Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2014)In order to describe the dynamic behavior of a complex biological system, it is useful to combine models integrating processes at different levels and with temporal dependencies. Such combinations are necessary for modeling ...
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(Informa Healthcare, 2014)During the past years, buccal drug delivery has attracted the attention of researchers looking for alternative delivery routes of administration. As an alternative to oral drug delivery, the buccal mucosal route avoids the ...
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(Grupo Aula Medica S.A., 2014)The incidence of atopic diseases such as asthma, atopic dermatitis and food allergies has increased exponentially in recent decades. Although atopic diseases have a clear genetic basis, environmental factors such as the ...
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(Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2014)Scope: Dietary n-3 long-chain PUFAs (n-3 LCPUFAs) supplementation was studied in an HFD-induced (HFD is high-fat diet) steatosis and inflammation in relation to peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPAR-α) and ...
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(Company of Biologists Ltd, 2014)Rab5 is a small GTPase that regulates early endosome trafficking and other cellular processes, including cell adhesion and migration. Specifically, Rab5 promotes Rac1 activation and cancer cell migration, but little is ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2014)The current genetic makeup of Latin America has been shaped by a history of extensive admixture between Africans, Europeans and Native Americans, a process taking place within the context of extensive geographic and social ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Cough is a natural reflex that protects respiratory airways against infections or mucus retention. Cough maintains an adequate cleaning of the airways and is a mainstay of respiratory therapy. It can be triggered voluntarily ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: Gastric cancer is one of the most lethal tumors in the Chilean population. Aim: To report the results of adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in advanced gastric cancer. Material and Methods: Review of medical records ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2014)Background: The frontal sinus is the most challenging area to address in endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Incomplete surgery or iatrogenic injury in the narrow space of the frontal recess with synechia formation can lead ...
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(Taylor and Francis Inc., 2014)U373MG cells constitutively express glutathione S-transferase mu 2 (GSTM2) and exhibit 3H-dopamine uptake, which is inhibited by 2 μM of nomifensine and 15 μM of estradiol. We generated a stable cell line (U373MGsiGST6) ...
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(Springer New York LLC, 2014)Background: A major long-term concern after gastric bypass (GBP) is the risk of osteoporosis; however, little is known about this complication in patients undergoing sleeve gastrectomy (SG). Objective: To evaluate changes ...
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(Expert Reviews Ltd., 2014)Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has emerged as an accepted indication for non-operable patients with severe symptomatic native aortic valve stenosis (AS) and as a reasonable alternative for high-risk surgical ...
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(Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd, 2013)Objectives: Although efficacious treatments for mood disorders are available in primary care, under-diagnosis is associated with under-treatment and poorer outcomes. This study compares the accuracy of self-administered ...
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(Interciencia Association, 2014)Currently, forests of Araucaria araucana in Chile are primarily used for non-timber purposes. From ancient times, their seeds (piñones) have been collected by people and are also consumed by domestic livestock. To evaluate ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia, 2014)Introduction: The population of immunocompromised patients has increased in recent decades. Many of these patients eventually present infectious complications including pneumonia, which is a diagnostic that must to be ...
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(Informa Healthcare, 2014)For years now, the delivery of small molecules through the buccal mucosal route has been described in the literature, but it has only been over the past decade that investigations into macromolecule delivery via the buccal ...
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(Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2014)Background: The clinical manifestations of endometriosis are infertility, dysmenorrhea, sexuality disturbances, and chronic pelvic pain. It is the cause of 30 to 50% of infertility cases. In developed countries, the ...
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(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2014)Objective: Effects of progressive substitution of dietary n-3 fatty acids (FA) for saturated FA (SAT) on modulating risk factors for atherosclerosis have not been fully defined. Our previous reports demonstrate that SAT ...
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(Universidad de la Frontera, 2014)Malathion is an organophosphorous insecticide, used worldwide for pest and disease control; however, it could also affect the reproductive patterns of several species. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of ...
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(Universidad de la Frontera, 2014)During embryonic development, cells in many tissues differ according to the positional information that is set by the concentration of morphogen gradients. These are signaling molecules that are secreted in a restricted ...
