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132) Barahona, MJ., Rojas, J., Uribe, E., García-Robles, MA. Tympanic membrane rupture during stereotaxic surgery disturbs the normal feeding behavior in rats. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 14:591204. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.591204 131) Elizondo-Vega, E., Oyarce, K., Salgado, M., Barahona, MJ., Recabal, A., Órdenes, P., López, S., Pincheira, R., Luz-Crawford, P., García-Robles, MA. Inhibition of hypothalamic MCT4 and MCT1-MCT4 expressions affects food intake and alters orexigenic and anorexigenic neuropeptide expression. Molecular Neurobiology (2020) 57:896–909. doi: 10.1007/s12035-019-01776-6
130) Escalona, E., Muñoz, M., Pincheira, R., Elorza, Á., Castro, A. Cytosolic NIAK1 enhances ATP production by maintaining proper glycolysis and mitochondrial function in cancer cells. Front. Oncol. 10:1123. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.01123
129) Espinoza, F., Magdalena, R., Saldivia, N., Jara, N., Martínez, F., Ferrada, L., Salazar, K., Ávila, F., Nualart, F. Vitamin C recycling regulates neurite growth in neurospheres differentiated in vitro. Antioxidants 2020, 9, 1276; doi:10.3390/antiox9121276
128) Fernández-Pérez, EJ., Gallegos, S., Armijo-Weingart, L., Araya, A., Riffo-Lepe, NO., Cayuman, F., Aguayo, LG. Changes in neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission in nucleos accumbens in a transgenic Alzheimer’s disease mouse model. Scientific Reports (2020) 10:19606. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-76456-w
127) González-Sanmiguel, J., Burgos, C., Bascunán, D., Fernández-Pérez, E., Riffo-Lepe, N., Boopathi, S., Fernández-Pérez, A., Bobadilla-Azócar, C., González, W., Figueroa, M., Vicente, B., Aguayo, LG. Gabapentin inhibits multiple steps in the amyloid beta toxicity cascade. ACS Chem. Neurosci., Just Accepted Manuscript. DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.0c00414
126) Muñoz, B., Gallegos, S., Peters, C., Murath, P., Lovinger, D., Homanics, G., Aguayo, LG. Influence of non-synaptic alpha1 glycine receptors on ethanol consumption and place preference. Addict Biol. 2020 Mar;25(2):e12726. doi: 10.1111/adb.12726
125) Recabal, A., Fernández, P., López, S., Barahona, MJ., Órdenes, P., Palma, A., Elizondo-Vega, R., Farkas, C., Uribe, A., Caprile, T., Sáez, JC., García-Robles, MA. The FGF2-induced tanycyte proliferation involves a connexin 43 hemichannel/purinergic-dependent pathway. Journal of Neurochemistry. 2020;00:1–18. DOI: 10.1111/jnc.15188
124) Saavedra, F., Garrido, JL., Fuentes-Villalobos, F., Calvo, M., Riquelme, R., Rioseco, ML., Chahín, C., Ferreira, L., Álvarez, R., Nova-Lamperti, E., Barría, MI. Differential CD4 T Regulatory cell phenotype induced by Andes Hantavirus Glycoprotein. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. August 2020, Volume 10, Article 430. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00430
123) Zelada, D., Bermedo-García, F., Collao, N., Henríquez, JP. Motor function recovery: deciphering a regenerative niche at the neuromuscular synaps. Biol. Rev. (2020), pp. 000–000. doi: 10.1111/brv.12675
122) Forman, K., Martínez, F., Cifuentes, M., Fernández, M., Bertinat, R., Torres, P., Salazar, K., Godoy, A., Nualart, F. Dehydroascorbic acid, the oxidized form of vitamin C, improves renal histology and function in old mice. J. Cell. Physiol. 2020. (in press). DOI: 10.1002/jcp.29791
121) Moraga-Cid, G., San Martín, V., Lara, C., Muñoz, B., Marileo, A., Sazo, A., Muñoz-Montesino, C., Fuentealba, J., Castro, P., Guzmán, L., Burgos, C., Zeilhofer, H., Aguayo, LG., Corringer, P., Yévenes, G. Modulation of glycine receptor single-channel conductance by intracellular phosphorylation. Scientific Reports (2020) 10:4804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61677-w
