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    • Cáceres, Mónica; Tobar, Nicolás; Guerrero, Javier; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez, Jorge (WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 2008-02-15)
      In this study, we demonstrated that tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR and the autocrine expression of uPA and HB-EGF depend on the activity of c-jun amino-terminal kinase (JNK) in human prostatic DU-145 cells. These cells ...
    • Mao, Meng; Yu, Tao; Xiong, Ying; Wang, Zhiling; Liu, Hanmin; Gotteland, Martín; Brunser, Oscar (H E C PRESS, HEALTHY EATING CLUB PTY LTD, 2008)
      Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Uribarri, Jaime; Olivares, Daniela; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María Gladys; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (MARY ANN LIEBERT INC, 2008-12)
      Background: Tissue accumulation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) is associated with ageing, both in diabetics and nondiabetic subjects. Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess immunostaining for AGEs, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Bravo, A.; Leiva Balich, Laura; Gattas, Vivien; Barrera Acevedo, María; Petermann, M.; Garrido, F.; Uribarri, Jaime; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Hirsch Birn, Sandra (SERDI EDITION, 2008-03)
    • Koletzko, Berthold; Lien, Eric; Agostoni, Carlo; Boehles, Hansjosef; Campoy, Cristina; Cetin, Irene; Decsi, Tamas; Dudenhausen, Joachim W.; Dupont, Cristophe; Forsyth, Stewart; Hoesli, Irene; Holzgreve, Wolfgang; Lapillonne, Alexandre; Putet, Guy; Secher, Niels J.; Symonds, Mike; Szajewska, Hania; Willatts, Peter; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (WALTER DE GRUYTER & CO, 2008)
      This paper reviews current knowledge on the role of the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6), in maternal and term infant nutrition as ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Leyton Dinamarca, Bárbara; Cerda Rioseco, Ricardo; Olivares Cortés, Sonia; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-01)
      Background: With the aim of contributing to be Healthy Goal 2010 of reducing significantly the prevalence of childhood obestiy, we developed and implemented during 2003 and 2004, a school-based obesity prevention intervention ...
    • Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Pinardi Testa, Gianni; Montequin, María José; Leiva Balich, Laura; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE, 2008-12)
      Background: Endothelial dysfunction is a key process in atherosclerosis. Hypomethylation is one of the postulated mechanisms involved in atherogenesis and is mainly secondary to a decrease in essential factors such as, ...
    • Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Guerrero Bosagna, Carlos; Maza Cave, María Pía de la; Leiva Balich, Laura; Barrera Acevedo, María; Llanos Silva, Miguel; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Silva, Francisca; Bunout Barnett, Daniel (ELSEVIER, 2008-12)
      Objective: We assessed the impact of high serum folate concentration oil erythrocyte S-adenosylmethionine (SAM), S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) concentrations, SAM/SAH ratio, CpG methylation levels across the promoter region ...
    • Vásquez Vergara, Fabián; Andrade Santibáñez, Ana; Rodríguez, M. del Pilar; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición, 2008-09)
      El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar los cambios en el consumo de energía y macronutrientes de niños (as) obesos y eutróficos, asistentes a jardines infantiles JUNJI de la zona oriente de Santiago, como producto de ...
    • Velásquez R., Marcia; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Vio del Río, Fernando Tomás; Díaz Z., Nora; Anziani, Alyerina (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-04)
      Validated equations to measure body composition in Chilean preschool children are lacking, since the only international equation available was developed in obese, and undernourished caucasian children. Due to the increase ...
    • Gotteland, Martín; Andrews, Mónica; Toledo Cumplido, Marcela; Muñoz, Loreto; Cáceres, Paola; Anziani, Alyerina; Wittig Rovira, Emma; Speisky Cosoy, Hernán; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela (ELSEVIER, 2008-05)
      Objective: Probiotics and cranberry have been shown to inhibit Helicobacter pylori in vitro owing to bacteriocin production and high levels of proanthocyanidins, iespectively. These effects have been confirmed in clinical ...
    • González Canales, Mauricio; Reyes Jara, Angélica; Suazo Romo, Miriam; Jo, William J.; Vulpe, Chris (AMER SOC CLINICAL NUTRITION, 2008-09-01)
      Copper is an essential micronutrient for all biological systems. Multiple proteins require one or more atoms of copper for proper structure and function, but excess of copper is toxic. To prevent the consequences of copper ...
    • González Escalona, Narjol; Martínez Urtaza, Jaime; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Espejo Torres, Romilio; Jaykus, Lee-Ann; De Paola, Angelo (AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY, 2008-04)
      Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an important human pathogen whose transmission is associated with the consumption of contaminated seafood. There is a growing public health concern due to the emergence of a pandemic strain causing ...
    • Godard M., Claude; Rodríguez N., María del Pilar; Díaz, Nora; Lera Marques, Lydia; Salazar Rodríguez, Gabriela; Burrows, Raquel (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-09)
      Background: An appropriate measurement of physical activity (PA) in children is useful, since inactivity is associated to obesity, cardiovascular and metabolic risk. Aim: To assess the reliability of the INTA questionnaire ...
    • Galgani Fuentes, José; Moro, Cedric; Ravussin, Eric (AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC, 2008-11)
      Metabolic flexibility is the capacity for the organism to adapt fuel oxidation to fuel availability. The inability to modify fuel oxidation in response to changes in nutrient availability has been implicated in the ...
    • Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (Cambridge University Press, 2008-06)
    • Uquiche, Edgar; Jeréz, Marcia; Ortiz Viedma, Jaime (ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2008-10)
      The effect of microwave (MW) radiation on hazelnut seed (Gevuina avellana Mol) was studied as a substrate pretreatment prior to oil extraction by pressing. Samples were MW-treated at a frequency of 2450 MHz using a ...
    • Torres, Crístian; Antileo, Elmer; Epuñán, María José; Pino, Ana María; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Sierralta, Walter (PROFESSOR D A SPANDIDOS, 2008-06)
      A cyclic peptide derived from the active domain of α-fetoprotein (AFP) significantly inhibited the proliferation of MCF7 cells stimulated with the epidermal growth factor (EGF) or estradiol (E2). The action of these ...
    • Tobar, Nicolás; Cáceres, Mónica; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez, Jorge (Elsevier Inc., 2008-08-18)
      modulate the migratory properties in MCF-7 and T47D human mammary cell lines. We also described that the NFjB pathway exerts a downstream control on the expression of the ROS-dependent cellular migratory potential. These ...