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Aparicio García, María (Date of defense: 2020-12-09)
[eng] The arrival of antiangiogenic therapies represented a huge advance in the treatment of different tumors, such as renal carcinoma. However, despite initial good results, some tumors were able to develop different ...
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 phenotype: chronic plaques, ...
Safronova, Elena (Date of defense: 2016-11-04)
Many second language (L2) learners find L2 pronunciation difficult and experience perception and production problems leading to accented speech. There exists a great inter-learner variation in L2 phonological acquisition ...
Hereu Planellas, Mercè (Date of defense: 2019-07-19)
Modern lifestyles in an increasing number of human societies include consuming an excess of saturated fats and refined sugars as well as enjoying microbiologically aseptic environments. Maintaining the appropriate ...
Martinez Cristobal, Paula (Date of defense: 2016-12-01)
Protein homeostasis (proteostasis) results from the fine regulation of synthesis and degradation. The nuclear cofactor DOR/TP53INP2 was identified originally as a protein expressed in PML of nuclear bodies. However, in ...
Cuesta Borràs, Estefania (Date of defense: 2019-11-28)
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death worldwide and tumour recurrence is a frequent complication that arises from minimal residual disease and shows up after a period of clinical dormancy. Slow-cycling cancer ...
Ribó Gené, Sílvia (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
Childhood obesity and overweight can often cause severe complications, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, amongst other disorders. Several ...
Pérez Martí, Albert (Date of defense: 2017-03-13)
Obesity and associated metabolic diseases have reached epidemic proportions, affecting not only high-income countries but also low- and middle-income ones. In this context, the search for therapeutic approaches to treat ...
Rosario, Alexandra Carrilho do (Date of defense: 2018-06-12)
This Thesis has been divided into three different chapters, the regulation of Fsp27 during the fasting adaptation, the transcriptional regulation of Fsp27 in liver and finally the role of FSP27 as a lipid-droplet protein ...
López del Hoyo, Natalia (Date of defense: 2014-03-14)
In the last two decades, it has been done a thoroughly research about the role of Guanylate Cyclase Activating Proteins (GCAPs) in photoreceptor cells of the retina as activity regulators of Retinal Guanylate Cyclase ...
Núñez Álvarez, Yaiza (Date of defense: 2017-07-26)
HDAC11 is the newest member of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) family and one of the less studied. Its expression was described to be enriched in skeletal muscle tissues from the first moment of its discovery, yet now after ...
Martínez Garza, Úrsula Montserrat (Date of defense: 2020-11-02)
The excessive consumption of calorie-rich foods, together with a sedentary lifestyle, drive the actual global obesity pandemic. Obesity is the leading cause of several other metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, cardiovascular ...
Román González, Lidia (Date of defense: 2014-01-31)
Within the hematopoietic system, all mature blood cells are generated. Every differentiation step is characterized by the activation of a new, lineage specific, genetic program and the extinction of the previous one. To ...
Arroba Hidalgo, Ester (Date of defense: 2021-02-10)
The human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a non-classic MHC class I molecule. It is called “non-classic” because it differs from classic MHC class I molecules due to its very low amount of polymorphism and highly tissue-restricted ...
Petrenko, Aleksei (Date of defense: 2022-09-21)
[spa] INTRODUCCIÓN: El síndrome de hiperestimulación ovárica (SHO) es la complicación yatrogénica más grave y potencialmente mortal asociada con las técnicas de reproducción asistida (TRA). El SHO moderado o grave puede ...
Solé i Codina, Laura (Date of defense: 2013-12-13)
Voltage gated potassium channels (Kv) play important roles in different biological process such as generation and propagation of the nerve pulse and the cardiac action potential, promotion of insulin secretion, cell volume ...
Trujillano Fernández, Alejandro (Date of defense: 2024-02-08)
[eng] DYRK1A is a kinase that is expressed in virtually all tissues and cell types and is implicated in human diseases. Several studies indicate that DYRK1A is a dose-dependent gene with a prevalent function in brain ...
Bellmunt i Tarragó, Anna (Date of defense: 2017-12-15)
The identification of genes that mediate metastasis is pivotal to better understand the mechanism, to develop novel drugs and to stratify patients with highest risk and consecutively administrate them preventive treatments. ...
Andreu Pérez, Pedro Antonio (Date of defense: 2012-03-12)
1. General Overview MTAP is a key enzyme in the methionine salvage pathway and controls the levels of methylthioadenosine (MTA). Lost of MTAP, which is frequent in melanoma, results in higher intra and extracellular MTA ...
Tur Torres, Juan (Date of defense: 2017-03-22)
Mitochondria are well known for their role as bioenergetic and biosynthetic organelles. Recently, they also have emerged as one of the main regulators of innate immune responses, mostly for its ability to modulate several ...