Canivell Fusté, Silvia (Date of defense: 2014-10-14)
The incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is increasing worldwide. There are several explanations to this fact, such as the increased prevalence of obesity, population’s ageing, and the lack of ...
Papageorgiou, Katherina (Date of defense: 2013-02-28)
This thesis aims to progress in deciphering the effect of the cytokines secreted by the visceral adipose tissue of obese individuals with type 2 diabetes on the endothelium, and therefore contribute to ...
Brugnara, Laura (Date of defense: 2015-12-15)
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune chronic disease that has undergone drastic changes on its clinical natural history in the last decades. Until the early XX century, the diagnosis of diabetes ...
Serra Navarro, Berta (Date of defense: 2018-07-13)
La regulación y potenciación de la proliferación de la célula β pancreática es un objetivo principal en la prevención y/o retardo de la diabetes. Su replicación se regula a través de un proceso dinámico, ...