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    • Flores, Marcos; Reyes García, Luis; Ortiz Viedma, Jaime Alejandro; Romero Palacios, Nalda Marcela; Vilcanqui Chura, Yesica Luz; Rogel, Cristian; Echeverría, Javier; Forero Doria, Óscar (MDPI, 2021)
      Avocado oil is considered a highly prized food due to its nutritional contribution. On the other hand, Aristotelia chilensis (Molina) Stuntz (Elaeocarpaceae), common name “maqui”, is an endemic fruit in Chile, well known ...
    • López Salas, Lucía; Cea, Inés; Borrás Linares, Isabel; Emanuelli, Tatiana; Robert Canales, Paz Soledad; Segura Carretero, Antonio; Lozano Sánchez, Jesús (MDPI, 2021)
      Phenolic compounds present in extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) could be retained in its byproducts during processing. Among them, hydroxytyrosol and its derivatives deserve special attention due to their health benefits ...
    • Arias Carrasco, Raúl Rubén; Giddaluru, Jeevan; Cardozo, Lucas E.; Martins Moraes, Felipe; Maracaja Coutinho, Vinicius; Nakaya, Helder I. (Sociedad de Biología de Chile, 2021)
      The current COVID-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 3.7 million victims and it will cause more deaths in the coming months. Tools that track the number and locations of cases are critical for surveillance and help ...
    • López Crisosto, Camila Paz; Díaz Vegas, Alexis; Castro, Pablo F.; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Bravo Sagua, Roberto Francisco; Lavandero González, Sergio Alejandro (SpringerNature, 2021)
      Subcellular organelles communicate with each other to regulate function and coordinate responses to changing cellular conditions. The physical-functional coupling of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) with mitochondria allows ...
    • Fernández, Carolina; Torrealba, Natalia; Altamirano, Francisco; Garrido Moreno, Valeria Soraya; Vásquez Trincado, César; Flores Vergara, Raúl Alejandro; López Crisosto, Camila; Ocaranza, María Paz; Chiong Lay, Mario Martin; Pedrozo Cibils, Zully Rocío Evangelina; Lavandero González, Sergio (Public Library Science, 2021)
      Cardiac hypertrophy is the result of responses to various physiological or pathological stimuli. Recently, we showed that polycystin-1 participates in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy elicited by pressure overload and mechanical ...
    • Bolaños, Karen; Sánchez Navarro, Macarena; Tapia Arellano, Andreas; Giralt, Ernest; Kogan, Marcelo Javier; Araya, Eyleen (MDPI, 2021)
      Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) have been shown to be outstanding tools for drug delivery and biomedical applications, mainly owing to their colloidal stability, surface chemistry, and photothermal properties. The biocompatibility ...
    • Pilaquinga, Fernanda; Morey, Jeroni; Fernández, Lenys; Espinoza Montero, Patricio; Moncada Basualto, Mauricio Javier; Pozo Martínez, Josué Santiago; Olea Azar, Claudio Alberto; Bosch, Rafael; Meneses, Lorena; Debut, Alexis; Piña, María de las Nieves (Dove Medical, 2021)
      Purpose: The importance of studying polyphenolic compounds as natural antioxidants has encouraged the search for new methods of analysis that are quick and simple. The synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using plant ...
    • Pérez Arancibia, Rodrigo Nicolás; Ordóñez, José Luis; Rivas, Alexis; Pihán, Philippe; Sagredo, Alfredo; Ahumada, Ulises; Barriga, Andrés; Seguel, Ivette; Cárdenas, César; Vidal, René L.; Hetz Flores, Claudio Andres; Delporte Vergara, Carla Luz (Public Library Science, 2021)
      Accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain is a common hallmark of most age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Previous studies from our group identified the presence of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds ...
    • Fernández Galleguillos, Carlos; Quesada Romero, Luisa; Puerta, Adrián; Padrón, José M.; Souza, Ernane; Romero Parra, Javier Hernán; Simirgiotis, Mario J. (MDPI, 2021)
      Gaultheria pumila (Ericaceae) (known as Chaura or Mutilla) is a Chilean native small shrub that produces berry fruits consumed by local Mapuche people. In this study, the chemical fingerprinting and antioxidant, enzyme ...
    • Lizama, Catherine; Romero Parra, Javier Hernán; Andrade, Daniel; Riveros, Felipe; Bórquez, Jorge; Ahmed, Shakeel; Venegas Salas, Luis; Cabalín, Carolina; Simirgiotis, Mario J. (MDPI, 2021)
      Haloarchaea are extreme halophilic microorganisms belonging to the domain Archaea, phylum Euryarchaeota, and are producers of interesting antioxidant carotenoid compounds. In this study, four new strains of Haloarcula sp., ...
