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    • Araya, Magdalena; Oyarzún, Amaya; Lucero Álvarez, Yalda; Espinosa, Nelly; Pérez Bravo, Francisco (MDPI AG, 2015)
      HLA-linked genes are relevant to celiac disease (CD); the potential genetic differences present worldwide are not fully understood. Previous results suggest that the distribution of HLA-DQ2/DQ7/DQ8 in Chile may differ from ...
    • Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Hödar Quiroga, Christian; Travisany, Dante; Zúñiga, Alejandro; Domínguez, Calixto; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro; González Canales, Mauricio; Cambiazo Ayala, Verónica (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Piscirickettsiosis or Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS) is a bacterial disease that has a major economic impact on the Chilean salmon farming industry. Despite the fact that Piscirickettsia salmonis has ...
    • Rodríguez, Juan Manuel; Leiva Balich, Laura; Concha, M. J.; Mizón, C.; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Barrera Acevedo, Gladys; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Jiménez Jaime, Teresa; Henríquez, Sandra; Uribarri, Jaime; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Dietary intake of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) increases circulating and tissue levels of these substances, contributing to a state of increased oxidative stress and inflammation. A low dietary AGE intervention ...
    • Navarro, Elizabeth; Araya, Magdalena (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
      Remission of gastrointestinal and general symptoms after gluten withdrawal has been described in some non-celiac individuals for nearly 30 years. Only recently, efforts have been made to define this entity, now referred ...
    • Correa Burrows, Paulina; Burrows, Raquel; Orellana Zapata, Yasna; Ivanovic Marincovich, Daniza (Cambridge University Press, 2015)
      Objective: We examined the association between unhealthy snacking at school and academic outcomes in students from the Santiago Metropolitan Region (Chile). Design: Cross-sectional population-based study. Setting: ...
    • Uribarri, Jaime; Castillo, María Dolores del; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Filip, Rosana; Gugliucci, Alejandro; Luevano Contreras, Claudia; Macias Cervantes, Maciste; Markowicz Bastos, Deborah; Medrano, Alejandra; Menini, Teresita; Portero Otin, Manuel; Rojas, Armando; Rodrigues Sampaio, Geni; Wrobel, Kazimierz; Wrobel, Katarzyna; Garay Sevilla, Eugenia (American Society for Nutrition, 2015)
      Over the past 2 decades there has been increasing evidence supporting an important contribution from food-derived advanced glycation end products (AGEs) to the body pool of AGEs and therefore increased oxidative stress ...
    • Cruchet Muñoz, Sylvia; Furnes, Raquel; Maruy, Aldo; Hebel, Eduardo; Palacios, Jorge; Medina, Fernando; Ramírez, Nelson; Orsi, Marina; Rondon, Lysette; Sdepanian, Vera; Xochihua, Luis; Ybarra, Manuel; Zablah, Roberto Arturo (ADIS Int., 2015)
      Objective The stability and composition of intestinal flora plays a vital role in human wellbeing throughout life from as early as birth. Over the past 50 years, several studies have been conducted to evaluate the effect ...
    • Farfán, M.; Villalón, M. J.; Ortíz, M. E.; Nieto K, Susana; Bouchon, P. (Elsevier, 2015)
      Recent studies have shown that it should be possible to control lipid bioavailability through food structural approaches. Nevertheless, the gastrointestinal-tract physiological conditions must also be considered. To get ...
    • Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Quintanilla, Cristina; Burrows, Raquel; Blanco, Estela; Cifuentes, Mariana; Gahagan, Sheila (Wiley, 2015)
      Background: Obesity is associated with a mild chronic inflammatory response, which has been suggested to be pivotal in the development of cardiometabolic alterations of obesity. However, little is known about the involvement ...
    • Moreno, Lorena; Cano Cappellacci, Marcelo; Orellana Zapata, Yasna; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (NCBI, 2015)
      The main objectives of this study were to compare in 6-9 y Chilean low-income children, daily minutes of moderate/ vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and compliance of the guideline of 60 min of daily MVPA on weekdays versus ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Picrin, Yaisy; Hormazábal Gatica, María José; Quiero, Andrea; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Objetivos: Estimar y validar puntos de corte de índice de masa muscular esquelética (IMMAE) en adultos mayores chilenos, para el diagnóstico de sarcopenia Métodos: Estimación de puntos de corte para IMMAE determinados ...
    • Lera Marques, Lydia; Fretes Centurión, Gabriela; González González, Carmen; Salinas, Judith; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Introducción: Para medir cambios en prácticas alimentarias, se requieren instrumentos que midan conocimiento, consumo, habilidades culinarias, hábitos y gastos en alimentos en las escuelas. Objetivo: Validar un instrumento ...
    • Piñuñuri, Raúl; Mardones, Constanza; Valenzuela, Carina; Estay, Pamela; Llanos Silva, Miguel (Aula Médica Ediciones, 2015)
      Introducción: Las consecuencias de la exposición fetal a drogas de abuso en niños han sido estudiadas extensamente. El presente estudio pretende describir la realidad chilena en esta materia, caracterizando el crecimiento ...
    • Mariño, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Cea Nettig, Ximena; Fuentes García, Alejandra (Sage, 2015)
      Objective: The aim is to describe the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions that may affect the oral health and oral health self-care of independent living Chilean older adults. Method: In all, 4,766 residents ...
    • Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Background: The prevalence of obesity has increased at an alarming rate worldwide. Some studies have observed an association between iron (Fe) deficiency (ID) and obesity, however more research is needed. Objective: To ...
    • Andrews, Mónica; Soto, Néstor; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel (Elsevier, 2015)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the association between iron parameters and inflammation in obese individuals with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: We studied 132 obese individuals ...
    • Castro Sepúlveda, Mauricio; Cerda Kohler, Hugo; Pérez Luco, Cristian; Monsalves, Matías; Andrade, David Cristobal; Hermann, Zbinden Foncea; Báez San Martín, Eduardo; Ramírez Campillo, Rodrigo (AULA MEDICA EDICIONES, C/ISABEL COLBRAND, 2015)
      Introduction: Heart rate variability and resting metabolic rate are commonly to assess athlete's physiological status and energy requirements. Exercise-induced dehydration can reach up to 5% of body mass per hour. Consequently, ...
    • Peñailillo, Reyna; Guajardo, Angélica; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Public Library Science, 2015)
      In the placenta, 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11 beta-HSD2) limits fetal glucocorticoid exposure and its inhibition has been associated to low birth weight. Its expression, encoded by the HSD11B2 gene is ...
    • Katherin, García; Ramírez Araya, Sebastián; Díaz, Álvaro; Reyes Cerpa, Sebastián; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Higuera, Gastón; Higuera, Gastón; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (FRONTIERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 2015)
      Infectioussalmonanemiavirus(ISAV)hascausedgreatlossestotheChileansalmonindustry,andthesuccessofpreventionandtreatmentstrategiesisuncertain.TheuseofRNAinterference(RNAi)isapromisingapproachbecauseduringthereplicationcycle ...
    • Valladares, Macarena; Obregón, Ana María; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Burrows, Raquel; Patiño, Ana; Ho Urriola, Judith; Santos, José Luis (SENPE, 2015)
      Introducción: La leptina (LEP) se produce principalmente en el tejido adiposo y actúa en el hipotálamo regulando la ingesta energética. Mutaciones en el gen LEP o en su receptor (LEPR) que generen obesidad monogénica son ...