Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Andean high-altitude ancestry does not protect from acute mountain sickness and altitude-induced arterial hypoxemia 
      Cabello, Gertrudis; Fariña, Emilio; Jeldres, Alejandro; Rimoldi, Stefano F.; Scherrer, Urs (Interciencia Association, 2017)
      It is thought that adaptive changes protect high-altitude populations against altitude-induced diseases, but information from well controlled studies is lacking. In a prospective, controlled study, we assessed the prevalence ...
    • Air pollution, PM2.5composition, source factors, and respiratory symptoms in asthmatic and nonasthmatic ... 
      Prieto-Parra, Laura; Yohannessen, Karla; Brea, Cecilia; Vidal, Daniella; Ubilla, Carlos A.; Ruiz-Rudolph, Pablo (Elsevier Ltd, 2017)
      © 2017 Elsevier Ltd The objective of this study was to determine the association of respiratory symptoms and medication use and exposure to various air pollutants, PM2.5components, and source factors in a panel of asthmatic ...
    • Racemic salsolinol and its enantiomers act as agonists of the µ-opioid receptor by activating the Gi ... 
      Berríos Cárcamo, Pablo; Quintanilla González, María Elena; Herrera-Marschitz Muller, Mario; Vasiliou, Vasilis; Zapata Torres, Gerald; Rivera Meza, Mario (Frontiers Media S.A., 2017)
      © 2017 Berríos-Cárcamo, Quintanilla, Herrera-Marschitz, Vasiliou, Zapata-Torres and Rivera-Meza. Background: Several studies have shown that the ethanol-derived metabolite salsolinol (SAL) can activate the mesolimbic system, ...
    • The Netrin-4/Neogenin-1 axis promotes neuroblastoma cell survival and migration 
      Villanueva, Andrea A.; Falcón, Paulina; Espinoza, Natalie; Solano, R. Luis; Milla, Luis A.; Hernandez-SanMiguel, Esther; Torres, Vicente A.; Sanchez-Gomez, Pilar; Palma, Verónica (Impact Journals LLC, 2017)
      Neogenin-1 (NEO1) is a transmembrane receptor involved in axonal guidance, angiogenesis, neuronal cell migration and cell death, during both embryonic development and adult homeostasis. It has been described as a dependence ...
    • Old age, science and power: Marginal notes to field development on age Vejez, ciencia y poder: Notas ... 
      Moya, Mario O.; Aguirre, Claudio; Mondaca, Carlos; Cea-Nettig, Ximena; Bustamante, Claudia (Interciencia Association, 2017)
      In recent years, social sciences and disciplines such as public health disclosed versions of Chilean aging as a neutral phenomenon, as a result of the modernization process of the State and health improvements in the ...
    • School mental health: Achievements of a mental health preventive intervention on first year Elementary ... 
      Leiva, Loreto; George, Myriam; Antivilo, Andrés; Squicciarini, Ana María; Simonsohn, Ariela; Vargas, Belén; Guzmán, Javier (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, 2015)
      Within the scope of the program "Habilidades para la Vida" (Skills for Life), we identified and evaluated children deemed as at-risk, who participated in the Program's preventive activities. We evaluated if they exhibited ...
    • The Paraguayan Rhinella toad venom: Implications in the traditional medicine and proliferation of breast ... 
      Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo; Gomez, Celeste Vega; Rojas de Arias, Antonieta; Burgos-Edwards, Alberto; Alfonso, Jorge; Rolon, Miriam; Brusquetti, Francisco; Netto, Flavia; Urra, Félix A.; Cárdenas, César (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2017)
      © 2017 Elsevier Ireland Ltd Ethnopharmacological relevance Toads belonging to genus Rhinella are used in Paraguayan traditional medicine to treat cancer and skin infections. Aim of the study The objective of the study was ...
    • Intracerebral Stem Cell Administration Inhibits Relapse-like Alcohol Drinking in Rats 
      Israel Jacard, Yedy; Ezquer, Fernando; Quintanilla González, María Elena; Morales, Paola; Ezquer, Marcelo; Herrera-Marschitz Muller, Mario (2017)
      © The Author 2016. Medical Council on Alcohol and Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Study describes the blockade of relapse-like alcohol drinking by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). High alcohol-intake bred rats ...
    • Testosterone increases CCL-2 expression in visceral adipose tissue from obese women of reproductive age 
      Crisosto King, Nicolás; Flores, Cristián; Maliqueo Yevilao, Manuel; Echiburú López, Bárbara; Vásquez, Jaime; Maluenda, Fernando; Sir Petermann, Teresa (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2017)
      © 2017 Elsevier B.V. Context Hyperandrogenic states and obesity in women are associated with insulin-resistance. Androgens reduce glucose uptake in adipose cells and increase TNFα production in peripheral monocytes. ...
    • Antinociceptive interaction of gabapentin with minocycline in murine diabetic neuropathy 
      Miranda, H. F.; Sierralta, F.; Jorquera, V.; Poblete, P.; Prieto, J. C.; Noriega, V. (Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2017)
      © 2017, Springer International Publishing. Objective: Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is the most common complication of diabetes and pain is one of the main symptoms of diabetic neuropathy, however, currently available drugs are ...
