Noguera-Castells, Aleix (Date of defense: 2022-01-31)
Modern oncology conceives solid tumours as organs by themselves, meaning that not only should the behaviour of cancer cells to be considered and evaluated therapeutically, but also the so-called tumour ...
Manzano Muñoz, Albert (Date of defense: 2022-12-15)
[eng] Personalized medicine has emerged to improve cancer treatment beyond classical approaches. The identification of genetic mutations by molecular analyses dominate personalized medicine initiatives ...
Moreno Monasterio, Marta (Date of defense: 2015-02-18)
The main goal of this PhD thesis was to understand the mechanisms underlying GBM tumor formation and progression, with a special emphasis on the study of factors that have a role in normal NSC biology, ...
Rasti Zaghiyan, George (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)
The Sirtuin family of NAD+-dependent enzymes plays a key role in the maintenance of genome integrity upon stress. Sirtuins coordinate the response to different forms of stress at different levels and ...
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 ...
Arroyo Sánchez, Rodrigo (Date of defense: 2014-06-20)
Network and systems biology disciplines could revolutionize the study of complex diseases by taking proteins back to their context, considering a much broader perspective of their environment without ...
Rodríguez García, Alba (Date of defense: 2015-02-27)
Oncolytic adenoviruses represent an appealing therapeutic approach to treat cancer regarding its capability to infect and kill selectively tumor cells without damaging normal tissues. Tumor targeting ...
Torrens Fontanals, Laura (Date of defense: 2022-03-07)
[eng] 1. HYPOTHESES. Primary liver cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide2,3. Around 90% of cases correspond to hepatocellular ...
Cepeda, Edgar B. (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
CXCR4 is a chemokine receptor originally discovered and cloned in leukocytes that functions by controling the migration to the inflammatory foci. The CXCR4 chemokine receptor and its ligand, SDF-1α (also ...
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 ...