Llaudó Vallmajor, Inés (Date of defense: 2013-12-17)
Both immunological and non immunological factors are involved in chronic allograft nephropathy such as donor specific alloreactivity, chronic inflammation and nephrotoxicity induced by anticalcineurinics. ...
Ribera Puig, Alba (Date of defense: 2017-06-16)
Orthopaedic device-related infections represent a health care problem of first magnitude due to the increasing incidence, complexity of management, and elevated cost. These device related infections ...
Hollstein, Till Ferdinand (Date of defense: 2018-09-21)
The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the impact of patterns of trade on the structural composition of an economy. We show that trade affects an economy’s productivity by shifting labor across ...
Martrus Zapater, Gloria (Date of defense: 2013-07-10)
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has a biased nucleotide composition different from human genes. This raises the question of how evolution has chosen the nucleotide sequence HIV-1 observed ...
Duart Castells, Leticia (Date of defense: 2020-02-25)
Drugs of abuse represent a global problem not only at a health level, but also at a social and economic extent. Recently, a tidal wave of new emerging psychoactive substances has completely modified the ...
Planas Marqués, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-10-30)
The plant pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum is the causal agent of the devastating disease known as bacterial wilt. This disease affects more than 200 plant species in over 50 families, including economically ...
Lanuza Masdeu, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-04-05)
Es va generar un ratolí transgènic amb la capacitat d'activar JNK específicament al pàncrees. Tot i que aquests ratolins no tenen cap afectació morfoestructural en els seus illots pancreàtics ni diferències ...
Pauné i Xuriguera, Eduard (Date of defense: 2002-11-15)
The subject of this thesis is viscous fingering in Hele-Shaw cells, or Hele-Shaw flows. We look for insights into the fundamental mechanisms<br/>underlying the physics of interface dynamics, which we ...
Marin Guillen, Ines (Date of defense: 2023-04-20)
[eng] Cellular senescence is a response to stress and damage, ant it is known to activate innate immune cells. However, the mechanisms by which senescent cells interact with the adaptive arm of the ...
Ballesté Delpierre, Clara Celia (Date of defense: 2015-11-13)
Infections due to Salmonella enterica are of great concern worldwide as they represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Resistance to antibiotics used to treat salmonellosis has emerged ...