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    • The Presence and Duration of Overweight Are Associated with Low-Grade Inflammation in Prepubertal Chilean Children 
      Costa, Mage; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela (Mary Ann Liebert, 2016)
      Background: Overweight is associated with low-grade inflammation, but it is under debate whether the effect of fat mass accumulation is acute or chronic. We aimed to study the association of overweight duration with low-grade ...
    • Quantitative analysis of ruminal bacterial populations involved in lipid metabolism in dairy cows fed ... 
      Vargas-Bello-Pérez, Einar; Cancino Padilla, N.; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Garnsworthy, P. C. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2016)
      Vegetable oils are used to increase energy density of dairy cow diets, although they can provoke changes in rumen bacteria populations and have repercussions on the biohydrogenation process. The aim of this study was to ...
    • Glucocorticoid resistance in chronic diseases 
      Rodriguez, Juan; Monsalves Álvarez, Matías; Henriquez, Sandra; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Troncoso Cotal, Rodrigo (Elsevier Science, 2016-11)
      Glucocorticoids are involved in several responses triggered by a variety of environmental and physiological stimuli. These hormones have a wide-range of regulatory effects in organisms. Synthetic glucocorticoids are ...
    • Mini Nutritional Assessment short-form: Validation in five Latin American cities. SABE study 
      Lera Marques, Lydia; Sánchez, H.; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (Springer, 2016)
      To validate the short-form of the MNA (MNA-SF) and the cut-off point of 31 cm for calf circumference (CC) in older people in Latin America. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 5,722 community-dwelling older ...
    • Calcium sensing receptor activation increases triglyceride accumulation in HepG2 cells 
      Villarroel, Pía; Espessailles, Amanda D.; Arrese, Marco; Cifuentes, Mariana (Wiley, 2016)
    • A Bayesian semi-parametric approach to the ordinal calibration problem 
      Casanova, María Paz; Orellana Zapata, Yasna (Taylor & Francis, 2016)
      We introduce a semi-parametric Bayesian approach based on skewed Dirichlet processes priors for location parameters in the ordinal calibration problem. This approach allows the modeling of asymmetrical error distributions. ...
    • Ultra-processed foods and added sugars in the Chilean diet (2010) 
      Cediel, Gustavo; Reyes Jedlicki, Marcela; Da Costa Louzada, María Laura; Martínez Steele, Euridice; Monteiro, Carlos A.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (PubMed, 2017)
      Objective: To assess the consumption of ultra-processed foods and analyse its association with the content of added sugars in the Chilean diet. Design: Cross-sectional study of national dietary data obtained through 24 ...
    • Prevention of childhood obesity and food policies in Latin America: from research to practice 
      Pérez Escamilla, R.; Lutter, C. K.; Rabadan‐Diehl, C.; Rubinstein, A.; Calvillo, A.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Batis, C.; Jacoby, E.; Vorkoper, S.; Kline, L.; Ewart‐Pierce, E.; Rivera, J. A. (Wiley, 2017)
      Background: Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of multisectoral, evidence‐based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy lifestyles. Objective: Identify and examine key elements ...
    • Nutrition status of children in Latin America 
      Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Jones-Smith, J.; Lutter, C. K.; Miranda, J. J.; Pedraza, L. S.; Popkin, B. M.; Ramírez Zea, M.; Salvo, D.; Stein, A. D. (Wiley, 2017)
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity is rapidly increasing among Latin American children, posing challenges for current healthcare systems and increasing the risk for a wide range of diseases. To understand the factors ...
    • Genetic Variation of Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Action Is Associated With Age at Testicular Growth in Boys 
      Busch, Alexander S.; Hagen, Casper P.; Main, Katharina M.; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Almstrup, Kristian; Mericq, Verónica; Juul, Anders (Oxford Academic, 2017)
      Context: Although genetic factors play a pivotal role in male pubertal timing, genome-wide association studies have identified only a few loci. Genetic variation of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) action affects adult ...
    • Early BMI Gain and Later Height Growth Predicts Higher DHEAS Concentrations in 7-Year-Old Chilean Children 
      Mericq, Verónica; Pereira Scalabrino, Ana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila (Karger, 2017)
      Background: Accelerated weight and height gain in infancy have been associated with premature adrenarche. However, the exact tempo of these events remains undefined. Thus, our goal was to assess the relationship between ...