120) Ojeda, J., Bermedo-García, F., Pérez, V., Mella, J., Hanna, P., Herzberg, D., Tejero, R., López-Manzaneda, M., Tabares, L., Henríquez, JP. The mouse levator auris longus muscle: an amenable model system to study the role of postsynaptic proteins to the maintenance and regeneration of the neuromuscular synapse. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 2020. In press. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2020.00225
119) Peters, C., Bascuñán, D., Burgos, C., Bobadilla, C., González-Sanmiguel, J., Boopathi, S., Riffo, N., Fernández-Pérez, E., Tarnok, M., Aguilar, L., González, W., Aguayo, LG. Characterization of a new molecule capable of inhibiting several steps of the amyloid cascade in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiology of Disease 141 (2020) 104938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbd.2020.104938
118) Westermeier, F., Holyoak, T., Gatica, R., Martínez, F., Negrón, M., Yáñez, AJ., Nahmias, D., Nualart, F., Burbulis, I., Bertinat, R. Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is expressed in α-cells from human and murine pancreas. J Cell Physiol. (2020). 235(1):166-175. doi: 10.1002/jcp.28955
117) Castillo, C., Fernández, C., Gutiérrez, M., Aranda, M., Urbina, M., Yáñez, J., Álvarez, A., Pantoja-Gutiérrez, S. Water column circulation drives microplastic distribution in the Martínez-Baker channels; A large fjord ecosystem in Chilean Patagonia Marine Pollution Bulletin 160(2020) 111591.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111591
116) Beratto-Ramos, A., Agurto-Muñoz, C., Vargas-Montalba, JP., Castillo, R. Fourier-transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis for direct identification of principal polysaccharides in brown seaweeds. Carbohydrate Polymers 230 (2020) 115561. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115561
115) Ferrada, L., Barahona, MJ., Salazar, K., Nualart, F. Vitamin C controls neuronal necroptosis under oxidative stress. Redox Biol. 2020 Jan;29:101408 . doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2019.101408
114) Rojas, S., Basualto, E., Valdivia, L., Vallejos, N., Ceballos, K., Peña, E., Rivas, C., Nualart, F., Guzmán-Gutiérrez, E., Escudero, C., Toledo, F., Sobrevia, L., Cid, M., González, M. The acticity of IKCa and BKCa channels contributes to insulin-mediated NO synthesis and vascular tone regulation in human umbilical vein. Nitrid Oxide, 2020 Jun 1;99:7-16 doi: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.03.004
113) Torres-Vergara, P., Ho, YS., Espinoza, F., Nualart, F., Escudero, C., Penny, J. The constitutive androstane receptor and pregnane X receptorr in the brain. Br J Pharmacol 2020 Mar 22. doi: 10.1111/bph.15055
112) Araya, J., Carneiro, R., Freer, J., Neira, J., Castillo, R. Fourier transform infrared imaging and quantitative analysis of pre-treated Wood fibers: A comparision between partial least squares and multivariate curve resolution with alternating least squares methods in a case study. Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 195 (2019) 103890. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemolab.2019.103890
111) Bastidas, C., von Plessing, C., Troncoso, J., Sanhueza, M., Neira, J., Castillo, R. Analytical strategies based on near infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration for rapid quantification of florfenicol at low-concentrations in medicated-feed pellets. Microchemical Journal 147 (2019) 1068-1074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2019.04.033
110) Ferrada, L., Salazar, K., Nualart, F. Metabolic control by dehydroascorbic acid: Questions and controversies in cancel cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology 2019;1-8. DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28637
109) Ferrada, L., Barahona, MJ., Salazar, K., Vandenabeele, P., Nualart, F. Vitamin C controls neuronal necroptosis under oxidative stress. Redox Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.redox.2019.101408
