Browsing Facultad de Ciencias Médicas by Language "eng"

Now showing items 41-60 of 61

    • Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: identification of mutations, computational validation, and phenotypic correlation in argentinian patients 

      Silvera Ruíz, Silene Maite; Arranz Amo, Antonio; Dodelson de Kremer, Raquel; Larovere, Laura Elena (2013)
      Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man [OMIM] 311250) is an urea cycle defect with Xlinked inheritance. In hemizygous males, neonatal or late onset depends on the degree of ...

    • Oxidative stress and mitochondrial adaptive shift during pituitary tumoral growth 

      Sabatino, María Eugenia; Grondona, Ezequiel; Sosa, Liliana del Valle; Mongi Bragato, Bethania del Carmen; Carreño, Lucía; Juárez, Andrea Virginia; Pérez, Pablo Anibal; Petiti, Juan Pablo; Gutiérrez, Silvina; Torres, Alicia Inés; Remor, Aline; Paula Martins, Roberta de; De Paul, Ana Lucía; Latini, Alexandra; Da Silva, Rodrigo A.; Bortoli, Lucila de (2018)
      The cellular transformation of normal functional cells to neoplastic ones implies alterations in the cellular metabolism and mitochondrial function in order to provide the bioenergetics and growth requirements for tumour ...

    • Persistence of Trypanosoma cruzi in the chronic phase of Chagas disease 

      Miller, Noemí; Fernández, Guillermo; Blasco, Romina; Ferrero, Mercedes; Asís, Liliana; Lo Presti, Silvana; Bazán, Carolina; Rivarola, Héctor Walter; Paglini, Patricia (2013)
      One of the most important determinants of congestive heart failure and sudden death in Latin America is Chagas disease, provoked by infection with the intracellular protozoan parasiteTrypanosoma cruzi. It affects approximately ...

    • Population-Based Study of New Mutations Causing Sandhoff Disease in Argentina 

      Mugnaini, Julia; Dodelson de Kremer, Raquel; Oller Ramírez, Ana María; Azar, Nydia Beatriz; Dardis, Andrea; Becerra, Adriana; Zampieri, S.; Guelbert, Norberto (Sociedad Americana de errores innatos del metabolismo y pesquisa neonatal, 2013)
      Sandhoff Disease (SD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the HEXB gene. A high incidence of SD has been described in an Argentine region called ‘‘Valle de Traslasierra.’’ Mutations c.445þ1G>A and ...

    • Predictive factors of arterial blood pressure in young university students, Córdoba, Argentina 

      Defagó, María Daniela; Bocco, Romina María; Moreno, Verónica; Perovic, Nilda (International Union of Nutritional Sciences, 2013)
      The university stage could be the first moment to take decisions about health. An increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CV) has been detected in youth and adolescents, and this risk is different to adults. The purpose ...

    • Premenopausal Women May Not Be Protected Against Early Vascular Disease In The Presence Of Diabetes 

      García, Néstor; Pérez, Hernán; Spence, David; Armando, Luis (American Heart Association Customer Service, American Heart Association Customer Service, 2013)
      Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death among women. Currently, global risk assessment derived by a Framingham risk equation is used to identify women at increased risk, but still we do not detect them ...

    • Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in an adult population treated at Rawson Hospital in the City of Cordoba 

      Prieto, Carla Soledad; López, Ana Claudia; Paván, Javier; Littvik, Ana (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas., 2013)
      The Campilobacter genus, wich has been identified as a cause of gastrointestinal infections since the 70´s, is considered now as the main cause of bacterial diarrhea in te pediatric population and an important microorganism ...

    • Prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the adult population of Córdoba, Argentina 

      Criscuolo, María Inés; Belardinelli, Paola Alejandra; Morelatto, Rosana Andrea; Mosmann, Jessica Paola; Venezuela, Fernando; López de Blanc, Silvia; Kiguen, Ximena; Cuffini, Cecilia Gabriela (2018)
      Objective:To determine the prevalence of oral human papillomavirus (HPV) in the population of Córdoba, Argentina and its association with other risk factors.Methods:A sample of 401 volunteers over 18 years, representative ...

    • Reproductive performance of male mice after hypothalamic ghrelin administration 

      Poretti, María Belén; Frautschi, Camila; Luque, Eugenia Mercedes; Bianconi, Santiago; Martini, Ana Carolina; Stutz, Graciela; Vincenti, Laura María; Santillán, María Emilia; Ponzio, Marina Flavia; Schiöth, Helgi; Fiol De Cuneo, Marta Haydee; Bianconi, Santiago; Carlini, Valeria Paola (2018)
      It has been demonstrated that food intake and reproductive physiology are both simultaneously modulated to optimize reproductive success under fluctuating metabolic conditions. Ghrelin (GHRL) is an orexigenic peptide ...

    • Resultados preliminares: dietas con diferente relación n6/n3 pueden modificar el éxito reproductivo, la gestación y el desarrollo de placentas y embriones de ratón 

      Solis, María del Rosario; Asís, G.; Bianconi, Santiago; Mazzudulli, Gina María; Bender, S. E.; Fiol de Cúneo, Marta; Stutz, Graciela; Santillán, María Emilia (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, 2013)
      Omega 3 essential fatty acids (n3) are involved in reproductive physiology and early development of mammals. Objective: to assess reproductive success (RS), evolution of gestation, and fetal and placental development of ...

