Atla, Goutham (Date of defense: 2021-05-05)
Diabetes mellitus is a heterogeneous group of metabolic diseases characterized by impaired blood glucose homeostasis that affects more than 415 million people worldwide and is a leading cause of mortality. ...
Aledavood, Elnaz (Date of defense: 2021-10-01)
This doctoral thesis is focused on disclosing molecular factors that regulate the functional mechanism of key targets in i) metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and obesity, and ii) tuberculosis (TB). ...
Pascual Gilabert, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)
[eng] Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), one of the more complex diseases already known, is the most common and multisystemic rare neuromuscular disease among adults, without cure and limited pharmacological ...
Villamor Payà, Marina (Date of defense: 2021-07-08)
The Tousled like kinases 1 and 2 (TLK1 and TLK2) are evolutionarily conserved Ser/Thr kinases that are required for genome stability and normal development in numerous organisms. Both kinases contribute ...
Liu, Changxin (Date of defense: 2020-10-29)
The main topic of this Thesis is to investigate the contribution of polyamines to defense in Arabidopsis thaliana and the requirement of callose deposition for full expression of effector-triggered ...
Vilaplana Saiz, Marta (Date of defense: 2021-01-22)
This thesis shows the research carried out on two specific diseases: familial hypercholesterolemia, which is included within the cardiovascular diseases group, and cancer. These diseases are the major ...
Recalde-Percaz, Leire (Date of defense: 2021-06-30)
Metastases are considered the last stage of tumour progression and the main cause of death associated to solid tumours. There are no effective treatments for metastasis which remain non- curable with ...
Chivite Araiz, Íñigo (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)
Blood vessels distribute nutrients and oxygen to every single cell in the body. Endothelial cells define the vessel wall, and thus they are ideally located to crucially modulate nutrient availability ...
Rosell Oliveras, Mireia (Date of defense: 2020-12-21)
The study of the 3D structural details of protein interactions is essential to understand biomolecular functions at the molecular level. In this context, the limited availability of experimental structures ...
Gómez Junyent, Joan (Date of defense: 2020-11-24)
Osteoarticular infections are frequent in the clinical practice and have a high impact on patients and health systems. These infections may be associated with concomitant bacteremia and a characteristic ...