108) Gavilán, J., Mennickent, D., Ramírez-Molina, O., Triviño, S., Pérez, C., Silva-Grecchi, T., Godoy, P., Becerra, J., Aguayo, L., Moraga-Cid, G., San Martín, V., Yévenes, G., Castro, P., Guzmán, L., Fuentealba, J. 17 Oxo Sparteine and Lupamine, Obtained from Cytisus scoparius, exert a neuroprotection against soluble oligomers of Amyloid-β toxicity by nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 67 (2019) 343-356. DOI 10.3233/JAD-180945
107) Martínez, F., Cifuentes, M., Tapia, JC., Nualart, F. The median eminence as the hypothalamic area involved in rapid transfer of glucose to the brain: functional and cellular mechanisms. Journal of Molecular Medicine. doi.org/10.1007/s00109-019-01799-5
106) Mella, J., Pérez, V., Zelada, Z., Moreno, N., Ionescu, A., Perlson, E., Henríquez, JP. Efficient gene transfer into primary muscle cells to analyse nerve-independent postsynaptic organization in vitro. Neuromuscul Disord. doi: 10.1016/j.nmd.2019.05.005
105) Muñoz, B., Gallegos, S., Peters, C., Murath, P., Lovinger, D., Homanics, G., Aguayo, L. Influence of nonsynaptic α1 glycine receptors on ethanol consumption and place preference. Addiction Biology. 2019;1-14. DOI: 10.1111/adb.12726
104) Pérez, V., Bermedo-García, F, Zelada, D., Court, F., Pérez, MA., Fuenzalida, M., Ábrigo, J., Cabello-Verrugio, C., Moya-Alvadaro, G., Tapia, JC., Valenzuela, V., Hetz, C., Bronfman, F., Henríquez, JP. The p75 NTR neurotrophin receptor is required to organize the mature neuromuscular synapse by regulating synaptic vesicle availability. Acta Neuropathologica Communications (2019) 7:147. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-019-0802-7
103) Pinto, C., Medinas, DB., Fuentes-Villalobos, F., Maripillán, J., Castro, AF., Martínez, AD., Osses, N., Hetz, C., Henríquez, JP. β-catenin aggregation in models of ALS motor neurons: GSK3β inhibition effect and neuronal differentiation. Neurobiol Dis (2019) 130:104497. doi:10.1016/j.nbd.2019.104497
102) Ulloa, V., Saldivia, N., Ferrada, L., Salazar, K., Martínez, F., Silva-Álvarez, C., Magdalena, R., Oviedo, MJ., Montecinos, H., Torres-Vergara, P., Cifuentes, M., Nualart, F. Basal Sodium-Dependet Vitamin C Transporter 2 polarization in choroid plexus explant cells in normal or scorbutic conditions. Scientific Reports (2019)9:14422. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50772-2
101) Westermeier, F., Holyoak, T., Gatica, R., Martínez, F., Negrón, M., Yáñez, A., Nahmias, D., Nualart, F., Burbulis, I., Bertinat, R. Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is expressed an α-cells from human and murine pancreas. J Cell Physiol. 2019;1-10. DOI:10.1002/jcp.28955
100) Westermier, F., Holyoak, T., Asenjo, J., Gatica, R., Nualart, F., Burbulis, I., Bertinat, R. Gluconeogenenic enzymes in β-Cells: Pharmacological targets from improving insulin secretion. Trends in Endrocrinology & Metabolism, Month 2019, Vol xx, No. xx. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2019.05.004
99) Barahona, MJ., Llanos, P., Recabal, A., Escobar-Acuña, K., Elizondo-Vega, R., Salgado, M., Órdenes, P., Uribe, E., Sepúlveda, F., Araneda, R., García-Robles, MA. Glial hypothalamic inhibition of GLUT2 expression alters satiety, impacting eating behavior. Glia 2018 (66)592-605. DOI: 10.1002/glia.23267
98) Bastidas, C., von Plessing, C., Troncoso, J., Castillo, R. Evaluation of the microscopic distribution of florfenicol in feed pellets for salmon by Fourier Transform infrared imaging and multivariate analysis. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 152 (2018) 257-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpba.2018.02.002
97) Bermedo-García, F., Ojeda, J., Méndez-Olivos, E., Marcellini, S., Larraín, J., Henríquez, JP. The neuromuscular junction of Xenopus tadpoles: Revisiting a classical model of early synaptogenesis and regeneration. Mechanisms of Development 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2018.05.008
96) Bertinat, R., Westermeier, F., Gatica, R., Nualart, F. Sodium tungstate: Is it a safe option for a chronic disease setting, such as diabetes? J. Cell Physiol. 2019;234:51-60. DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26913