    • Sánchez, Sofía V.; Navarro Martínez, Nicolás Matías; Catalán Figueroa, Johanna; Morales Montecinos, Javier Octavio (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common reasons for antibiotic treatment. Nevertheless, uropathogens are steadily becoming resistant to currently available therapies. In this context, nanotechnology emerges ...
    • Guarnizo Herrero, Víctor; Torrado Salmeron, Carlos; Torres Pabón, Norma; Torrado Durán, Guillermo; Morales, Javier; Torrado-Santiago, Santiago (MDPI, 2021)
      This study investigated the combination of different proportions of cationic chitosan and anionic carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) for the development of polyelectrolyte complexes to be used as a carrier in a sustained-release ...
    • Acevedo del Castillo, Ángel; Águila Toledo, Ernesto; Maldonado Magnere, Santiago Ignacio; Aguilar Bolados, Héctor Esteban (MDPI, 2021)
      This paper revises the use of polymer nanocomposites to attenuate high-energy electromagnetic radiation (HE-EMR), such as gamma radiation. As known, high-energy radiation produces drastic damage not only in facilities or ...
    • Quezada, Nelva T.; Salas Ortiz, Sebastiana F.; Peralta, Francisco A.; Aguayo Abarca, Felipe Ignacio; Morgado Gallardo, Katherine P.; Mac-Rae, Catherine A.; Fiedler Temer, Jenny Lucy; Aliaga, Esteban E. (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental alteration characterized by social/communicative deficits, repetitive/stereotyped movements, and restricted/obsessive interests. However, there is not much information ...
    • Tejos Bravo, Macarena Verónica Monserrat; Oakley, Robert H.; Whirledge, Shannon D.; Corrales Ibáñez, Wladimir Antonio; Silva, Juan Pablo; García Rojo, Gonzalo Javier; Toledo, Jorge; Sánchez, Wendy; Román Albasini, Luciano Paolo; Aliaga, Esteban; Aguayo Abarca, Felipe Ignacio; Olave Olave, Felipe Antonio; Maracaja Coutinho, Vinicius; Cidlowski b, John A.; Fiedler Temer, Jenny Lucy (Elsevier, 2021)
      Sex differences in the brain have prompted many researchers to investigate the underlying molecular actors, such as the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). This nuclear receptor controls gene expression, including microRNAs ...
    • Quintrel Curinao, Marianela Verónica; Jilberto, Felipe; Sepúlveda, Matías; Marín Sánchez, María Elisa; Véliz Baeza, David Enrique; Araneda Tolosa, Cristian; Larraín Barth, María Angélica (MDPI, 2021)
      DNA-based methods using informative markers such as single nucleotide polymorphism (SNPs) are suitable for reliable species identification (SI) needed to enforce compliance with seafood labelling regulations (EU No.1379/2013). ...
    • Luo, Yuxuan; Jiang, Nan; May, Herman I.; Luo, Xiang; Ferdous, Anwerul; Schiattarella, Gabriele G.; Chen, Guihao; Li, Qinfeng; Li, Chao; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Jiang, Dingsheng; Lavandero González, Sergio Alejandro; Gillette, Thomas G.; Hill, Joseph A. (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021)
      Background: Cardiac hypertrophy is an independent risk factor for heart failure, a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally. The calcineurin/NFAT (nuclear factor of activated T cells) pathway and the MAPK ...
    • Yoplac, Ives; Vargas, Luis; Robert Canales, Paz Soledad; Hidalgo, Alyssa (Elsevier, 2021)
      Aim of this work was to evaluate the antimicrobial activity and physical characteristics of citral microencapsulated with dextrin (Dx) by spray drying. The encapsulation was optimized using response surface methodology ...
    • Allende, Patricio; Orera, Alodia; Laguna Bercero, Miguel A.; Valenzuela, María Luisa; Díaz, Carlos; Barrientos, Lorena (Elsevier, 2021)
      The insight into the mechanism of the unprecedented formation of pure anatase TiO2 from the macromolecular (Chitosan)center dot(TiOSO4)(n) precursor has been investigated using micro Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron ...
    • Zúñiga López, María Carolina; Maturana, Gabriela; Campmajó, Guillem; Saurina, Javier; Núñez, Óscar (MDPI, 2021)
      Consumers' interest in foods that are nutritionally balanced and with health benefits has increased. The food industry is paying attention to the use of the ancestral seed Salvia hispanica L., commonly known as chia. At ...