Biomarcadors pronòstics de ressonància magnètica en pacients amb glioblastoma de diagnòstic recent 

    Gimeno Cajal, Alfredo Eduardo (Fecha de defensa: 2022-04-22)

    Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is essential in the management of patients with glioblastoma, providing useful information for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic planning. Although some presurgical and postsurgical ...

    Molecular insights into mammalian sperm physiology: a comparative study of glutathione S-transferases in male reproduction 

    Llavanera Bruguera, Marc (Fecha de defensa: 2023-05-12)

    Male infertility is a global health problem affecting one in four infertile couples. This also has a negative repercussion on the animal breeding industry, where infertility has a detrimental impact on their balance sheets. ...

    Physiological role of mitochondrial and plasma membrane channels in sperm 

    Delgado Bermúdez, Ariadna (Fecha de defensa: 2022-07-28)

    The spermatozoon is a highly specialised cell that travels along the female reproductive tract to deliver its genetic information into the oocyte. During this journey, the interaction with the varying environment is crucial ...

    Physiological role of sperm and seminal plasma proteins along the female reproductive tract in livestock 

    Recuero Cobos, Sandra (Fecha de defensa: 2022-04-01)

    In Spain, as well as in the rest of Europe, livestock farming represents a substantial part of economy; thus, it is necessary to ensure an optimal breeding of the main farm animals, including swine and cattle. In order to ...

    Relevance of sperm chromatin protamination, condensation and DNA integrity for sperm function and fertility: the role of toroid linker regions 

    Viñolas Vergés, Estel (Fecha de defensa: 2023-07-27)

    Male fertilising capacity has traditionally been predicted by the assessment of sperm concentration, motility and morphology. During the last few decades, however, research has been particularly focused on the analysis of ...

    Sistema immunitari i marcadors de risc cardiometabòlic en l'edat pediàtrica 

    Gispert-Saüch Puigdevall, Montse (Fecha de defensa: 2018-03-02)

    We studied the relationship between the circulating levels of the innate immune system molecules (α-defensins and BPI) and the acquired immune system (IgG, IgA and IgM) with obesity and cardiometabolic risk factors in ...

    The relevance of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in obesity and adipose tissue physiology 

    Comas Vila, Ferran (Fecha de defensa: 2021-05-14)

    Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), regarded as the third gasotransmitter, plays diverse physiological and pathological roles in the body along with another two gasotransmitters, including nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). ...