Rofes Terrón, Paula (Date of defense: 2022-03-31)
The overarching aim of the present thesis project is to implement new testing strategies and develop new tools that will contribute to improve the genetic diagnosis of hereditary cancer, with the ultimate ...
De Mol, Eva (Date of defense: 2014-06-26)
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men after lung cancer. Around 1.1 million men worldwide were diagnosed with PCa in 2012. PCa depends essentially on androgen stimulation for ...
Marín Llauradó, Ariadna (Date of defense: 2022-01-27)
GENERAL AIM: The general aim of this thesis is to understand how mechanical stress depends on pressure, size and shape in fluid-filled curved epithelial sheets. SPECIFIC AIMS: This general ...
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 ...
Picchioni, Daria (Date of defense: 2014-10-23)
Our research group focuses on protein translation and more specifically on the mechanism of transfer RNA (tRNA) aminoacylation by a family of essential and universal enzymes called aminoacyl-tRNA ...
Nadeu Prat, Ferran (Date of defense: 2020-09-23)
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common form of adult leukemia in Western countries. Although the disease might follow an indolent course, it rapidly progresses in a fraction of cases, ...
Soto Montañez, Carlos Antonio (Date of defense: 2021-03-18)
Las personas con insuficiencia renal crónica (ERC) suelen manifestar sentirse más fatigados al terminar la sesión de diálisis (HD). Cabe destacar que se trata de una población compuesta por pacientes ...
Trapero Candela, Carla (Date of defense: 2021-07-26)
L’endometriosi és una malaltia ginecològica, associada a un component inflamatòri crònic, caracteritzada per la presència de teixit endometrial fora de l’úter. L’etiologia de la malaltia encara és manté ...
Álamo Vargas, Patricia (Date of defense: 2012-12-13)
Los modelos de cáncer colorrectal (CCR) generados mediante inyección ortotópica de líneas celulares de CCR humano, cultivadas extensamente in vitro, tienen escasa eficiencia metastásica. Únicamente un ...
Jiménez Panizo, Alba (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
El receptor de glucocorticoides (GR) es un factor de transcripción que se expresa de forma ubicua y controla procesos esenciales para la vida como el metabolismo, la inflamación y la homeostasis. Aunque ...