Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions

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    • Candida infective endocarditis: An observational cohort study with a focus on therapy 
      Arnold, Christopher J.; Johnson, Melissa; Bayer, Arnold S.; Bradley, Suzanne; Giannitsioti, Efthymia; Miró, José M.; Tornos, Pilar; Tattevin, Pierre; Strahilevitz, Jacob; Spelman, Denis; Athan, Eugene; Nacinovich, Francisco; Fortes, Claudio Q.; Lamas, Cristiane; Barsic (American Society for Microbiology, 2015)
      Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. Candida infective endocarditis is a rare disease with a high mortality rate. Our understanding of this infection is derived from case series, case reports, and small ...
    • Alcohol consumption patterns and genotypes determining alcohol tolerance in chilean university students ... 
      Silva, Constanza P.; Flores, Sergio V. (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved.Background: Alleles involved in inefficient (ADH1B2*2 and ALDH2*2) or efficient (SNP6, ADH4 gene) alcohol metabolism may influence the risk of alcoholism. Alcoholism ...
    • Qualitative impact of a training program on depressive disorders for primary care physicians Impacto de una ... 
      Huepe Ortega, Gabriela; Cárcamo Q., Marcelo; Acuña R., Julia; Botto Valle, Alberto; Jiménez, Juan Pablo (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015, Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: There are suggestions that, despite training efforts for Primary Health Care physicians, difficulties in making accurate diagnoses and timely treatments ...
    • Psychometric properties of the diabetes mellitus 2 treatment adherence scale version iii (Eatdm-III) adapted ... 
      Urzúa M., Alfonso; Cabrera R., Carlos; González V., Christofer; Arenas, Pablo; Guzmán G., Mónica; Caqueo Urízar, Alejandra; Villalobos P., Alfonso; Irarrázaval, Matías (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: The Diabetes Mellitus 2 treatment adherence scale version III (EATDM-III) was devised in Costa Rica. Its seven factors are family support, community ...
    • Mechanism of potassium ion uptake by the Na 
      Castillo, Juan P.; Rui, Huan; Basilio, Daniel; Das, Avisek; Roux, Benoît; Latorre, Ramón; Bezanilla, Francisco; Holmgren, Miguel (Nature Publishing Group, 2015)
      © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. The Na<sup>+</sup>/K<sup>+</sup>-ATPase restores sodium (Na<sup>+</sup>) and potassium (K<sup>+</sup>) electrochemical ...
    • ER-to-mitochondria miscommunication and metabolic diseases 
      López Crisosto, Camila; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Rodríguez Peña, Marcelo; Mera, Claudia; Castro, Pablo F.; Quest, Andrew F. G.; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Cifuentes, Mariana; Lavandero González, Sergio (Elsevier, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier B.V.. Eukaryotic cells contain a variety of subcellular organelles, each of which performs unique tasks. Thus follows that in order to coordinate these different intracellular functions, a highly dynamic ...
    • Exogenous interleukin-33 targets myeloid-derived suppressor cells and generates periphery-induced Foxp3+ ... 
      Gajardo, Tania; Morales, Rodrigo A.; Campos Mora, Mauricio; Campos Acuña, Javier; Pino Lagos, Karina (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2015)
      © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Interleukin-33 (IL-33) has been a focus of study because of its variety of functions shaping CD4+ T-cell biology. In the present work, we evaluated the modulatory effect of IL-33 on suppressor ...
    • Risk factors for the presentation of undesired behaviours in sport horses in Chile Factores de riesgo para ... 
      Navarrete, D.; Hamilton-West Miranda, Christopher; Stephens, N.; Weber, C.; Tadich Gallo, Tamara (Universidad Austral de Chile, 2015)
      Behaviour alterations are considered as cause and symptom of poor animal welfare. Generally they have been associated to suboptimal husbandry practices and intrinsic factors of horses. The aim of this study was to indentify ...
    • Multidimensional ultrasound and computed tomography imaging support in bleeding plexiform neurofibromatosis ... 
      Wortsman, Ximena; Lobos, Nelson; De La Parra, Rodrigo; Carreno, Laura (Medknow Publications, 2015)
      Active bleeding in plexiform neurofibromatosis can be a life-threatening complication in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The prompt imaging support of 2D-3D ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) during the active ...
    • Community associated-methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (SAMR-AC): Comunication of the first four ... 
      Ávila, Mirta Acuña; Benadof, Dona; Jadue, Carla; Hormazábal, Juan C.; Alarcón, Pedro; Espinoza Contreras, Julio César; Torres, Ramón; Mülchi, Cristóbal; Aguayo, Carolina; Fernández, Jorge; Araya, Pamela (Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2015)
      © 2015, Rev Chilena Infectol. All right reserved.Staphylococcus aureus is a known pathogen in pediatric patients that produces skin infections, cutaneous abscess, cellulitis and osteoarticular infections. Most of these ...
