Search Results - "Juan, Miquel"
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Gallstones
Published in Nature reviews. Disease primers (28-04-2016)“…Gallstones grow inside the gallbladder or biliary tract. These stones can be asymptomatic or symptomatic; only gallstones with symptoms or complications are…”
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The inflammatory inception of gallbladder cancer
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-04-2016)“…Gallbladder cancer is a lethal disease with notable geographical variations worldwide and a predilection towards women. Its main risk factor is prolonged…”
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Cervical pessary in pregnant women with a short cervix (PECEP): an open-label randomised controlled trial
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (12-05-2012)“…Summary Background Most previous studies of the use of cervical pessaries were either retrospective or case controlled and their results showed that this…”
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Gallstone disease: From genes to evidence-based therapy
Published in Journal of hepatology (2008)“…The number of gallstone patients is increasing in ageing populations with a high prevalence of metabolic syndrome and obesity. Recently variants of hepatic ATP…”
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Variants in ABCG8 and TRAF3 genes confer risk for gallstone disease in admixed Latinos with Mapuche Native American ancestry
Published in Scientific reports (28-01-2019)“…Latin Americans and Chilean Amerindians have the highest prevalence of gallstone disease (GSD) and gallbladder cancer (GBC) in the world. A handful of loci…”
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Impacts of Covid‐19 Confinement on Transport Companies and Perishable Food Manufacturers in Spain
Published in EuroChoices (01-08-2022)“…Summary In 2020, the world suffered a sudden economic recession resulting from an unprecedented health crisis due to Covid‐19 that confined millions of people…”
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Genetic determinants of serum bilirubin using inferred native American gene variants in Chilean adolescents
Published in Frontiers in genetics (17-05-2024)“…Gene variants in the gene are strongly associated with circulating bilirubin levels in several populations, as well as other variants of modest effect across…”
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Cervical pessary to prevent preterm birth in women with twin gestation and sonographic short cervix: a multicenter randomized controlled trial (PECEP-Twins)
Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology (01-02-2016)“…Background Spontaneous preterm birth (SPB) is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. In twins, the rate of preterm birth is higher than in…”
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Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and gallbladder cancer: a case–control study and meta‐analysis
Published in Cancer medicine (Malden, MA) (01-11-2016)“…In Chile, where gallbladder cancer (GBC) rates are high and typhoid fever was endemic until the 1990s, we evaluated the association between Salmonella enterica…”
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Genotype Prevalence of Lactose Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency, and the Vitamin D Receptor in a Chilean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort: Insights from an Observational Study
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-10-2023)“…Lactose intolerance (LI) and vitamin D deficiency (VDD) have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We conducted an observational study in 192…”
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A case-control study of a combination of single nucleotide polymorphisms and clinical parameters to predict clinically relevant toxicity associated with fluoropyrimidine and platinum-based chemotherapy in gastric cancer
Published in BMC cancer (16-09-2021)“…Background Fluoropyrimidine plus platinum chemotherapy remains the standard first line treatment for gastric cancer (GC). Guidelines exist for the clinical…”
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Analysis of a major Aeolian dust input event and its impact on element fluxes and inventories at the DYFAMED site (Northwestern Mediterranean)
Published in Marine chemistry (20-06-2020)“…Continental dust can be suspended and transported by the wind, reaching seawater masses far away from its source. The deposition of the aerosols on the ocean…”
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Impact of open sea deep convection on sediment remobilization in the western Mediterranean
Published in Geophysical research letters (01-07-2010)“…The northwestern Mediterranean is known to be a privileged area of deep water formation via dense shelf water cascading and offshore convection. The impact of…”
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Effect of cholecystectomy on bile acid synthesis and circulating levels of fibroblast growth factor 19
Published in Annals of hepatology (01-09-2015)“…AbstractBackground and rationale for the study. FGF19/15 is a gut-derived hormone presumably governing bile acid (BA) synthesis and gallbladder (GB) refilling…”
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Phytosterol and cholesterol precursor levels indicate increased cholesterol excretion and biosynthesis in gallstone disease
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-05-2012)“…In hepatocytes and enterocytes sterol uptake and secretion is mediated by Niemann‐Pick C1‐like 1 (NPC1L1) and ATP‐binding cassette (ABC)G5/8 proteins,…”
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Transcriptomic profiles reveal differences in zinc metabolism, inflammation, and tight junction proteins in duodenum from cholesterol gallstone subjects
Published in Scientific reports (04-05-2020)“…Cholesterol Gallstone Disease (GSD) is a common multifactorial disorder characterized by crystallization and aggregation of biliary cholesterol in the…”
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Chemical characterization, antioxidant properties and oxygen consumption rate of 36 commercial oenological tannins in a model wine solution
Published in Food chemistry (01-12-2018)“…•Chemical composition, antioxidant capacity and O2 consumption of 36 tannins were measured.•Separation between tannins was obtained by PCA based on chemical…”
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Loci From a Genome-Wide Analysis of Bilirubin Levels Are Associated With Gallstone Risk and Composition
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-12-2010)“…Background & Aims Genome-wide association studies have mapped loci that are associated with serum levels of bilirubin. Bilirubin is a major component of…”
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Impact of Saharan dust events on radionuclide levels in Monaco air and in the water column of the northwest Mediterranean Sea
Published in Journal of environmental radioactivity (01-01-2017)“…Characterization of atmospheric aerosols collected in Monaco (2004–2008) and in sediment traps at 200 m and 1000 m water depths at the DYFAMED (Dynamics of…”
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Temporal variability of vertical export flux at the DYFAMED time-series station (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea)
Published in Progress in oceanography (01-12-2013)“…The temporal evolution of the vertical export flux at the DYFAMED time-series station (Ligurian Sea) over the last 20years reveals a strong interannual…”
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