Aguinaga Andrés, David (Date of defense: 2017-07-13)
Actualmente en la comunidad científica aún existe debate acerca de la heteromerización entre receptores GPCR y el papel que esta tiene en la señalización y funcionalidad celular. Tradicionalmente estos ...
Serrano Albarrás, Antonio (Date of defense: 2018-11-23)
Ion channels are transmembrane proteins containing aqueous pores which, once open, permit the pass of ions through the plasma membrane. This ion flux takes places following the electrochemical gradient ...
Etayo Labiano, Iñigo Javier (Date of defense: 2018-05-15)
Los receptores de cannabinoides, CB1R y CB2R, que forman parte del sistema endocannabinoide, pertenecen a la superfamilia de receptores acoplados a proteína G (GPCR). El sistema endocannabinoide se ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rodríguez Ruiz, Mar (Date of defense: 2018-09-10)
Los GPCRs son proteínas de membrana versátiles capaces de ser activadas por una amplia variedad de estímulos y son responsables de la transducción de señales extracelulares de manera específica. Regulan ...
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 ...
Zodda, Erika (Date of defense: 2019-12-13)
The endothelium plays a pivotal role in the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and emerging evidence indicates that pathological blood vessel responses and endothelial dysfunction are associated ...
Nukala, Sarath Babu (Date of defense: 2019-05-23)
The vascular endothelium is one of the major targets of oxidative stress, playing an important role in the development of vascular-related disorders, such as atherosclerotic disease1. Oxidative stress ...
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 ...