Ramírez Cota, Rosa María (Date of defense: 2016-07-05)
The depletion of MZT1 in human cells causes severe mitotic spindle defects. Depleted cells lack centrosomal γ-tubulin and arrest in mitosis with a monopolar spindle configuration. Similarly, double ...
Avó Freixo, Francisco Duque Projecto (Date of defense: 2016-10-20)
The microtubule cytoskeleton plays essential roles during cell division, migration, differentiation, defining cell morphology and organizing intracellular transport. The properties of microtubules, such ...
Di Guglielmo, Claudia (Date of defense: 2016-02-09)
The heart can be considered the most important organ of our body, as it supplies nutrients to all the cells. When affected from injuries or diseases, the heart function is hampered, as the damaged area ...
Chakraborty, Arka (Date of defense: 2016-07-08)
Mitochondria are intracellular double-membrane bound organelles in eukaryotic cells that act as the major suppliers of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). They possess their own DNA (mtDNA) that codes for ...
Sala Hojman, Ada (Date of defense: 2016-07-15)
LIF is a pleiotropic cytokine that can act as an immunomodulatory factor in different biological processes, such as embryo implantation, organ transplantation tolerance and multiple sclerosis. Here, we ...
Hernáez Camba, Álvaro (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death worldwide and a relevant source of economic cost and physical disability. The Mediterranean Diet, associated with a high intake of virgin olive oil, ...
Castel Morales, Pau (Date of defense: 2016-05-09)
The development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has prompted the evaluation of large cohorts of different tumor types. The results from these comprehensive genomic studies have revealed the ...
Bazzocco, Sarah (Date of defense: 2016-01-27)
Colorectal cancer is a disease caused by genetic and epigenetic changes. Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes and activation of oncogenes are key landmarks in tumor progression. However, the list of ...
Terré Torras, Berta (Date of defense: 2016-12-13)
The suppression of genome instability by the DNA damage response (DDR) is critical for preventing human diseases characterized by developmental defects, infertility and in some cases, elevated cancer ...
Pallara, Chiara (Date of defense: 2016-02-04)
Proteins are large biomolecules that play essential functional and structural roles within cells and that typically act through their interaction with other proteins and biomolecules, forming highly ...
577 - Material bases of life. Biochemistry. Molecular biology. Biophysics (7)
616 - Pathology. Clinical medicine (3)
576 - Cellular and subcellular biology. Cytology (2)
615 - Pharmacology. Therapeutics. Toxicology (2)
616.1 - Pathology of the circulatory system, blood vessels. Cardiovascular complaints (2)