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    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva B., Laura; Burgueño, Medardo; Maggi M., Aída; Giadrosic R., Vinka; Díaz Bustos, Erik; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2006)
      Backgrounds: There is a high prevalence of obesity and hyperinsulinism among Chilean prepuberal children. Aim: To evaluate insulin sensitivity (IS) using fasting insulin, the Homeostasis Model Assessment (HOMA) and ...
    • Armendáriz, Angela D.; Olivares, Felipe; Pulgar Tejo, Rodrigo; Loguinov, Alex; Cambiazo Ayala, Liliana; Vulpe, Christopher D.; González Canales, Mauricio (2006)
      The role of metallothioneins (MT) in copper homeostasis is of great interest, as it appears to be partially responsible for the regulation of intracellular copper levels during adaptation to extracellular excess of ...
    • Araya, Magdalena; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Arredondo Olguín, Miguel; González Canales, Mauricio; Méndez, Marco (2006)
    • Araya, Magdalena (2006)
      Anti endomysial and anti transglutaminase (EMA/TTG) antibodies measurements in large population groups, show that celiac disease is significantly more common than previously thought and 0.5-1% of the population suffer ...
    • Arredondo Olguín, Miguel Armando; Martínez, Ronny; Núñez González, Marco; Ruz, Manuel; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel (2006)
      Interactions of micronutrients can affect absorption and bioavailability of other nutrients by a number of mechanisms. In aqueous solutions, and at higher uptake levels, competition between elements with similar chemical ...
    • Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Jiménez R., Beatriz; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Liberman Guendelman, Claudio (2006)
      The genetic components of insulin-resistance, diabetes and obesity have been largely studied. These conditions are determined by multiple polygenic and environmental factors. Certain candidate genes, that have common ...
    • Marín, Juan C.; Zapata, Beatriz; González, Benito; Bonacic, Cristian; Wheeler, Jane C.; Casey, Ciara; Bruford, Michael W.; Palma, R. Eduardo; Poulin, Elie; Alliende Rodríguez, María Angélica; Spotorno Oyarzún, Ángel (2007)
      Four camelid species exist in South America: two wild, the guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and the vicuna (Victigna vicugna), and two domestic, the alpaca (Lama pacos) and the llama (Lama glama). However, the origin of the domestic ...
    • Smitasiri, Suttilak; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo (2007)
      To reduce the increased burden of diet-related disease and promote human potential through food and nutrition globally, harmonization of efforts is urgently needed. This article examines the concept of food-based dietary ...
    • Prieto Durán, Carmen; Jara, Carla; Mas, Albert; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime (2007)
      The presence of acetic acid bacteria populations on grape surfaces from several Chilean valleys is reported. The bacteria were analysed at both the species and the strain level by molecular methods such as RFLP-PCR 16S ...
    • Cornejo Espinoza, Verónica; Cabello, Juan Francisco; Colombo, Marta; Raimann Ballas, Erna (2007)
      The glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome (GLUT-1 SD) (OMIM 606777) is an. inborn error of metabolism of brain. glucose transport. The characteristic clinical manifestations are seizures, hypotonia, developmental ...
    • Birch, Eileen E.; Garfield, Sharon; Castañeda, Yolanda; Hughbanks Wheaton, Dianna; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Hoffman, Dennis (2007)
      Background: While there is a large body of data on the effects of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation of infant formula on visual and cognitive maturation during infancy, longterm visual and cognitive ...
    • Burrows, Raquel; Leiva, Laura; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Ceballos, Ximena; Gattas, Vivien; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (2007)
      Background In Chile between 1986 and 1998, the prevalence of obesity has increased from 4.696 to 24% in prepuberal and from 2.3% to 17% in puberal children. Aim To assess the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in a ...
    • Ronco Macchiavello, Ana María; Argüello, Graciela; Suazo Romo, Miriam; Llanos Silva, Miguel (ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD, 2005-03-01)
      Experiments were designed to evaluate and compare metallothionein (NIT), zinc and cadmium levels in human placentas of smoking and non-smoking women. Smoking was assessed by self-reported cigarette consumption and urine ...
    • Santibáñez, Juan Francisco; Hurtado, Claudia (ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2005-11-21)
      Efforts have been made to develop a chemoprevention that selectively triggers apoptosis in malignant cancer cells. Here, we demonstrated that a mutated Ha-Ras activity is required in Anisomycin-induced apoptosis in transformed ...
