Analysis of distinctive host immune factors in HIV+ Viremic Non-Progressors 

    Bayón Gil, Ángel (Date of defense: 2024-01-19)

    [eng] Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which primarily targets CD4+ T cells and establishes a chronic infection leading to CD4+ T-cell depletion and immune failure, is the causative agent of Acquired Immunodeficiency ...

    Antiviral resistance and persistent replication of cytomegalovirus and SARS-CoV-2 in immunocompromised patients 

    Santos Bravo, Marta (Date of defense: 2022-10-06)

    [eng] The main objectives of this thesis are to study the opportunistic infection caused by human cytomegalovirus and SARS-CoV-2 inquiring persistent infection and antiviral resistance. These major objectives can be further ...

    Clinical and immunological characterization of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Solid Organ Transplantation 

    Favà Buch, Alexandre (Date of defense: 2022-11-14)

    [eng] INTRODUCTION: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became, and remains, one of the most common preventable causes of early death among solid organ transplant (SOT) patients. Exhaustive clinical and immune-biological ...

    Estrategias preventivas farmacológicas para la infección por el VIH en el Hospital Clínic de Barcelona: Profilaxis Pre-Exposición y Tratamiento como Prevención 

    Ugarte Ramos, Ainoa (Date of defense: 2024-03-19)

    [spa] La Unidad de VIH del Hospital Clínic lleva años trabajando en la prevención de la infección por el VIH, siendo la principal línea de investigación en este ámbito el estudio de diferentes fármacos antirretrovirales ...

    Exploring the use of tolerogenic dendritic cells and pore-forming toxins in the context of oncolytic adenoviruses 

    Moya Borrego, Laura (Date of defense: 2025-04-30)

    [eng] Oncolytic viruses (OVs), engineered to infect preferentially and selectively replicate within cancer cells while sparing healthy tissues, have regained interest in oncology for their potential to restore host anti-tumor ...

    Naturally Acquired and Vaccine-Induced Neutralizing Humoral Responses to SARS-CoV-2 

    Pradenas Saavedra, Edwards (Date of defense: 2023-07-20)

    [eng] Neutralizing antibodies represent one of the major correlates of protection against viral infections. Their elicitation is one of the main goals of vaccine development. The longitudinal kinetics, the factors that ...

    Study of the acquisition and maintenance of antibody and cellular immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 in longitudinal cohorts 

    Rubio Bodí, Rocío (Date of defense: 2025-04-30)

    [eng] The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the importance of understanding adaptive immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 to optimize vaccination strategies and public health interventions. Adaptive immune responses generate ...