    • Reply to AT Wijayabahu 
      Gaskins, Audrey J.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Michels, Karin B. (The American Society for Nutrition, 2017)
    • The use and interpretation of anthropometric measures in cancer epidemiology: A perspective from the world ... 
      Bandera, Elisa; Fay, Stephanie; Giovannucci, Edward; Leitzmann, Michael; Marklew, Rachel; McTiernan, Anne; Mullee, Amy; Romieu, Isabelle; Thune, Inger; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Wiseman, Martin (Wiley Blackwell, 2016)
      Anthropometric measures relating to body size, weight and composition are increasingly being associated with cancer risk and progression. Whilst practical in epidemiologic research, where population-level associations with ...
    • The bioleaching potential of a bacterial consortium 
      Latorre Mora, Mauricio; Cortés Burgos, María Paz; Travisany, Dante; Di Genova, Alex; Budinich Abarca, Marko; Reyes Jara, Angélica; Hödar Quiroga, Christian; González Canales, Mauricio; Parada, Pilar; Bobadilla Fazzini, Roberto; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Maass Sepúlveda, Alejandro (Elsevier, 2016)
      This work presents the molecular foundation of a consortium of five efficient bacteria strains isolated from copper mines currently used in state of the art industrial-scale biotechnology. The strains Acidithiobacillus ...
    • Supplementation with antioxidant-rich extra virgin olive oil prevents hepatic oxidative stress and reduction ... 
      Rincón Cervera, Miguel Ángel; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; Hernández Rodas, María Catalina; Marambio, Macarena; Espinosa Escalona, Alejandra; Mayer, Susana; Romero Palacios, Nalda; Barrera Ramírez, Cynthia; Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos; Videla Cabrera, Luis (Elsevier, 2016)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of dietary supplementation with extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) in mice on the reduction of desaturase and antioxidant enzymatic activities in liver, concomitantly ...
    • Relationship between sleep duration and obesity in Chilean elderly 
      Durán Aguero, Samuel; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo (2016)
      Nocturnal sleep patterns maybe a contributing factor for the epidemic of obesity. Epidemiologic and experimental studies have reported that sleep restriction is an independent risk factor for weight gain and obesity, but ...
    • Update on the Clinical, Radiographic, and Neurobehavioral Manifestations in FXTAS and FMR1 Premutation Carriers 
      Hall, Deborah A.; Robertson, Erin; Shelton, Annie L.; Losh, Molly C.; Mila, Montserrat; Granell Moreno, Esther; Gómez Anson, Beatriz; Martínez Cerdeno, Verónica; Grigsby, Jim; Lozano, Reymundo; Hagerman, Randi; Santa María Vásquez, Lorena Ivette; Berry Kravis, Elizabeth; O'Keefe, Joan A. (2016)
      Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by a repeat expansion in the fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) gene. The disorder is characterized by kinetic tremor ...
    • Calcium sensing receptor effects in adipocytes and liver cells: Implications for an adipose-hepatic crosstalk 
      Villarroel, Pía; Mattar, Pamela; D'Espessailles Tapia, Amanda; Arrese, Marco; Arreguin, Andrea; Fuentes, Cecilia; Reyes, Marcela; Cifuentes, Mariana (2016)
      The calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) is expressed in human adipose cells, and its activation may associate with adipose tissue (AT) dysfunction. We evaluated whether CaSR stimulation influences adipocyte triglyceride (TG) ...
    • First Report of Vibrio tubiashii Associated with a Massive Larval Mortality Event in a Commercial Hatchery ... 
      Rojas, Rodrigo; Miranda, Claudio D.; Santander, Javier; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (2016)
      The VPAP30 strain was isolated as the highly predominant bacteria from an episode of massive larval mortality occurring in a commercial culture of the Chilean scallop Argopecten purpuratus. The main aims of this study were, ...
    • Increased methylation of tumor suppressor genes p16, MLH1 and MGMT in elderly with high serum folate concentrations 
      Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Sánchez, Hugo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Hossain, Molfammad Bakhtiar; Broberg, Karin; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Llanos Silva, Miguel (2016)