    • Kaput, Jim; Ordovas, José; Ferguson, Lynnette; Van Ommen, Ben; Rodríguez, Raymond; Allen, Lindsay; Ames, Bruce; Dawson, Kevin; German, Bruce; Krauss, Roland; Malyj, Wasyl; Archer, Michael; Barnes, Stephen; Bartholomew, Amelia; Birk, Ruth; Van Bladeren, Peter; Bradford, Kent; Brown, Kenneth; Caetano, Rosane; Castle, David; Chadwick, Ruth; Clarke, Stephen; Clément, Karine; Cooney, Craig; Corella, Dolores; Manica da Cruz, Ivana; Daniel, Hannelore; Duster, Troy; Ebbesson, Sven; Elliott, Ruan; Fairweather-Tait, Susan; Felton, Jim; Fenech, Michael; Finley, John; Fogg Johnson, Nancy; Gill Garrison, Rosalynn; Gibney, Michael; Gillies, Peter; Gustavsson, Jan-Ake; Hartman, John; He, Lin; Hwang, Jae-Kwan; Jais, Jean-Philippe; Jang, Yangsoo; Joost, Hans; Junien, Claudine; Kanter, Mitchell; Kibbe, Warren; Koletzko, Berthold; Korf, Bruce; Kornman, Kenneth; Krempin, David; Langin, Dominique; Lauren, Denis; Ho Lee, Jong; Leveille, Gilbert; Lin, Su-Ju; Mathers, John; Mayne, Michael; McNab, Warren; Milner, John; Morgan, Peter; Muller, Michael; Nikolsky, Yuri; Van der Ouderaa, Frans; Park, Taesun; Pensel, Norma; Pérez Jiménez, Francisco; Poutanen, Kaisa; Roberts, Matthew; Saris, Wim; Schuster, Gertrud; Shelling, Andrew; Simopoulos, Artemis; Southon, Sue; Tai, Shyong; Towne, Bradford; Trayhurn, Paul; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Visek, Willard; Warden, Craig; Weiss, Rick; Wiencke, John; Winkler, Jack; Wolff, George; Zhao-Wilson, Xi; Zucker, Jean-Daniel (CABI PUBLISHING, 2005-11)
      Nutrigenomics is the study of how constituents of the diet interact with genes, and their products, to alter phenotype and, conversely, how genes and their products metabolise these constituents into nutrients, antinutrients, ...
    • Araya, Magdalena; Chen, Bingheng; Klevay, Leslie M.; Strain, J. J.; Johnson, Luann; Robson, Paula; Shi, Wei; Nielsen, Forrest; Zhu, Huigang; Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Haber, Lynne T. (ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2003-12)
      In a double blind, 3 x 3 factorial (volume x dose) study, 70 adult females (18-60 years of age) at four different international sites (total pooled n = 269) were given 100, 150, or 200 ml of bottled drinking water with ...
    • Kain Berkovic, Juliana; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Lera Marques, Lydia; Taibo, Marcela; Espejo, Francisco; Albala Brevis, Cecilia (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2005-09)
      Background: As a consequence of the epidemiological transition in Chile, the nutritional status of the population has changed notoriously. Aim. To study the changes in the nutritional status of six years-old Chilean children ...
    • Franco, Angela; Martignon, Stefanía; Saldarriaga, Alexandra; González, María; Arbeláez, María; Ocampo, Alvaro; Luna, Luz; Martínez-Mier, E. Angeles; Villa Litovosky, Alberto (BLACKWELL MUNKSGAARD, 2005-02)
      Objective: To obtain information on the level of total fluoride intake from food, beverages and toothpaste by children at the age of 22-25 months of low and high socioeconomic status (SES) in major Colombian cities. Methods: ...
    • Sierralta, Walter; Kohen Skop, Paulina; Castro, Olga; Muñoz Gallardo, Alex; Strauss III, Jerom F.; Devoto, Luigi (ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2005-10-20)
      The distribution of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) inside thecal and granulosa-lutein cells of human corpus luteum 9 (CL) was assessed by immunoelectron microscopy. We found greater levels of StAR ...
    • Soto Moyano, Rubén; Valladares Boasi, Luis; Sierralta, Walter; Pérez, Hernán; Mondaca, Mauricio; Fernández, Víctor; Burgos, Héctor; Hernández Hidalgo, Alejandro (BLACKWELL PUBLISHING LTD, 2005-06)
      Mild reduction in the protein content of the mother's diet from 25 to 8% casein, calorically compensated by carbohydrates, does not alter body and brain weights of rat pups at birth, but leads to significant enhancements ...