    • Influence of bullying on the quality of life perception of Chilean students Bullying y calidad de vida ... 
      Hidalgo-Rasmussen, Carlos; Molina, Temístocles; Molina, Ramiro; Sepúlveda, Rodrigo; Martínez, Vania; Montaño, Rosa; González, Electra; George, Myriam (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All rights reserved. Background: Bullying has a negative impact on the perception of adolescents of their quality of life. Aim: To analyze the association between being bullied and health ...
    • Validity of an instrument for assessing food consumption, food habits and cooking skills in 8-11 years old ... 
      Lera Marques, Lydia; Fretes Centurión, Gabriela; González, Carmen Gloria; Salinas, Judith; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2015)
      © 2015 Grupo Aula Medica S.A. All rights reserved. Introduction: An instrument to measure food knowledge, food consumption, cooking skills, food habits and food expenses at school is necessary to assess changes in food ...
    • ER proteostasis addiction in cancer biology: Novel concepts 
      Dufey, Estefanie; Urra, Hery; Hetz Flores, Claudio (Academic Press, 2015)
      © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is generated by various physiological and pathological conditions that induce an accumulation of misfolded proteins in its lumen. ER stress activates the unfolded ...
    • Pathophysiological Approaches of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Novel Bases for Study of Lung Injury 
      Castillo, R. L.; Carrasco Loza, R.; Romero-Dapueto, C. (Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2015)
      © Castillo et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. Experimental approaches have been implemented to research the lung damage related-mechanism. These models show in animals pathophysiological events for acute respiratory distress ...
    • Evidence that Melanocortin Receptor Agonist Melanotan-II Synergistically Augments the Ability of Naltrexone ... 
      Navarro, Montserrat; Carvajal, Francisca; Lerma Cabrera, José Manuel; Cubero, Inmaculada; Picker, Mitchell J.; Thiele, Todd E. (Blackwell, 2015)
      Background—The non-selective opioid receptor antagonist, naltrexone (NAL), reduces alcohol (ethanol) consumption in animals and humans and is an approved medication for treating alcohol abuse disorders. Proopiomelanocortin ...
    • Casein kinase-mediated phosphorylation of serine 839 is necessary for basolateral localization of the Ca 
      Cerda, Oscar; Cáceres, Mónica; Park, Kang Sik; Leiva Salcedo, Elías; Romero, Aníbal; Varela, Diego; Trimmer, James S.; Stutzin Schottlander, Andrés (Springer Verlag, 2015)
      © 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Transient receptor potential melastatin-like 4 (TRPM4) is a Ca<sup>2+</sup>-activated non-selective cation channel expressed in a wide range of human tissues. TRPM4 ...
    • Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury (VILI) in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS): Volutrauma and Molecular ... 
      Carrasco Loza, R.; Villamizar Rodríguez, G.; Medel Fernández, N. (Bentham Science Publishers B.V., 2015)
      © Carrasco Loza et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) is a clinical condition secondary to a variety of insults leading to a severe acute respiratory failure and high mortality in ...
    • ROS production via P2Y1-PKC-NOX2 is triggered by extracellular ATP after electrical stimulation of skeletal ... 
      Díaz Vegas, Alexis; Campos, Cristian A.; Contreras Ferrat, Ariel Eduardo; Casas, Mariana; Buvinic, Sonja; Jaimovich Pérez, Enrique; Espinosa, Alejandra (Public Library of Science, 2015)
      © 2015 Díaz-Vegas 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 ...
    • Assessment of adherence to antihypertensive therapy Prevalencia y determinantes de adherencia a terapia ... 
      Varleta, Paola; Akel, Carlos; Acevedo, Mónica; Salinas, Claudia; Pino, Javier; Opazo, Viviana; García, Ana; Echegoyen, Carolina; Rodríguez, Daniel; Gramusset, Lissette; León, Sandra; Cofré, Pedro; Hernández, Hilda; Neira, Patricia; Retamal, Raquel; Petit, Gloria; Moya, N (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All Rights Reserved.Background: Lack of adherence with medications is the main cause of antihypertensive treatment failure. Aim: To assess adherence to antihypertensive drugs and its ...
    • Global DNA methylation and homocysteine levels are lower in type 1 diabetes patients La metilación global ... 
      Arroyo-Jousse, Viviana; García-Díaz, Diego F.; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2015)
      © 2015 Sociedad Medica de Santiago. All Rights Reserved. Background: The worldwide rise in the incidence of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), and the concordance rate between monozygotic twins (50%), indicate a strong effect of the ...