    • Asynchronous ripple oscillations between left and right hippocampi during slow-wave sleep 
      Villalobos, Claudio; Maldonado Arbogast, Pedro; Valdés, José L. (Public Library of Science, 2017)
      © 2017 Villalobos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
    • Subungual keratoacanthoma. A case report Queratoacantoma subungueal. A propósito de un caso 
      Le Bert, A. Z.; Soto, D.; Vial, V.; Bentjerodt, R.; Wortsman, Ximena (Asociation Argentina de Dermatologia, 2015)
      Subungual keratoacanthoma is a rare and uncommon variant of keratoacanthoma. It shows a locally aggressive behavior, and spontaneous regression is infrequently. The tumour usually occurs on the fifth decade of male caucasian ...
    • Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors in Presumed Ocular Tuberculosis 
      Urzúa Salinas, Cristhian; Lantigua, Yrbani; Abuauad, Sergio; Liberman, Paulina; Berger, Osvaldo; Sabat Opazo, Pablo; Velásquez, Víctor; Castiglione, Enzo; Calonge, Margarita (Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2017)
      © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.Purpose: To characterize the clinical features in patients with presumed ocular tuberculosis (TB) and determine prognostic factors of visual outcomes and complications in this disease. ...
    • Statistical analysis plan of the head position in acute ischemic stroke trial pilot (HEADPOST pilot) 
      Olavarría, Verónica V.; Arima, Hisatomi; Anderson, Craig S.; Brunser, Alejandro; Muñoz Venturelli, Paula; Billot, Laurent; Lavados Germain, Pablo Manuel (SAGE Publications Inc., 2017)
      © 2016, © 2016 World Stroke Organization. Background: The HEADPOST Pilot is a proof-of-concept, open, prospective, multicenter, international, cluster randomized, phase IIb controlled trial, with masked outcome assessment. ...
    • Genomic predictions can accelerate selection for resistance against Piscirickettsia salmonis in Atlantic ... 
      Bangera, Rama; Correa, Katharina; Lhorente, Jean Paul; Figueroa, René; Yáñez López, José (BioMed Central Ltd., 2017)
      © 2017 The Author(s). Background: Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome (SRS) caused by Piscirickettsia salmonis is a major disease affecting the Chilean salmon industry. Genomic selection (GS) is a method wherein genome-wide markers ...
    • Effect of aliskiren on angiogenesis in chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay Efecto del Aliskireno ... 
      De La Fuente, Espinoza Raúl; Rosas, Carlos C.; Fuenzalida, B. Marcela; Rodríguez, B. Héctor; Roa, Ignacio; Lemus, A. David (Universidad de la Frontera, 2016)
      © 2016, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved. SUMMARY: Angiogenesis is the formation of new blood vessels from pre-existing ones. Antiangiogenic effect of angiotensin receptor blockers has been reported, however, ...
    • "cheating" in order to survive: On the Significance of Depression Treatment in Primary Health Care "hacer ... 
      Vergara, Gonzalo Andrade (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, 2015)
      In Chile, the treatment of depression in public health care is guaranteed by law. Nevertheless, the real performance of treatments as actually provided to patients and the way in which health care teams in charge of their ...
    • Evidence-based guides in tracheostomy use in critical patients Guías basadas en la evidencia para el uso ... 
      Raimondi, N.; Vial, M. R.; Calleja, J.; Quintero, A.; Cortés Alban, A.; Celis, E.; Pacheco, C.; Ugarte, S.; Añón, J. M.; Hernández G., Nieves; Vidal, E.; Chiappero, G.; Ríos, F.; Castilleja, F.; Matos, A.; Rodriguez, E.; Antoniazzi, P.; Teles, J. M.; Dueñas, C.; Sinclair, J.; Martí (Ediciones Doyma, S.L., 2017)
      © 2017 Elsevier España, S.L.U. y SEMICYUCObjectives Provide evidence based guidelines for tracheostomy in critically ill adult patients and identify areas needing further research. Methods A task force composed of ...
    • Histone H4 Methyltransferase Suv420h2 Maintains Fidelity of Osteoblast Differentiation 
      Khani, Farzaneh; Thaler, Roman; Paradise, Christopher R.; Deyle, David R.; Kruijthof-de Julio, Marianne; Galindo, Mario A.; Gordon, Jonathan A.; Stein, Gary S.; Dudakovic, Amel; van Wijnen, Andre J. (Wiley-Liss Inc., 2017)
      © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Osteogenic lineage commitment and progression is controlled by multiple signaling pathways (e.g., WNT, BMP, FGF) that converge on bone-related transcription factors. Access of osteogenic ...
    • Stem cells in human cranio-maxillo-facial reconstruction Utilización de células troncales en reconstrucción ... 
      Alister, Juan Pablo; Jara Uribe, Francisca, 1987-; Alister, Francisco; Fariña, Rodrigo; Olate, Sergio (Universidad de la Frontera, 2016)
      © 2016, Universidad de la Frontera. All rights reserved. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the evidence regarding the use of reconstructive techniques in the craniofacial area associated with the use of stem cells ...