Atanasov, Kostadin Evgeniev (Date of defense: 2019-05-14)
Arabidopsis thaliana is a small ruderal weed with prominent north-hemisphere distribution. It has an autogamous style of reproduction, whereas about 3% of the natural population can exhibit outcrosses. ...
Rodriguez Urretavizcaya, Bárbara (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)
Infectious diseases are still one of the main leading causes of death worldwide mainly due the overuse and the lack of development of new antibiotics. This fact has increased the appearance of multidrug ...
Altay, Gizem (Date of defense: 2018-12-20)
Intestinal epithelium is highly specialized tissue organized into crypt-villus units relevant for their effective barrier function and nutrient absorption. In the crypt units reside the proliferative ...
Balcells Nadal, Cristina (Date of defense: 2019-12-19)
Metastasis and drug resistance represent the two main causes of therapeutic failure in oncology. In the present dissertation, the interplay between them has been interrogated using metabolomics, systems ...
Arqué Roca, Francesc Xavier (Date of defense: 2023-01-24)
[eng] Enzyme-powered motors are based on the micro- and nanosized particles that propel thanks to the chemical conversion of enzymes attached on their surface. Recently, these tiny devices have been ...
Calatayud Aristoy, Carles (Date of defense: 2017-09-14)
Despite the advances in the identification of genes and proteins involved in Parkinson’s disease (PD), there are still appreciable gaps in our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the chronic ...
Arroba Hidalgo, Ester (Date of defense: 2021-02-10)
The human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) is a non-classic MHC class I molecule. It is called “non-classic” because it differs from classic MHC class I molecules due to its very low amount of polymorphism ...
Quintana Agustí, Mireia (Date of defense: 2019-09-30)
This thesis addresses three different subjects closely related. First, a phenotypic screening measuring cytotoxicity in the gastric cancer cell line HGC-27 is reported. Next, a targeted-based assay ...
Checa Raya, Javier (Date of defense: 2021-03-26)
INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary manifestations are the main cause of morbidity and mortality in more than 90 % of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients who exceed the neonatal period. The chronic immune-inflammatory ...
Izquierdo Villalba, Ismael (Date of defense: 2020-01-17)
G proteins transduce a myriad of signals from receptors at the plasma membrane. Recent reports point to a novel localization of G proteins at the mitochondria and other endomembranes where they regulate ...