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    • Aguirre, C. A.; Castillo, V. A.; Llanos Silva, Miguel (Nature Publishing, 2015)
      Type 1 cannabinoid receptors (CB1R) modulate energy balance; thus, their premature activation may result in altered physiology of tissues involved in such a function. Activation of CB1R mainly occurs after binding to the ...
    • Jerkic, Mirjana; Rivas Elena, Juan V.; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; Prieto, Marta; Rodríguez Barbero, Alicia; Pérez Barriocanal, Fernando; Pericacho, Miguel; Arévalo, Miguel; Vary, Calvin P.H.; Letarte, Michelle; Bernabeu, Carmelo; López Novoa, José M. (LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 2006-08-04)
      The endoglin heterozygous (Eng(+/-)) mouse, which serves as a model of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), was shown to express reduced levels of endothelial NO synthase (eNOS) with impaired activity. Because of ...
    • Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Salazar, G.; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Vásquez, L.; Díaz Bustos, Erik (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2006-09)
      Objective: To evaluate energy balance and physical activity in obese preschool children attending day-care centres. Design: Cross-sectional study. Subjects: Twenty-four 3-5 years old obese children selected at random ...
    • Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Rodríguez, María P.; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Anziani, María A.; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Coward, Williams (Aula Médica, 2015)
      Introduction: the doubly labelled water (DLW) method has an accuracy of 1% and within-subject precision of 5-8%, depending on subject’s age and environments issues. Energy intake assessment is prone to errors (>15- 20%) ...
    • Piñuñuri Flores, Raúl; Castaño Moreno, Erika; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María (Elsevier, 2020)
      Introduction: Folates are essential nutrients for fetal development and pregnancy outcomes; they are transported to the fetus during gestation through specific folate transporters located in the placenta. In preterm newborns, ...
    • Lázaro, Henry; Puente Díaz, Luis; Zúñiga, María C.; Muñoz, Loreto A. (Elsevier, 2018)
    • Canales, Paulina; Araya, Magdalena; Alliende G., Francisco; Hunter, Bessie; Alarcón Orellana, Teresa; Chávez S., Eduardo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-03)
      Background: Ample use of serological markets of high sensitivity and specificity led to relevant changes in the epidemiology of celiac disease. The impact of these changes in our country is poorly known. Aim: To assess the ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Romo M., Marcela; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Cerda Rioseco, Ricardo; González P., Rosa; Giadalah Astudillo, Francisco Antonio; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-11)
      Background: The Chilean Ministry of Health has developed a health promotion program called "Vida Chile" whose aim is to target risk factors for chronic diseases. To achieve this, school-based initiatives in nutrition and ...
    • 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 ...
    • Lorca Herrera, Eduardo; Garmendia Miguel, MarÍa Luisa; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Sandoval, Verónica; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD., 2016)
      Chronic renal disease (CRD) in its pre-dialysis stage is an important risk factor for mortality among adults. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of CRD on mortality among consultants in Chilean public primary ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Concha, Fernando; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Lobos, Luz; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (2010)
      Background: In 2007, a preventive strategy for childhood obesity, that included food education and an increase in physical activity, was implemented in seven public schools located in Santiago. In four of these schools, a ...
    • Tapia S., Alexis; Araya, Magdalena (2006)
      The frequency of Crohn disease shows a significant increase in the last century. Affected patients show a misbalance between production of free radicals and anti oxidant defenses. Thus, one of the increasingly accepted ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Boggiano, Carolina; Herrera, Tomás; Pérez, Yanet; Gattas, Vivien; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-11)
      Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGBP) has had a positive impact on co-morbidities associated with obesity. However, in the long-term it can induce micronutrient deficiencies. Aim: To perform a complete nutritional assessment ...
    • Salinas, Judith; Muñoz, Carolina; Albagli, Andrea; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (Universidad de Chile, 2014)
      Background: Health promotion in Chile is essential, considering its current epidemiologic status where chronic diseases are predominant. Aim: To report the evaluation of an on-line Diploma in health promotion for Primary ...
    • Mellado Peña, Fernanda; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Arán Ediciones, 2020)
      Introducción: el programa chileno Vida Sana (PVS) busca disminuir los factores de riesgo de enfermedades crónicas en sujetos con sobrepeso/ obesidad entre 2 y 64 años de edad. Objetivo: evaluar los resultados del PVS ...
    • O'Shea, Iván P.; Shahed, Mohammed; Aguilera Venegas, Benjamín; Wilkinson, Shane R. (Amer Soc Microbiology, 2016)
      The growth-inhibitory properties of a 5-nitrothiazole series were evaluated against Trypanosoma brucei. A subset of related compounds displayed the greatest potency toward the parasite while exhibiting little cytotoxic ...
    • Dillman Carpentier, Francesca R.; Correa, Teresa; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Smith Taillie, Lindsey (Cambridge University Press, 2020)
      Objective: To evaluate the effects of Chile's 2016 regulation restricting child-directed marketing of products high in energy, saturated fats, sodium and sugars on reducing children's exposure to 'high-in' television food ...
    • Gironés Vilaplana, Amadeo; Baenas, Nieves; Villaño, Débora; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; García Viguera, Cristina; Moreno, Diego A. (Elsevier, 2014)
      This work aimed to provide a thorough description of the polyphenolic composition of five Latin-American fruits of increasing interest, which have certain anti-diabetic effects (ac¸aı´, maqui, Cape gooseberry, papaya and ...
    • Mujica, Verónica; Leiva, Elba; Icaza, Gloria; Díaz, Nora; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Moore Carrasco, Rodrigo; Orrego, Roxana; Vásquez, Marcela; Palomo, Iván (BIOMED CENTRAL LTD, 2008-05-15)
      Objective-: Insulin resistance (IR) is an important risk factor for type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM2) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Metabolic Syndrome (MS) is a clustering of metabolic alterations associated to IR; however, ...
    • Aguirre, C. A.; Salazar, G. D.; Lopez de Romaña, D. V.; Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Natura Publishing Group, 2015)
      BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the validity of body fatness estimations based on skinfolds and bioelectrical iImpedance analyses (BIA) measurements compared to a three-component model (3C model) ...