Tarrado Castellarnau, Miriam Neus (Date of defense: 2015-12-11)
Cancer is characterised by the lost of physiological control and the malignant transformation of cells that acquire functional and genetic abnormalities, leading to tumour development and progression. ...
Oliveras Martínez, Anna (Date of defense: 2015-12-18)
Voltage-gated K+ channels, Kv channels, are the most diverse group of K+ channels. They have several key functions in cardiovascular and nervous system; setting the resting membrane potential and ...
Aguilar Fadó, Esther (Date of defense: 2015-02-23)
Metastasis represents the most life-threatening aspect of tumorigenesis and is the leading cause of death by cancer. Intensive research in this field has shed light on some of the molecular strategies ...
Bonilla Jaime, Julio (Date of defense: 2015-07-02)
La producción de isoprenoides en tomate (Solanum lycopersicum) tiene gran importancia e interés tanto biológico como económico ya que son metabolitos especializados que participan en respuesta a factores ...
Betancourt Suárez, Angélica Maritza (Date of defense: 2015-04-30)
Cachexia SCOre (CASCO) es una nueva herramienta cuantitativa para la clasificación de la caquexia cancerosa en pacientes. La escala incluye cinco componentes: 1) pérdida de peso y composición corporal, ...
Pérez Verdaguer, Mireia (Date of defense: 2015-01-26)
The voltage-dependent K+ channel Kv1.3 participates in many physiological events like proliferation and activation of immunitary cells, membrane repolarization in sensory neurons, vascular smooth muscle ...
Toledo Soler, Miriam (Date of defense: 2015-04-21)
La caquèxia és una síndrome clínicament evident en la seva fase avançada ja que es manifesta amb pèrdua substancial de greix i múscul esquelètic. Pels malalts els representa, en aquesta última etapa, ...
Marín de Mas, Igor Bartolomé (Date of defense: 2015-03-20)
The general aim of this thesis is to develop and apply new computational tools to overcome existing limitations in the analysis of metabolism. This thesis is focused on developing new computational ...
Cereijo Téllez, Rubén (Date of defense: 2015-12-17)
El teixit adipós ha passat d’ésser considerat un mer reservori d’energia a un òrgan complex, implicat de forma activa en l’homeòstasi energètica i amb funcions endocrines de rellevància. Les malalties ...
Osorio Conles, Óscar (Date of defense: 2015-01-16)
El WAT se considera un tejido dinámico que secreta factores y dirige señales a otros tejidos, modulando a nivel sistémico el metabolismo de lípidos, la acción de la insulina, la homeostasis metabólica ...