95) Bertinat, R., Westermeier, F., Silva, P., Gatica, R., Oliveira, JM., Nualart, F., Gomis, R., Yáñez, A. The Antidiabetic Agent Sodium Tungstate Induces Abnormal Glycogen Accumulation in Renal Proximal Tubules from Diabetic IRS2-Knockout Mice. Journal of Dibetes Research 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5697970
94) Cifuentes, M., Baeza, V., Arrabal, PM., Visser, R., Grondona, JM., Saldivia, N., Martínez, F., Nualart, F., Salazar, K. Expression of a Novel Ciliary Protein, IIIG9, during the differentiation and maturation of ependymal cells. Mol. Neurobiol. (2018) 55:1652-1664. DOI 10.1007/s12035-017-0434-5
93) Díaz, E., Elgueta, E., Sánchez, S.A., Barberá, J., Vergara, J., Parra, M., Dahrouch, M. Hybrid photoluminescent materials containing a benzobisthiazole core, towards liquid cristal and gel applications. Soft Matter (2017) 13:1804-1815. DOI 10.1039/C6SM02650H
92) Fernández-Pérez, E., Sepúlveda, F., Peters, C., Bascuñán, D., Riffo-Lepe, N., González-Sanmiguel, J., Sánchez, S., Peoples, R., Vicente, B., Aguayo, L. Effect of cholesterol on membrane fluidity and association of Aβ Oligomers and subsequent neuronal damage: A Double-Edge Sword. Front. Aging Neurosci. 10:226. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00226
91) González-Ramírez, M., Gavilán, J., Silva-Grecchi, T., Cajas-Madriaga, D., Triviño, S., Becerra, J., Saez-Orellana, F., Pérez, C., Fuentealba, J. A Natural Benzofuran from the patagonic Aleurodiscus vitellinus fungus has potent neuroprotective propierties on a ancer r model of Amyloid-β peptide toxicity. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 61 (2018) 1463-1475. DOI 10.3233/JAD-170958
90) Hepp, M., Escobar, D., Farkas, C., Hermosilla, V., Álvarez, C., Amigo, R., Gutiérrez, J., Castro, A., Pincheira, R. A Trichostatin A (TSA)/Sp1-mediated mechanism for the regulation of SALL2 tumor suppressor in Jurkat T cells. Gene Regulatory Mechanisms (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbagrm.2018.05.002
89) Hermosilla, V., Salgado, G., Riffo, E., Escobar, D., Hepp, M., Farkas, C., Galindo, M., Morín, V., García-Robles, MA., Castro, A., Pincheira, R. SALL2 represses cyclins D1 and E1 expression and restrains G1/S cell cycle transition and ancer-related phenotypes. Molecular Oncology 12 (2018) 1026-1046. DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12308
88) López-Gambero, A.J., Martínez, F., Salazar, K., Cifuentes, M., Nualart, F. Brain glucose-sensing mechanism and energy homeostasis. Molecular Neurobiology 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-018-1099-4
87) Mellado, C., Figueroa, T., Báez, R., Castillo, R., Melendrez, M., Schulz, B., Fernández, K. Development of graphene oxide composite aerogel with proanthocyanidins with hemostatic properties as a delivery system. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2018, 10, 7717-729. DOI 10.1021/acsami.7b16084
86) Muñoz, B., Yevenes, G., Förstera, B., Lovinger, D., Aguayo, L. Presence of inhibitory Glycinergic Transmission in Medium Spiny Neurons in the Nucleus Accumbens. Front. Mol. Neurosci. 11:228. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2018.00228
85) Muñoz, D., Castillo, H., Henríquez, JP., Marcellini, S. Bone regenaration after traumatic skull injury in Xenopus tropicalis. Mechanisms of Development (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mod.2018.06.007
84) Oyarce, K., Silva-Álvarez, C., Ferrada, L., Martínez, F., Salazar, K., Nualart. F. SVCT2 is expressed by cerebellar precursor cells, which differentiate into neurons in response to ascorbic acid. Mol. Neurobiol. (2018) 55:1136-1149. DOI 10.1007/s12035-016-0366-5
83) Rosú, S., Toledo, L., Urbano, B., Sánchez, S., Calabrese, G., Tricerri, M.A. Learning from synthetic models of extracellular matrix; differential binding of wild type and amyloidogenic human apolipoprotein A-I to hydrogels formed from molecules having charges similar to those found in natural GAGs. Protein J. (2017) 36:374-383. DOI 10.1007/s10930-017-9728-8