    • Role of ghrelin on nitric oxide secretion and implantation in mice 

      De Loredo, Nicolás; Luque, Eugenia Mercedes; Torres, Pedro Javier; Vicenti, Laura; Fiol de Cuneo, Marta (2013)
      During pregnancy maternal a Ghrelin (Ghr) concentration increases significantly, suggesting an important role of the peptide on the process. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the role of Ghr on implantation ...

    • Seroprevalence of Flavivirus in horses in Chaco, Argentina: Circulation during 2013-2014 

      Oria, Griselda Inés; Spinsanti, Lorena Ivana; Pirota, Verónica Laura; Stein, Mariana; Contigiani, Marta Silvia; Stechina, Ornela Sofía; Martínez, Florencia; Etchepare, Eduardo Gabriel (Sociedade Medicina Veterinaria Estado Rio de Janeiro, 2018)
      Flaviviruses are responsible for several emerging mosquito-borne diseases in Argentina and in the Americas.Some of these diseases are zoonoses and were detected in recent years: West Nile virus (WNV) and SaintLouis ...

    • St. Louis Encephalitis 

      Díaz, Luis Adrián; Spinsanti, Lorena Ivana; Contigiani, Marta Silvia (2013)
      St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) was isolated for the first time during a human encephalitis outbreak in St. Louis, Missouri (USA) in 1933 (Lumsden 1958). The viral isolation was carried out from a brain sample of a ...

    • The response of prostate smooth muscle cells to testosterone is determined by the subcellular distribution of the androgen receptor 

      Peinetti, Nahuel; Scalerandi, María Victoria; Cuello Rubio, Mariana Micaela; Leimgruber, Carolina; Nicola, Juan Pablo; Torres, Alicia Ines; Quintar, Amado Alfredo; Maldonado, Cristina Alicia (2018)
      Androgen signaling in prostate smooth muscle cells (pSMCs) is critical for the maintenance of prostate homeostasis, the alterations of which are a central aspect in the development of pathological conditions. Testosterone ...

    • The role of intragestational ghrelin on postnatal development and reproductive programming in mice 

      Figueroa, S.; Torres, Pedro Javier; Luque, Eugenia Mercedes; Ponzio, Marina Flavia; Cantarelli, Verónica Inés; Diez, Marcela; Vicenti, Laura María; Carlini, Valeria Paola; Martini, Ana Carolina (2018)
      The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intragestational role of ghrelin in offspring development and reproductive programming in a mouse model of ghrelin imbalance during pregnancy. Female mice were injected with ...

    • Thoracic vagus nerves in fetuses 

      Biasutto, Susana Norma; De la Rosa, Matías; Bortolin, Paulina Alejandra; Ceccon, Gabriel (Revista Argentina de Anatomía Clínica, 2013-05-24)
      Studies on vagus nerves and traditional literature are clear in the description at the base of the neck, the lower part of the thorax and associate their final position with gastric rotation occurred between the 4th and ...

    • Traking a novel human adenovirus in untreated sewages waters of Córdoba City 

      Paván, Jorge; Ferreyra, Leonardo; Barril, Patricia Angelica; Martínez, Laura Cecilia; Giordano, Miguel Oscar; Masachessi, Gisela; Biganzoli, Patricia; Nates, Silvia Viviana; Isa, María Beatríz (2013)
      Recent studies highlight the utility of analyzing untreated sewage waters to monitor shedding of viral pathogens and provide genetic information of newly species identified. In recent years, several types of human ...

    • Trastuzumab inhibits pituitary tumor cell growth modulating the TGFB/SMAD2/3 pathway 

      Petiti, Juan Pablo; Sosa, Liliana del Valle; Picech, Florencia; Moyano Crespo, Gabriela Deisi; Arevalo Rojas, Jean Zeander; Pérez, Pablo Anibal; Guido, Carolina Beatríz; Leimgruber, Carolina; Sabatino, María Eugenia; García, Pedro; Bengió, Verónica; Papalini, Francisco Roque; Estario, Paula; Berhard, Celina; Villareal, Marcos; Gutiérrez, Silvina; De Paul, Ana Lucía; Mukdsi, Jorge Humberto; Torres, Alicia Inés (Society for Endocrinology, 2018)
      In pituitary adenomas, early recurrences and resistance to conventional pharmacotherapies are common, but the mechanisms involved are still not understood. The high expression of epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ...

    • Ultrastructure of human autologous macrophage lymphocyte rosettes in Chagas disease 

      Novak, Ivón; Orquera, Abel (International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS), 2013)
      The processing and antigen presentation are involved in human macrophage lymphocyte rosette (MLR) and in this phenomenon of multiple immune synapse (IS) the autologous antigens of senescent neutrophils are presented by ...

    • Urea cycle disorders: clinical, biochemical and genetic findings in agentinean patients 

      Laróvere, Laura; Silvera Ruiz, Silene; Arranz, José; Angaroni, Celia; Guelbert, Norberto; Antonozzi, Sandra; Bezard, Miriam; Dodelson de kremer, Raquel (2013)
      Urea cycle disorders (UCD) encompass several enzyme deficiencies with a wide clinical spectrum from asymptomatic to severe, mostly with cerebral damage. Objective: to communicate the autochthonous experience in the ...