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    • Jaque Fernández, Francisco Ignacio; Jorquera, Gonzalo; Troc Gajardo, Jennifer; Pietri Rouxel, France; Gentil, Christel; Buvinic Radic, Sonja Milena; Allard, Bruno; Jaimovich Pérez, Enrique Zacarias; Jacquemond, Vincent; Casas Atala, Mariana Victoria (Rockefeller Univ Press, 2021)
      One of the most important functions of skeletal muscle is to respond to nerve stimuli by contracting. This function ensures body movement but also participates in other important physiological roles, like regulation of ...
    • Besoain Saldana, Álvaro; Agurto Flores, Gustavo Ignacio; Alarcón Muñoz, Tiare; Rebolledo Sanhueza, Jame (Revista de Saude Pública, 2022)
      OBJECTIVE: Identify gender gaps in the employment conditions, work and quality of life of informal sellers in Vega Central of Chile. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study with eighty workers, who answered modules ...
    • Hansell, Jeremy A.; Richter, Hans G.; Camm, Emily J.; Herrera Videla, Emilio Augusto; Blanco, Carlos E.; Villamor, Eduardo; Patey, Olga V.; Lock, Mitchell C.; Trafford, Andrew W.; Galli, Gina L. J.; Giussani, Dino A. (Wiley, 2021)
      Adopting an integrative approach, by combining studies of cardiovascular function with those at cellular and molecular levels, this study investigated whether maternal treatment with melatonin protects against programmed ...
    • Núñez Figueroa, Paulina Javiera; Quera Pino, Rodrigo Enrique; Flores, Lilian; Contreras, Luis (Aran Ediciones, 2021)
    • Urra Faúndez, Félix Ariel; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián Andrés; Palominos, Charlotte; Rodríguez Lucart, Yarcely A.; López Torres, Camila Alejandra; Araya Maturana, Ramiro Juan (Frontiers Media SA, 2021)
      The role of metabolism in tumor growth and chemoresistance has received considerable attention, however, the contribution of mitochondrial bioenergetics in migration, invasion, and metastasis is recently being understood. ...
    • Shkembi, Abas; Nambunmee, Kowit; Jindaphong, Siripond; Parra Giordano, Denisse Ruth; Yohannessen Vásquez, Karla; Ruiz Rudolph, Pablo Alejandro; Neitzel, Richard L.; Arain, Aubrey (MDPI, 2021)
      The informal recycling of electronic waste ( "e-waste ") is a lucrative business for workers in low- and middle-income countries across the globe. Workers dismantle e-waste to recover valuable materials that can be sold ...
    • Leao Ribeiro, Ivana; Gálvez González, Ximena; Lara Torres, Diego; Lorca, Luz Alejandra; Dixit, Snehil; Yáñez Benavides, Nicolás; Ortega González, Francisco (Hindawi, 2021)
      With treatment for breast cancer, women treated may present significant sensory abnormalities in the upper extremity. However, there are no conclusive studies that have evaluated pressure pain thresholds (PPT) in the ...
    • Berrios Cárcamo, Pablo; Quezada, Mauricio; Santapau, Daniela; Morales Retamales, Eugenia; Olivares, Belén; Ponce, Carolina; Ávila, Alba; Gregorio, Cristian de; Ezquer, Marcelo; Quintanilla González, María Elena; Herrera-Marschitz Muller, Mario; Israel Jacard, Yedy; Ezquer, Fernando (MDPI, 2022)
      An animal model of voluntary oral morphine consumption would allow for a pre-clinical evaluation of new treatments aimed at reducing opioid intake in humans. However, the main limitation of oral morphine consumption in ...
    • Córdova Delgado, Miguel Angel; Fuentes Retamal, Sebastián Andrés; Palominos, Charlotte; López Torres, Camila Alejandra; Guzmán Rivera, Daniela; Ramírez Rodríguez, Oney; Araya Maturana, Ramiro; Urra Faúndez, Félix Ariel (MDPI, 2021)
      Since breast cancer (BC) cells are dependent on mitochondrial bioenergetics for promoting proliferation, survival, and metastasis, mitochondria highlight as an important target for anticancer drug discovery. FRI-1, methyl ...
