Rey Carrizo, Matías (Date of defense: 2014-11-28)
Influenza is a major health problem worldwide, as the periodic pandemics of the 20th century have highlighted. Some countermeasures have been developed and have indeed diminish the devastating effects ...
Pascal i Capdevila, Mariona (Date of defense: 2012-02-24)
Currently food allergy diagnostic tests are not able to predict clinical reactivity in sensitized patients (those with specific IgE against a particular allergen). Traditionally, allergy diagnostic tests ...
Martínez Gutiérrez, Alfredo (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
One of the main causal factors of skin aging is ultraviolet radiation as part of sun exposure. This radiation induces many changes at the molecular level that alter the proper function of skin biological ...
Ramírez Mahaluf, Juan Pablo (Date of defense: 2015-05-14)
This thesis is composed of two complementary projects. One focuses on the study of the dynamics between emotional and cognitive networks in healthy subjects using functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
Puigdellívol Cañadell, Maria del Mar (Date of defense: 2014-11-27)
Understanding the molecular underpinnings of neuronal dysfunction and degeneration involved in Huntington’s disease is a goal of increasing urgency for society and scientific community. In this Thesis ...
Rodríguez-Vida Rodríguez, Alejo (Date of defense: 2017-10-23)
Prostate cancer is the second most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in men. Despite, the above mentioned incidence and mortality, the existence of a small ...
Martín Flores, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are devastating neurodegenerative diseases that progress with the death of selective neuronal subpopulations. Neuronal dysfunction and death are ...
Rodón Ahnert, Laura (Date of defense: 2012-11-28)
The TGF-β pathway is currently considered a therapeutic target in advanced tumors, including glioblastoma (GBM), and several anti-TGFβ agents are in clinical trials and have shown promising results .A ...
Roura Fornells, Esther (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
The objective of this thesis is to estimate prospectively the association between environmental cofactors and the risk of developing cervical cancer and pre-cancer, including tobacco smoking, hormonal ...
Canal de la Iglesia, Mercè (Date of defense: 2016-06-01)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and the presence of cytoplasmic protein inclusions named Lewy Bodies. Current ...