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

Comas Vila, Ferran (Date of defense: 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). ...

Therapeutic potential of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide and epigallocatechin gallate in motor and cognitive deficits of Huntington's disease models

Cabezas Llobet, Núria (Date of defense: 2019-02-28)

Huntington's disease (MH) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a motor dysfunction, cognitive impairment, and psychiatric symptoms. At neuropathological level, it has been described that cognitive ...

Trafficking and function of the voltage-gated sodium channel β2 subunit

Cortada Almar, Èric (Date of defense: 2020-11-24)

The sodium channel β2 subunit is a component of the voltage-gated sodium channel (NaV), a large multimeric protein complex. In the heart, NaV is mainly composed of a pore-forming α subunit, NaV1.5, and two associated ...

Utilidad de la resonancia magnética testicular con espectroscopía en el análisis cuantitativo de la infertilidad

Baleato González, Sandra (Date of defense: 2012-12-12)

PURPOSE: To determine the role of MRI and MR spectroscopy (MRSI) in the diagnosis of infertility. To stablish normal values of the metabolites involved in the spermatogenesis (choline, creatine, and lipids) and to quantify ...

Validesa del Sistema d’Informació pel Desenvolupament de la Investigació a Atenció Primària en l'estudi de malalties vasculars i estudi de l'efectivitat de les estatines en la reducció de mortalitat i malalties vasculars en la població major de 74 anys

Balló Peña, Elisabet (Date of defense: 2020-07-31)

Electronic Health Record are legal documents where all the bio-psycho-social information of care received by the healthcare system is recorded throughout their lives. The first causes of death in Spain are cardiovascular ...

Valoració dels canvis que pateix la uretra durant l’embaràs objectivats per ecografia 2D i la relació d’aquests amb l’aparició d’incontinència d’orina en la gestació

Carrera Boix, Alícia (Date of defense: 2022-11-04)

Urinary incontinence (UI) is a dysfunction that has a very negative impact on the quality of life of women who suffer from it (low self-esteem, shame, restriction of social contacts, etc.). Different factors involved in ...

Variantes genéticas y su relación con la progresión y el pronóstico de la cardiopatía isquémica

Zabalza Cerdeiriña, Michel (Date of defense: 2015-12-09)

La enfermedad cardiovascular es un trastorno complejo, multifactorial, poligénico y con un importante componente ambiental. Este grupo de enfermedades, y en particular la cardiopatía isquémica, ocasionan una gran morbilidad ...

Vigilancia de la salud de los trabajadores en el contexto de la prevención de riesgos laborales. Calidad y utilidad preventiva de los exámenes de salud

Rodríguez Jareño, Mari Cruz (Date of defense: 2016-07-08)

Pocas publicaciones estudian la utilidad preventiva de los exámenes rutinarios de vigilancia de la salud de los trabajadores. Aplicando técnicas cuantitativas y cualitativas a la información proporcionada mediante ...

WNT5A, SFRP5 y CRTC3: nuevas adipocinas relacionadas con la obesidad en la edad pediátrica

Soriano Rodríguez, Pilar (Date of defense: 2015-10-13)

WNT5A is a protein with proinflammatory properties recently related to insulin resistance. It is believed that this protein might be regulated by SFRP5, which sequesters WNT5A exerting its anti-inflammatory actions and ...