Glaría Percaz, Estibaliz (Date of defense: 2021-06-16)
Macrophages exert potent microbicidal functions against pathogens; however, some intracellular bacteria have developed strategies to survive within intracellular phagolysosomes and use macrophages as a ...
Perelló Amorós, Miquel (Date of defense: 2021-10-20)
With the most absolute purpose of understanding what the “simple” concept of “growth regulation” implies, the present thesis is a compilation of original works that aims to deepen in how the growth and ...
Torres Cano, Alejo (Date of defense: 2021-04-30)
Wt1 is a complex gene that encodes a protein whose best described function is to act as a transcription factor. Wt1 plays a crucial role in several organ developments, including kidneys, liver, heart ...
Letelier Torres, Nicole Alejandra (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
Obesity is nowadays considered a pandemic disease, and its incidence correlates with the concomitant increase of a set of associated comorbidities, including T2D, cardiovascular diseases, fatty liver ...
Jesús Gil, Carmen de (Date of defense: 2021-06-01)
Psoriasis is a common immune-mediated inflammatory skin condition affecting around 2% of the population worldwide. Different disease subtypes have been described regarding their specific clinical ...