Sànchez Guirado, Carla (Date of defense: 2024-07-22)
ENG- Terrestrial plants develop cellular barriers in stems and roots to protect themselves from adverse environmental conditions. These barriers accumulate lignin and suberin in their walls. Lignin is ...
Bonet-Rossinyol, Queralt (Date of defense: 2024-07-12)
Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is a bacterium found in the intestine that can adhere to and invade intestinal epithelial cells and to survive and replicate inside macrophages. Although it has ...
Lluansí Salis, Aleix (Date of defense: 2024-07-01)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of immune-mediated chronic inflammatory intestinal conditions of multifactorial etiology. Unfortunately, there are still some gaps in its pathophysiology and, ...
Gratacós Mulleras, Anna (Date of defense: 2024-07-05)
The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is the reference biomarker for prostate cancer (PCa) diagnosis. This biomarker is increased in PCa, but also in benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) causing a high number ...
González Ruiz, Mercedes (Date of defense: 2024-12-16)
ENG- The present doctoral thesis explores and compares the oral microbiome of ancient dental plaque from burial sites in the ancient Roman city of Tarraco (modern-day Tarragona) with dental plaque from ...
Romera Martínez, Ingrid (Date of defense: 2024-12-05)
ENG- The radiotherapy treatment for left breast cancer is widely described. One of the long-term undesirable effects of radiotherapy is heart disease, which often manifests as ischemia or myocardial ...
Ollé Vilanova, Judith (Date of defense: 2025-01-13)
ENG- The Little Tunny (Euthynnus alletteratus) and the Bullet Tuna (Auxis rochei) are two fish species within the tuna family that are closely related to larger tunas. Although they have a lower market ...