82) Sáez-Orellana, F., Fuentes-Fuentes, M., Godoy, P., Silva-Grecchi, T., Panes, J., Guzmán, L., Yévenes, G., Gavilán, J., Egan, T., Aguayo, L., Fuentealba, J. P2X receptor overexpression induced by soluble oligomers of amyloid beta peptide potentiates synaptic failure and neuronal dyshomeostasis in cellular models of Alzheimer's disease. Neuropharmacology 128 (2018) 366-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.10.027
81) Toledo, L., Racine, L., Pérez, V., Henríquez, JP., Auzely-Velty, R., Urbano, B. Physical nanocomposite hydrogels filled with low concentrations of TiO2 nanoparticles: Swelling, networks parameters and cell retention studies. Materials Science & Engineering C92 (2018) 769-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2018.07.024
80) Caviedes, A., Varas-Godoy, M., Lafourcade, C., Sandoval, S., Bravo-Alegría, J., Kaehne, T., Massmann, A., Figueroa, J., Nualart, F., Wyneken, U. Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase is present in dendritic spines of neurons in primary cultures. 2017. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 11:180. Doi:10.3389/fncel.2017.00180
79) Cifuentes, M., Baeza, V., Arrabal, P., Visser, R., Grondona, J., Salvivia, N., Martínez, F., Nualart, F., Salazar, K. Expression of a Novel Ciliary Protein, IIIG9, during the differentiation and maturation of ependymal cells. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 Feb.13.ISSN:1559-1182. doi=10.1007/s12035-017-0434-5
78) Fernández-Pérez, E., Sepúlveda, F., Peoples, R., Aguayo, L. Role of membrane GM1 on early neuronal membrane action of Aβ during onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Mol. Basis of Disease 1863 (2017) 3105-3116. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.08.013
77) Forman, K., Martínez, F., Cifuentes, M., Bertinat, R., Salazar, K., Nualart, F. Aging selectively modulates vitamin C transporter expression patterns in the kidney. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 2418–2426, 2017. DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25504
76) Förstera, B., Muñoz, B., Lobo, M.K., Chandra, R., Lovinger, D.M. and Aguayo, L. Presence of ethanol- sensitive glycine receptors in medium spiny neurons in the mouse nucleus accumbens. J. Physiol 595.15 (2017) pp 5285-5300. DOI: 10.1113/JP273767
75) Oyarce, K., Silva-Álvarez, C., Ferrada, L., Martínez, F., Salazar, K., Nualart, F. SVCT2 is expressed by cerebellar precursos cells, which differentiate into neurons in response to ascorbic acid. Mol Neurobiol. 2017 Jan.17.ISSN:1559-1182. doi=10.1007/s12035-016-0366-5
74) Paillamanque, J., Sánchez-Tusie, A., Carmona, E., Treviño, C., Sandoval, C., Nualart, F., Osses, N., Reyes, J. Arachidonic acid triggers [Ca2+]I increases in rat round spermatids by a likely GPR activation, ERK signaling and ER/acid compartments Ca2+ release. 2017 PLoS ONE 12(2):e0172128. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172128
73) Pinzón-Daza, M., Cuellar-Saens, Y., Nualart, F., Ondo-Mendez, A., del Riesgo, L., Castillo-Rivera, F., Garzón, R. Oxidative stress promotes dexorubicin-induced Pgp and BCRP expression in colon cáncer cells under hypoxic conditions. J Cell Biochem. 2017 Jul;118(7):1868-1878. doi: 10.1002/jcb.25890
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70) Uranga, R., Millán, C., Barahona, M., Recabal, A., Salgado, M., Martínez, F., Órdenes, P., Elizondo-Vega, R., Sepúlveda, F., Uribe, E., García-Robles, M. Adenovirus-mediated suppression of hypothalamic glucokinase affects feeding behavior. Sci Rep. 2017 Jun 16;7(1):3697. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-03928-x
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60) Fritz, A., Bertin, A., Hanna, P., Nualart, F., Marcellini, S. A single chance to contact multiple targets: Distinct osteocyte morphotypes shed light on the cellular mechanism ensuring the robust formation of osteocytic networks. J Exp Zool B Mol Dev Evol. 2016 Jul;326(5):280-9. doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22683.
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