Research Grants
Research Grants

FONDECYT 1120928 (CI)(2012-3/2016). Intrauterine programming of hipoxia- and oxidative stress-induced vascular responses in placental endothelium from IUGR and macrosomic fetuses: early evidence for epigenetic-driven vascular dysfunction. (w/P Casanello (PI), B Krause, F Abarzua; F Mardones, JP Kusanovic, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

FONDECYT 11110059 (CI)(2011-10/2014). Effect of maternal supraphysiologycal hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy in the endothelial function and atherosclerosis of the human placenta vasculature. (w/ A Leiva (PI), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

FONDECYT 1110977 (CI)(2011-3/2015). Role of adenosine in insulin response of macro and microvascular human placental endothelium from gestational diabetes mellitus via insulin receptor subtypes A and B. (w/P Casanello, C Belmar, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

CONICYT Anillos ACT73 (PI)(2010-3/2014). Characterization of the pathohysiological mechanisms, and detection of common therapeutic targets in placental dysfunction in pathologies of the human pregnancy (w/P Casanello, J Kae Nien, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

AECID Spanish Agency for International Collaboration (AECI) (PI in Chile )(2010-1/2012). L-Carnitine and hypertension. (w/C Vásquez, Universidad de Sevilla , Spain ).

AECID A/018828/08 Spanish Agency for International Collaboration (AECI) (PI in Chile )(2010-1/2011). Nucleosides and gynaecologic cancer. (w/M Pastor-Anglada, Universitat de Barcelona , Spain ).

FONDECYT 1090616 (CI)(2009-3/2013). Paracrine role of brain natriuretic pepetide (BNP) in the maintenance of miometrial quiescence in pregnancy. Study of the cell signalling pathways in the human miometrium (w/J Carvajal (PI), P Casanello, M Cuello, A Poblete, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)

FONDECYT 1070865 (PI)(2007-3/2011). Regulation of expression and activity of equilibrative nucleoside transporters type 1 (hENT1) and 2 (hENT2) by insulin in micro and macrovascular human fetal endothelium in gestational diabetes (w/P Casanello, J Carvajal, M Boric, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; R San Martín, Universidad Austral de Chile)

FONDECYT 1080534 (CI)(2008-3/2012). Role of arginases I and II in endothelial dysfunction in the feto-placenta unit in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction and hypoxia (w/P Casanello (PI), J Carvajal, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

FONDECYT 7080139 (PI)(2008-3/2009). Regulation of expression and activity of equilibrative nucleoside transporters type 1 (hENT1) and 2 (hENT2) by insulin in micro and macrovascular human fetal endothelium in gestational diabetes (c/G Desoye, Graz Medical University , Austria ).

FONDECYT 7070249 (PI)(2007-3/2008). Post-translational modifications of equilibrative nucleoside transporters type 1 (hENT1) and 2 (hENT2) in gestational diabetes (w/L Myatt, University of Cincinatti , USA ).

CONICYT 23070213-AT (PI and Tutor)(2007-3/2009). Insulin modulation of L-arginine transport in response to elevated D-glucose in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (w/M González, PhD Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

CONICYT 24071039-AT (PI and Tutor)(2007-3/2009). Role of adenosine A2A receptors and the signalling pathway cGMP-NFKß in the regulation of iNOS expression in human placental microvascular endothelial cells from preeclamptic pregnancies (w/C Escudero, PhD Medical Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

CONICYT () -AT (PI and Tutor)(2009-3/2011). D-Gucose metabolism and D-glucose transport in HUVEC (w/C Puebla , PhD Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

CONICYT ( )-AT (PI and Tutor)(2009-3/2010). TGF-ß and cell signalling in hyperglycaemia (w/JL Vega, PhD Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

CONICYT () -AT (Co-Tutor)(2009-3/2011). Arginases and hypoxia in HUVEC from IUGR (w/C Prieto, P Casanello (PI and Tutor) PhD Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile).

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