Mecanismos implicados en la neurodegeneración inducida por dieta grasa en modelos de senescencia 

    Palomera Ávalos, Verónica (Fecha de defensa: 2018-01-26)

    La población mundial está envejeciendo, la mayoría de países del mundo están experimentando un aumento en el número y la proporción de personas mayores. Los últimos datos publicados de la ONU en 2017 informan que se espera ...

    Modificaciones en la herencia epigenética inducidas por la dieta grasa revertidas por el resveratrol en el modelo murino SAMP8 

    Izquierdo Cadenas, Vanesa (Fecha de defensa: 2021-07-21)

    Factores ambientales como el ejercicio, el estrés o la dieta contribuyen a la patogénesis de enfermedades asociadas al deterioro cognitivo y al envejecimiento, modulando mecanismos de expresión génica que son susceptibles ...

    Multi-functionalization of micro- and nanoparticles for cancer theranostics 

    Amirthalingam, Ezhil (Fecha de defensa: 2018-10-01)

    This thesis has its main focus on developing multi-functional nanomaterials, that we called nano- and microtools through two different approaches, top-down to provide support and bottom up to give functionality to prepare ...

    Multitarget strategies in search of novel drug candidates against Alzheimer’s disease 

    Pont Masanet, Caterina (Fecha de defensa: 2020-01-31)

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and one of the most important health-care problems in the world, due to its high prevalence and unaffordable personal and economic impact. Moreover, current ...

    Neurochemical and psychopharmacological study of MDPV, a cocaine-like psychostimulant. Characterization of structurally-related second-generation synthetic cathinones 

    Duart Castells, Leticia (Fecha de defensa: 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 illicit drug market, ...

    New Palladium-Catalysed Intramolecular Coupling Reactions: Nucleophilic Addition toAldehydes and C-H Carbene Insertion 

    Mariani, Francesco (Fecha de defensa: 2016-07-05)

    Although sygma-aryl and sygma-vinylpalladium(II) complexes are commonly used as electrophiles in C—C bond forming reactions, recent research has demonstrated that the same palladium intermediates can also react with ...

    New polycyclic small molecules as ion channel modulators 

    Barniol Xicota, Marta (Fecha de defensa: 2017-01-13)

    L’objectiu de la present tesi doctoral consisteix en desenvolupar molècules policícliques de baix pes molecular que tinguin com a diana tres canals iònics específics: la viroporina A/M2 del virus de la grip, el receptor ...

    Nous antagonistes del receptor NMDA pel tractament de la malaltia d’Alzheimer. Caracterització farmacològica in vivo 

    Companys Alemany, Júlia (Fecha de defensa: 2022-07-15)

    Actualment, el tractament de la malaltia d’Alzheimer (MA) és una necessitat mèdica no coberta, ja que només existeixen tres grups de fàrmacs aprovats que no són suficientment eficaços pel control de la malaltia. La naturalesa ...

    Novel approaches toward anti-Alzheimer and antiprotozoal drug candidates 

    Sola Lao, Irene (Fecha de defensa: 2016-11-15)

    This PhD Thesis pursues the development of novel anti-Alzheimer and antiprotozoal drug candidates upon exploitation of three different novel approaches: Multitarget therapies, Drug repurposing, and Validation of a novel ...

    Novel multi-target directed ligands as drug candidates against Alzheimer’s disease 

    Pérez Areales, Francisco Javier (Fecha de defensa: 2017-07-14)

    Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disorder and one of the most important health-care problems worldwide, because of its high prevalence and personal and economic impact. To aggravate this situation, ...

    Novel potential determinants in endoplasmic reticulum stress, inflammation and insulin resistance: Apo CIII and sAPPβ 

    Botteri, Gaia (Fecha de defensa: 2018-03-14)

    Diabetes represents one of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century. Insulin resistance is the primary defect in the most common form of diabetes, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D), and is defined as a failure in the ...

    Novel ᴫ-Functional Components of Micro- and Nanoparticles for Nanomedicine 

    Alea Reyes, María Elisa (Fecha de defensa: 2017-07-17)

    The present thesis is included in the area of Nanomedicine and supramolecular chemistry, focused on the design and preparation of different nano and microtools for delivery, therapy and sensing. Initially, the synthesis ...

    Nuevas aproximaciones a compuestos policíclicos complejos y transformaciones de los mismos 

    Otermin Esteras, Ane (Fecha de defensa: 2016-11-23)

    En esta Tesis doctoral, se ha puesto a punto una ruta sintética para acceder de manera rápida y eficaz, a compuestos policíclicos tipo “cinturón” que contienen dos dobles enlaces C=C casi paralelos y próximos en el espacio. ...

    Open-chain building blocks from chiral lactams. Enantioselective synthesis of macrocyclic nitrogen-containing natural products 

    Guignard, Guillaume Michel Pablo (Fecha de defensa: 2016-06-23)

    1. (R)-Phenylglycinol-derived oxazolopiperidone lactams can be converted to enantiopure open-chain amino ester scaffolds by alkaline hydrolysis of the N-Boc 2-piperidones resulting from the reductive cleavage of the ...

    Palladium in azaheterocyclic synthesis: α-arylation of sulfones, domino processes and C-H carbene insertion reactions 

    Pérez Janer, Ferran (Fecha de defensa: 2018-06-01)

    Among transition metals used in organic chemistry, palladium has greatly contributed to the development of modern organic synthesis. This thesis is focused on the development of novel and efficient methodologies for the ...

    Palladium, ruthenium and iron in intramolecular transition metal-catalyzed carbene functionalization reactions of amino-tethered α-diazoesters 

    Amenta, Arianna (Fecha de defensa: 2020-03-27)

    Transition metal-catalyzed intramolecular C–H insertions of diazo compounds represent one of the most elegant and versatile methods in organic synthesis for the construction of carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks. ...

    Participación de la modulación epigenética en modelos murinos de envejecimiento y enfermedad de Alzheimer 

    Griñán Ferré, Christian (Fecha de defensa: 2016-12-12)

    Existe una correlación positiva entre el incremento de la esperanza de vida y el aumento de las enfermedades crónicas. Se ha establecido que el envejecimiento es el principal factor de riesgo en la aparición de trastornos ...

    Phenotyping of sigma-1 receptor knock-out rodents 

    Codony Soler, Xavier (Fecha de defensa: 2022-06-02)

    The sigma-1 receptor is a chaperone that is primarily expressed in the mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum (MAM). It was cloned years ago from different tissues of various species and its structure ...

    Preparació i Avaluació Biològica de Nous Sistemes Heterocíclics Nitrogenats 

    Viñas Simón, Miquel (Fecha de defensa: 2023-04-14)

    [cat] Aquest treball està orientat en l’estudi de nous sistemes heterocíclics nitrogenats amb potencial activitat biològica, concretament, en la recerca de nous antitumorals per inhibició enzimàtica. S’ha descrit la ...

    Safety and efficacy investigations for new prenatal neuroprotective therapies. Applications in a model of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). 

    Kühne, Britta Anna (Fecha de defensa: 2022-10-21)

    [eng] Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is defined as a significant reduction on fetal growth rate, resulting in a birth weight below the 10th percentile for the corresponding gestational age (Sharma et al., 2016). ...