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Open AccessContamination of urban soils in a historical mining town of northern Chile
In northern Chile, economic activities related to mining and thermoelectric energy have existed in the city of Tocopilla since the early 1900s and metal concentrations in soils have likely been altered by hist...
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Effect of nitrogen source and nickel concentration on green microalga Botryococcus braunii growth and its remediation potential
The effects of NO3− and/or NH4+, and nickel on the growth and photosynthesis-respiration metabolism of Botryococcus braunii were analyzed. NO3−, NH4+ and Ni(II) removal capacity are described in terms of metaboli...
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Open AccessHigh prevalence of clarithromycin resistance and effect on Helicobacter pylori eradication in a population from Santiago, Chile: cohort study and meta-analysis
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) eradication using standard triple therapy (STT) with proton pump inhibitors (PPI), amoxicillin and clarithromycin (CLA) has been the standard in Latin America. However, CLA resista...
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A comprehensive analysis of factors related to carmustine/bevacizumab response in recurrent glioblastoma
Patients with recurrent glioblastoma (rGBM) have a poor prognosis, with survival ranging from 25 to 40 weeks. Antiangiogenic agents are widely used, showing a variable response. In this study, we explored the ...
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Impact of NADPH oxidase functional polymorphisms in acute myeloid leukemia induction chemotherapy
Efficacy and toxicity of anthracycline treatment in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is mediated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). NADPH oxidase is the major endogenous source of ROS and a key mediator of oxidativ...
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Open AccessSuperparamagnetic Properties of Hemozoin
We report that hemozoin nanocrystals demonstrate superparamagnetic properties, with direct measurements of the synthetic hemozoin magnetization. The results show that the magnetic permeability constant varies ...
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Positive impact of ABCB1 polymorphisms in overall survival and complete remission in acute myeloid leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of WT1 polymorphism rs16754 in the effectiveness of standard chemotherapy in patients with acute myeloid leukemia
The polymorphism rs16754 of the WT1 gene has been described as a possible prognostic marker in different acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cohorts; however, it is not supported by all the studies. We performed the fir...
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Fine-map** butyrophilin family genes revealed several polymorphisms influencing viral genotype selection in hepatitis C infection
Host–viral genetic interaction has a key role in hepatitis C infection (HCV) and maybe in the viral selection. In a preliminary GWAS analysis, we identified BTN3A2 rs9104 to be associated with HCV genotype 1. ...
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Influence of ABCB1 polymorphisms upon the effectiveness of standard treatment for acute myeloid leukemia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
The ABCB1 gene encodes for P-glycoprotein (P-gp), an efflux pump for a variety of xenobiotics. The role of ABCB1 polymorphisms in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) outcomes of standard chemotherapy (cytarabine plus...
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Effect of CYP3A5*3 on kidney transplant recipients treated with tacrolimus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
The highly variable pharmacokinetics of tacrolimus can hamper the optimal management of kidney transplant patients. This variability has been attributed to the genetic polymorphism of CYP3A5 6986A>G, but the evid...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Characterizing the Expression Stability in Different Phenotypes of Recombinant NS0 Myeloma Cell Lines
The loss of heterologous protein expression is one of the major problems faced by industrial cell line developers and have been reported by several authors. For this reason understanding the mechanisms involve...
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Towards the molecular characterization of the stable producer phenotype of recombinant antibody-producing NS0 myeloma cells
The loss of heterologous protein expression is one of the major problems faced by industrial cell line developers and has been reported by several authors. Therefore, the understanding of the mechanisms involv...
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Semi-Continuous Cultures as a Tool for Cell Line Characterization During Process Development
Although continuous cultures (CC) studies has been recognized as the standard method for cell line characterization, thorough and precise studies makes its use prohibitively costly. Batch cultures have also be...
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Antibody seroprevalences against rabies in dogs vaccinated under field conditions in Bolivia
Bolivia currently has one of the highest numbers of cases for human and canine rabies and is thus clue to the elimination process. The objective of the present study was to assess antibody seroprevalences agai...
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Hopper (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha) diversity in shaded coffee systems of Turrialba, Costa Rica
Diversity of hopper species (suborder Auchenorryncha) in coffee (Coffea arabica) plantations with no shade (C) was compared with the diversity in plantations with shade of either poró (Erythrina poeppigiana) (CP)...
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Adaptation and Selection of NSO Myeloma Cell Lines Producing Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies in Protein-Free Medium
There are a number of problems associated with the presence of serum in culture medium used for production, including high cost, regulatory considerations and the difficulty in removing serum proteins when pur...
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Development of a pediatric liver transplantation program in Argentina
This article describes the preliminary experimental steps and clinical implementation of a purely pediatric liver transplantation (LT) program in a large public children's hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina,...
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Risk Factors Associated with the Increase of Lead Levels in the Blood of Newborns
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Dating of mineral samples through activation analysis of argon
Mass Spectrometry has been the usual method to determine Ar concentrations in mineral samples for dating them through the40Ar/40K ratio. This technique has been replaced since 1966 by measurement of40Ar/39Ar rati...