Juárez Flores, Diana Luz (Date of defense: 2019-07-24)
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, and the most common movement disorder in the world population. In most cases its aetiology is still unknown, however, ...
Rodríguez Rius, Alba (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
Venous Thrombosis (VT) is a frequent complex disease that involves a disruption of the balance of the hemostatic system. microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression. ...
Suñer Navarro, Clara (Date of defense: 2018-10-17)
As innate immune cells, macrophages sense endogenous and exogenous danger signals and respond orchestrating inflammatory processes. For the rapid induction and efficient resolution of inflammatory ...
Ranea Robles, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-07-07)
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD) is a rare neurometabolic disease characterized by the loss of function of the peroxisomal transporter ABCD1, which leads to an accumulation of very long-chain fatty ...
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 ...
Noell, Guillaume (Date of defense: 2019-02-22)
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including cancer, cardiovascular (heart diseases or stroke), respiratory (COPD or asthma) and metabolic diseases (diabetes) are chronic conditions that represent a major ...
Mingot Martí, Ares (Date of defense: 2016-05-31)
Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV) (Potyvirus genus, Potyviridae family) causes important yield losses in sweet potato crops, in particular in co-infections with the unrelated crinivirus Sweet ...
Cejalvo Andújar, Juan Miguel (Date of defense: 2020-01-22)
Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women and it represents the most common cause of cancer-‐related death in women worldwide1. Advances in early detection, prevention, risk stratification, ...
Romero Moya, Damià (Date of defense: 2017-01-16)
Homeostasis of the hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell pool relies on a finely tuned balance between self-renewal, differentiation and proliferation. Recent work has revealed the importance of mitochondria ...
Figueiredo, Ana Raquel Martins (Date of defense: 2017-06-09)
Pericytes (PCs) are important regulators of the vascular development promoting vessel growth and stabilization. They have recently emerged as a therapeutic target to promote or inhibit angiogenesis. ...