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Gonzàlez Juncà, Alba (Date of defense: 2013-11-15)
The TGF-beta oncogenic effect has been widely studied. In glioma, TGF-beta has an oncogenic role increasing cell proliferation and glioma-initiating cell (GIC) self-renewal capacity. During the investigation of this thesis, ...
Lorenzo Vivas, Erica (Date of defense: 2013-11-05)
IPSC are potent tools in the creation of disease models for both basic studies on the disease and testing of potential therapeutical drugs. In this context, it has been developed the derivation of iPSC from patient fibroblasts ...
Muñiz Pérez, Diana (Date of defense: 2013-10-29)
Los hongos calicioides es un grupo artificial de hongos, liquenizados y no-liquenizados, que se incluían dentro del antiguo orden Caliciales, y que ahora se mantienen agrupados debido la similar morfología de sus apotecios ...
Faustino Pló, Ignacio (Date of defense: 2013-10-23)
1) Estudio teórico de nucleobases modificadas. Las modificaciones químicas de ácidos nucleicos tienen una amplia variedad de aplicaciones tanto en clínica, utilizadas como agentes antisentido, así como en el estudio ...
Fernàndez Chacón, Albert (Date of defense: 2013-10-01)
Population ecology is a scientific discipline primarily interested in the ecological processes that make the number of individuals in a population to change over space and time, and by focusing on populations as fundamental ...
Casalà Albacete, Carla (Date of defense: 2013-07-12)
Los neuroblastomas (NB), ganglioneuroblastomas (GNB) y ganglioneuromas (GN) conforman el grupo de los tumores neuroblásticos (TN). Se trata de un grupo muy heterogéneo de tumores del desarrollo que pueden involucionar ...
Pagès Fauria, Jordi (Date of defense: 2013-09-16)
Overall, this thesis aims at approaching macrophyte herbivory and community ecology from a behavioural landscape perspective. Our study system, the seascape mosaic of Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadows interspersed with ...
Amézaga Solé, Núria (Date of defense: 2013-09-05)
La proteïna secretada Apoptosis inhibitor expressed by macrophages (AIM) és expressada per macròfags tissulars en condicions d’inflamació. És una glicoproteïna que pertany a la família dels Receptors Scavenger Rics en ...
Tecchio, Samuele (Date of defense: 2013-02-14)
The Mediterranean Sea can be considered an excellent natural laboratory for benthic ecologists, due to its peculiar environmental conditions, its broad-scale gradients, and its deep-sea fauna. Primary production levels in ...
Barres González, Laia (Date of defense: 2013-04-05)
La tesi doctoral té com a eixos vertebradors la sistemàtica molecular, la biogeografia i la filogeografia molecular. S’han seleccionat dos grups de plantes per les interessants qüestions que presenten per resoldre i perquè ...
Villellas Ariño, Jesús (Date of defense: 2013-03-21)
Widespread species have traditionally received much less attention than rare and endemic ones. However, they are crucial in macroecological patterns and in ecosystem structure and functioning. Thus, understanding the ...
Ventayol Espinazo, Marina (Date of defense: 2013-02-22)
Les patologies renals s’han convertit en una problemàtica a nivell mundial, en l’actualitat poden afectar a una de cada 9 persones al llarg de la seva vida i porten associats elevats costos econòmics. Malgrat els últims ...
Comas Casellas, Emma (Date of defense: 2013-03-08)
The main goal of this thesis was to investigate the function of the endogenous CD300f. Initially, CD300f was described as an inhibitory receptor, although some data generated in our lab strongly suggested the possibility ...
Lacasta Marín, Anna (Date of defense: 2013-02-20)
La peste porcina africana (PPA) es una enfermedad hemorrágica altamente infecciosa que afecta principalmente a cerdos domésticos, causando verdaderos estragos en la producción porcina en los países afectados. El agente ...
Castillo Díez, Sandra (Date of defense: 2011-11-09)
El análisis de la expresión global y de número de copias de DNA en tumores primarios y líneas celulares de cáncer de pulmón reveló la presencia de amplificación génica en los cromosomas 11q12, 13q34 y 6p22. En los cromosomas ...
Buira Morell, Irma (Date of defense: 2011-02-04)
L’insomni és un trastorn caracteritzat per la insatisfacció en la qualitat i/o quantitat del son, que persisteix durant un considerable període de temps. És un son no reparador, amb conseqüències diürnes com la fatiga, la ...