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Copy number polymorphism of the salivary amylase gene: implications in human nutrition researchJ L Santos
Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics 5:117-31. 2012....
APOA5 Q97X mutation identified through homozygosity mapping causes severe hypertriglyceridemia in a Chilean consanguineous familyCatalina Dussaillant
Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda, Santiago, Chile
BMC Med Genet 13:106. 2012..The aim of this study was to determine the genetic locus responsible for the severe HTG in this family...
Risk variants in BMP4 promoters for nonsyndromic cleft lip/palate in a Chilean populationJosé Suazo
Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
BMC Med Genet 12:163. 2011..The aim of the present study was to search for possible causal mutations within BMP4 promoters (BMP4.1 and BMP4.2)...
Maternal anthropometry and feeding behavior toward preschool children: association with childhood body mass index in an observational study of Chilean familiesJose Luis Santos
Departamento de Nutricion, Diabetes y Metabolismo Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:93. 2009..A better understanding of the link between eating behavior and maternal feeding practices with childhood and maternal weight status is of great interest...
Obesity and eating behaviour in a three-generation Chilean family with carriers of the Thrl50Ile mutation in the melanocortin-4 receptor geneJ L Santos
Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
J Physiol Biochem 64:205-10. 2008..According to our knowledge, this is the first report of MC4R mutations in South American populations...
[Leptin-melanocortin system, body weight regulation and obesity]José Luis Santos M
Departamento de Nutricion, Diabetes y Metabolismo, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 137:1225-34. 2009..The use of leptin-melanocortin agonists, drugs to avoid leptin resistance or combinations of treatments with leptin and other satiating peptides are currently being investigated for multifacotiral human obesity...
Association between eating behavior scores and obesity in Chilean childrenJose L Santos
Department of Nutrition, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Alameda 340, Santiago, Chile
Nutr J 10:108. 2011..Inadequate eating behavior and physical inactivity contribute to the current epidemic of childhood obesity. The aim of this study was to assess the association between eating behavior scores and childhood obesity in Chilean children...
[Association between tumor necrosis factor-alpha promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes and obesity in Chilean elderly women]José Luis Santos M
Instituto de Nutricion y Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rev Med Chil 134:1099-106. 2006..Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has an increased expression in the adipose tissue of obese subjects and is involved in insulin resistance...