    • Valenzuela, Fernando; Fernández, Javier; Jiménez, Constanza; Cavagnola, Daniela; Mancilla, Juan Felipe; Astorga, Jessica; Hernández Ríos, Emma; Fernández, Alejandra (MDPI, 2021)
      : Psoriasis is a chronic immunoinflammatory skin disease. Although its diagnosis is clinical, differences in the appearance and severity of lesions pose a challenge for clinicians worldwide. The use of accessible biomarkers ...
    • Rojas, Claudio; Ewertz, Ernesto; Hormazábal, José Miguel (BMC, 2021)
      Background Failure of fixation (FF) in pubic symphysis diastasis (SD) ranges between 12 and 75%, though whether it influences functional outcomes is still debated. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of ...
    • Palma Behnke, Maria Alejandra; Rojas, Verónica; Ihl, Fernando; Ávila, Cristina; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Estuardo, Nivia; Castillo, Domingo (Elsevier, 2021)
      Background. The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in limited provision of palliative care and hospital teams have had to rise to the challenge of how to deliver care safely to people with palliative needs. ...
    • Klahn A., Patricia; Barraza O., Marlon; González M., Claudio; Hernández M., Rubén; Sandoval C., Alejandra (Soc. Chilena Infectología, 2021)
      Los antimicrobianos corresponden al grupo de medicamentos más utilizados en Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales; no obstante, su uso ha sido asociado a constantes errores de medicación en la práctica clínica. ...
    • Peñailillo, Johany; Palacios, Miriam; Mounieres, Constanza; Muñoz Videla, Rosana del Valle; Slater, Paula G.; Doménico, Elena de; Patrushev, Ilya; Gilchrist, Mike; Larraín, Juan (Nature, 2021)
      Xenopus laevis are able to regenerate the spinal cord during larvae stages through the activation of neural stem progenitor cells (NSPCs). Here we use high-resolution expression profiling to characterize the early ...
    • Núñez Figueroa, Paulina; Quera, Rodrigo; Rubin, David T. (Baishideng Publishing, 2022)
      Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disease that primarily affects the gastrointestinal tract and is characterized by periods of ...
    • Kremer, Daan; Riemersma, Niels L.; Groothof, Dion; Sotomayor Campos, Camilo; Eisenga, Michele F.; Post, Adrian; Knobbe, Tim J.; Touw, Daan J.; Bakker, Stephan J. L. (MDPI, 2022)
      The nephrotoxic effects of heavy metals have gained increasing scientific attention in the past years. Recent studies suggest that heavy metals, including cadmium, lead, and arsenic, are detrimental to kidney transplant ...
    • Macias Mendoza, Marlon; Montes Robledo, Alfredo; Arteta Acosta, Cindy; Baldiris Avila, Rosa; Coronell Rodríguez, Wilfrido (Elsevier, 2022)
      The bacterium Neisseria meningitidis, a strictly human pathogen, can cause meningitis, meningococcemia, sepsis, and death; repeatedly it scause outbreaks around the world. The frequency of asymptomatic carriage is often ...
    • Núñez Figueroa, Paulina; Castro, Fabiola; Mezzano, Gabriel; Quera, Rodrigo; Díaz, Diego; Castro, Lorena (Baishideng Publishing, 2022)
      Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with various hepatobiliary disorders. They can occur at any moment in the course of the disease or associated with the treatment. The prevalence of liver dysfunction can ...
    • Oróstica Arévalo, Maria Lorena; Astorga Leiva, Isis; Plaza Parrochia, Francisca; Poblete Rivas, Cristian; Carvajal Gavilán, Rodrigo; García Angulo, Víctor; Romero Osses, Carmen; Vega Blanco, María Margarita (MDPI, 2022)
      Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine/metabolic disorder associated with insulin resistance (IR) and obesity. Endometria from women with PCOS present failures in insulin action, glucose uptake and signaling of ...
    • Maldonado Maldonado, Edio; Morales Pisón, Sebastian; Urbina, Fabiola; Solari Illescas, Aldo (MDPI, 2022)
      Chagas disease is caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi and is endemic to Central and South America. However, it has spread around the world and affects several million people. Treatment with currently available drugs ...