Repositorio Académico de la Universidad de Chile: Recent submissions
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(2010)We have examined the effects of a siRNA targeting the Egr-1, alone or in combination with the breast cancer therapeutic camptothecin (Cpt), in suppressing breast cancer cell survival and anchorage-independent growth in the ...
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Ethical conduct in research involving human beings in Brazil: Diagnosis of Research Ethics Committee (2009)Objective: Diagnose ethical conduct in research involving human beings in Brazil and the last 10 years of activity by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Health Department - Federal District - CEP/SES/DF. Methods: ...
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(John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2010)Objective. To evaluate the beneficial effect of antimalarial treatment on lupus survival in a large, multiethnic, international longitudinal inception cohort. Methods. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, clinical ...
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(2003)Bruxism as a parafunctional activity consist in teeth clenching and grinding beyond the normal wear functions. It has multifactorial etiology, matched by stress, sleep disorders or parasomnia factors. There are several ...
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(2010)Mesocestodes corti has the capacity to develop from the tetrathyridium (larva) stage to adult worm in vitro by trypsin and serum stimulation. Consequently, it has been used as an experimental model system for studying ...
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(2009)Objective. Borderline personality disorder is a severe mental disorder, whereas previous studies suggest executive functions may be impaired. The aim of this study was to evaluate executive planning in a sample of 85 ...
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(S. Karger AG, 2010)Background: The incidence of intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) in Hispanics is high, especially of non-lobar ICH. Our aim was to ascertain prospectively the incidence of first-ever spontaneous ICH (SICH) stratified by ...
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(Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecologia, 2009)Background: Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is the result of anomalies that prevent the normal development of the fetus, it is present in about the 5% of births. Objectives: To estimate the frequency of FGR in the Clinical ...
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(Society of Biology of Chile, 2004)Leptin, the product of the ob gene, has been proposed as a metabolic signal that regulates the secretion of GnRH/LH. This may be critical during prepubertal development to synchronize information about energy stores and ...
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(2010)Background: There is a correlation between aging and the decrease of plasma levels of vitamin B-12. Aim: To determine the prevalence of vitamin B-12 and folate deficiency and its hematological impact among older adults ...
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(2010)In cyclosporine-based protocols, everolimus is more effective than azathioprine to reduce acute rejection. Ketoconazole may reduce cyclosporine and everolimus requirements. We compared kidney transplant patients treated ...
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(2010)Renal grafts suffer a progressive decrease in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) because of several factors including calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) nephrotoxicity. Switching CNIs to sirolimus may improve this adverse prognosis. ...
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(2009)Cikutovic, Marcos, Nelson Fuentes, and Eduardo Bustos-Obregón. Effect of intermittent hypoxia on the reproduction of rats exposed to high altitude in the Chilean Altiplano. High Alt. Med. Biol. 10:357-363, 2009.- Environmental ...
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(2010)Background: CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells (Treg) play an essential role in immune tolerance, suppressing responses against self-antigens. Additionally, Treg play an important role in maintaining immunosuppression to ...
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(2009)Background: Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) has a high mortality rate among older people. To increase its treatment efficiency, the Chilean Ministry of Health elaborated a clinical management guideline for CAP. Aim: To ...
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(2010)Syndecans, a family of heparan sulphate proteoglycans that are present in the cell surface are involved in the control of cell proliferation, apoptosis and transformation. Syndecans 1 and 2 have a central role in processes ...
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(2009)Celiac disease (CD), with a 1% world-wide prevalence, is an enteropathy caused by an autoimmune reaction to gluten in genetically susceptible individuals, that codify for histocompatibility molecules HLA DQ-2/DQ-8. From ...
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(2009)To determine the content of total iron (TFe) and heme iron (HeFe) in major cuts of meat and principal viscera of bovine origin. 55Fe (30 mCi) was injected into two 4-month-old calves. Triplicate samples of the 12 basic ...
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(2010)Objectives: To test the hypothesis that an inverse association exists between socio-economic position and all-cause mortality in a developing country in Latin America. Study design: Prospective cohort study carried out in ...
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(Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2004)Bufo spinulosus has a wide and fragmented distribution range in Chile (18° to 33° S) along altitudinal and latitudinal gradients. Genetic variation was estimated using RAPD (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) markers in 10 ...
