Vílchez Acosta, Alba del Valle (Date of defense: 2019-11-28)
Reelin is a large extracellular matrix glycoprotein with a crucial role both during brain development, where it is key for neuronal migration and for the formation of the layered structure of cerebral ...
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 ...
Vélez, Emilio J. (Date of defense: 2018-04-10)
In the Mediterranean region the increasing of competitiveness of the aquaculture industry is of great interest, especially in the case of gilthead sea bream. With the ultimate purpose of optimizing the ...
Beleza, Jorge (Date of defense: 2022-04-05)
Maternal environmental exposure during gestational period may affect offspring risk for chronic diseases. Accordingly, maternal metabolic disturbances induced by high-fat high-sucrose (HFHS) diets can ...
Font Díaz, Joan (Date of defense: 2022-07-22)
Nuclear receptors are a superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors that are involved in numerous biological processes in homeostasis and disease. Liver X receptors (LXRs) are members of the ...
Ríos Kristjánsson, Juan Gabriel (Date of defense: 2016-11-02)
One of the key players in the regenerating injured skeletal muscle fibers are their surrounding satellite cells (specific stem cells), arranged between the basal lamina and the sarcolemma, in relatively ...
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 ...
Santos Alves, Estela (Date of defense: 2018-12-20)
Liver diseases resulting from the toxicity induced by frequent pharmacological drug consumption are among the main health problems of modern western societies. On the other hand, healthy life-style-based ...
Mesquida Veny, Francina (Date of defense: 2022-04-01)
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are a major cause of paralysis in young adults. In this type of injuries recovery is impaired as adult central nervous system (CNS) axons fail to regenerate. This results from ...