as much constitutive DNA damage in G2 than control ones, when ...
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(2007)Skeletal muscle is a highly plastic tissue with a remarkable capacity to adapt itself to challenges imposed by contractile activity. Adaptive response, that include hypertrophy and activation of oxidative mechanisms have ...
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(2006)Background:Even though studying Medicine and perceiving abuse seem to be two opposite situations, recent investigations in Chile and abroad find that this is a frequent and pervasive combination. These studies also report ...
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(2007)The cdk5/p35 complex has been implicated in a variety of functions related to brain development, including axonal outgrown and neuronal migration. In this study, by co-immunoprecipitation and pull-down experiments, we have ...
