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Núñez Carpintero, Iker (Date of defense: 2023-11-14)
[eng] The vast and continuously increasing volume of available biomedical data produced during the last decades opens new opportunities for large-scale modeling of disease biology, facilitating a more comprehensive and ...
Sánchez Soto, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-01-16)
From the D2‐like receptors (D2,D3, D4), only D4 receptor (D4R) has been described as “promiscuous” since it can be activated both by dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) and function as a noradrenergic receptor in the ...
Ferrer Curriu, Gemma (Date of defense: 2020-07-23)
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality in industrialized countries and are caused by genetic factors, environmental factors or comorbidities. This thesis is focused on three cardiovascular risk ...
Lillo Jové, Jaume (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
[cat] El Sistema Cannabinoide, que inclou els dos receptors de cannabinoides CB1 i CB2, els seus lligands endògens i els enzims de síntesi i degradació d’aquests, és un sistema molt complex que controla un gran nombre de ...
Moro Villa, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-11-19)
Los transportadores concentrativos de nucleósidos (CNT) se han descrito como transportadores dependientes de sodio y de alta afinidad para los nucleósidos naturales. Su expresión se consideró inicialmente restringida a ...
Carmona Maurici, Júlia (Date of defense: 2022-10-14)
[cat] La predicció del risc de patir un esdeveniment cardiovascular en les persones amb obesitat severa és imprecisa. A més, els mecanismes que interrelacionen l’obesitat amb l’ateroesclerosi no es coneixen amb suficient ...
Roca Martínez, Carlota (Date of defense: 2022-07-04)
FUNDAMENTO: Microorganismos patógenos como las bacterias Mycobacterium tuberculosis y Pseudomonas aeruginosa, y los protozoos del filo Apicomplexa, incluyendo los agentes causantes de la malaria y la toxoplasmosis, sintetizan ...
Homar Ruano, Patricia C. (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)
La atención es el proceso cognitivo básico que nos otorga la capacidad de seleccionar aquella información interna o externa que va a ser relevante para la toma de decisiones y el control del comportamiento. Múltiples ...
Rodríguez Nuevo, Aida (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)
Opa1 is a mitochondrial dynamics protein responsible for the fusion of the inner mitochondrial membrane, the maintenance of cristae morphology, and involved in mitochondrial DNA stability. In this study we have explored ...
Morón Ros, Samantha (Date of defense: 2020-11-09)
[spa] El objetivo de la presente tesis se basa en establecer, mediante el uso de modelos experimentales animales y celulares, cuál es el papel de la enterocina FGF15/19: a) en la adiposidad y plasticidad de los ...
Rupérez Gonzalo, Celia (Date of defense: 2020-09-10)
El objetivo principal de esta tesis fue el estudio de la función de dos nuevas cardiocinas, FGF21 y Metrnl, durante el desarrollo de la patología cardíaca. Se dividió en los siguientes apartados: PARTE 1: Caracterización ...
Moragas Garcia, Núria (Date of defense: 2021-02-26)
La teoria més plausible de l’evolució del càncer de mama és la que considera el carcinoma ductal in situ (DCIS) com a precursor no obligat del carcinoma ductal invasiu (IDC), que eventualment progressa cap a l’etapa ...
Gallego Pérez, Diego (Date of defense: 2022-09-29)
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are the equivalent to a computational microscope allowing us to interrogate molecules and their behaviour in complex systems. They are recognised as a valuable and accurate tool in ...
Gulfo Cabrales, Jose (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
Los glucocorticoides (GCs), un grupo de hormonas esteroides secretadas por la glándula suprarrenal, controlan el equilibrio entre movilización y deposición de reservas energéticas en el organismo y desempeñan papeles ...
Estadella Pérez, Irene (Date of defense: 2023-01-20)
[eng] The voltage gated potassium channel Kv1.3 is a transmembrane protein that selectively drives potassium ions participating in the electrochemical gradient of cell membranes. This channel presents a wide distribution ...
Caviedes Cárdenas, Liska Rayen (Date of defense: 2018-10-22)
Nucleosides and nucleotides have a key role in cell physiology being implicated in crucial processes such as DNA and RNA synthesis, cell signaling and metabolic regulation. Purine and pyrimidine nucleotide balance is ...
Casulleras Gras, Olga (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Els transportadors de nucleòsids pertanyen a les famílies gèniques SLC28 i SLC29 que codifiquen pels transportadors de nucleòsids concentratius (hCNTs) i transportadors de nucleòsids equilibratius (hENTs), respectivament. ...
Sabaté Pérez, Alba (Date of defense: 2019-10-21)
Overweight and obesity have increased dramatically during recent decades becoming a major health problem for which therapeutic options are limited. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new safe pharmacological therapies. ...
Frager, Petra (Date of defense: 2022-10-28)
[eng] Decreased physical activity and increased consumption of energy-rich food are hallmark lifestyle modifications that developed and amplified over the course of only a few decades. These changes in our daily behavior ...
Cassinelli, Silvia (Date of defense: 2023-12-15)
[eng] The Kv1.3 voltage-dependent potassium channel plays a crucial role in the immune response participating in various cellular functions like proliferation, activation, and apoptosis. The aberrant expression of this ...