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    Developmental toxicity screening in the zebrafish embryo – a metabolomics approach 

    Wilhelmi, Pia Rosa Maria (Date of defense: 2024-07-19)

    [eng] Birth defects occur in about 3-6% of human births worldwide (CDC, 2023). To mitigate the risk to the unborn child, the assessment of embryo-fetal developmental toxicity is an integral part of chemical registration ...

    Study of the effects of PPAR-β/δ activators in the treatment of MASH 

    Zhang, Meijian (Date of defense: 2024-07-19)

    [eng] Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is the most common chronic liver disease around the world, affecting more than 30% of the ...

    G9a, a histone lysine methylatransferase, as a potential target for Alzheimer’s disease 

    Bellver Sanchis, Aina (Date of defense: 2024-04-22)

    [eng] Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia that currently lacks effective pharmacological treatment. Identifying new targets to halt disease progression is a pressing need. In most cases, AD has a ...

    Chiral tricyclic lactams as efficient enantiomeric scaffolds for the synthesis of cis-decahydroquinolines substituted on the carbocyclic ring. Total synthesis of Myrioneuron alkaloids 

    Calbó Zabala, Arnau (Date of defense: 2024-02-16)

    [eng] The Myrioneuron alkaloids constitute a family of natural products found in East and South-East Asia. They feature a cis- or trans-decahydroquinoline (DHQ) as a common unit, attached to an oxazine, a diazine, or a ...

    El déficit cognitivo y la enfermedad de Alzheimer en presencia de alteraciones metabólicas: Estudio in vivo de una nueva diana terapéutica y de la estrategia multidiana para el tratamiento de estas condiciones 

    Espinosa Jiménez, Triana (Date of defense: 2023-09-26)

    [spa] La enfermedad de Alzheimer (EA) es el tipo de demencia más común. En los últimos años su prevalencia se ha incrementado preocupantemente, considerándose la epidemia del siglo XXI. Hasta ahora solo se han conseguido ...

    Preparació i Avaluació Biològica de Nous Sistemes Heterocíclics Nitrogenats 

    Viñas Simón, Miquel (Date of defense: 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 ...

    Generació de "building blocks" enantiopurs amb un estereocentre quaternari. Aplicació a la síntesi de productes naturals i compostos biològicament actius 

    Ordeix i Utiel, Sergi (Date of defense: 2022-11-11)

    [cat] Els alcaloides indòlics monoterpènics del grup leuconolam-leuconoxina-mersicarpina [(–)- mersicarpina, (–)-leuconoxina, (+)-melodinina E] i la (–)-kopsiyunnanina K presenten una interessant activitat biològica juntament ...

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

    Kühne, Britta Anna (Date of defense: 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). ...

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

    Companys Alemany, Júlia (Date of defense: 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 ...

    Synthesis of nitrogenated compounds with potential interest for the treatment of Unmet Medical Needs 

    Bagán Polonio, Andrea (Date of defense: 2022-09-23)

    The synthesis of heterocyclic organic compounds allows access to a wide arsenal of compounds with potential pharmacological activity. This Thesis is part of the field of pharmaceutical chemistry, developing new therapeutic ...

    Phenotyping of sigma-1 receptor knock-out rodents 

    Codony Soler, Xavier (Date of defense: 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 ...

    Validación de dianas farmacológicas para la prevención y el tratamiento de la hipertrigliceridemia y el hígado graso inducidos por el consumo de fructosa líquida y dieta rica en grasa saturada 

    Velázquez Chávez, Ana Magdalena (Date of defense: 2021-11-09)

    La enfermedad del hígado graso no alcohólico es una patología sin tratamiento farmacológico específico que posee una alta prevalencia a nivel mundial, cuya etapa inicial se caracteriza por la esteatosis hepática simple. ...

    Targeting the I(2) Imidazoline Receptors: the neuroprotective role of selective ligands in Alzheimer’s Disease 

    Vasilopoulou, Foteini (Date of defense: 2021-09-21)

    The identification of imidazoline receptors (IR) as a novel class of receptors has posed manifold research questions regarding their pharmacological and potential therapeutic properties. Among them, I2-IR receptors are ...

    Síntesis de compuestos bioactivos: Ligandos de los receptores imidazolínicos I(2) e inhibidores de la enzima PEPCK 

    Rodríguez Arévalo, Sergio (Date of defense: 2021-11-26)

    La síntesis de compuestos orgánicos heterocíclicos permite acceder a un amplio arsenal de compuestos con potencial actividad farmacológica. El presente manuscrito se enmarca en el campo de la química farmacéutica, desarrollando ...

    Síntesis de alcaloides decahidroquinolínicos de los grupos de la gefirotoxina, flegmarina y cilindricina 

    Piccichè, Miriam (Date of defense: 2021-12-10)

    Los alcaloides decahidroquinolínicos (DHQs) representan un pequeño grupo de productos naturales aislados mayoritariamente de fuentes animales, ya sean de origen terrestre o de origen marino, y en menor medida de fuentes ...

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

    Izquierdo Cadenas, Vanesa (Date of defense: 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 ...

    GDF15, a novel regulator of the AMPK-mediated antidiabetic actions of PPARβ/δ and metformin 

    Aguilar Recarte, David (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)

    Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a multifactorial disease that comprises metabolic defects in multiple organs. Several studies have shown that the presence of a chronic low-state inflammatory process induces the development of ...

    From the design to the in vivo evaluation of novel soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors 

    Codony Gisbert, Sandra (Date of defense: 2020-09-17)

    Epoxieicosatrienoic acids acids (EETs) are endogenous chemical mediators derived from arachidonic acid that show anti-inflammatory, antihypertensive, analgesic, angiogenic and antiatherosclerotic effects. Soluble epoxide ...

    Stress influence in neurodegeneration. Unravelling the mechanisms underlying stress response in brain ageing by 11ß-HSD1 inhibition 

    Puigoriol Illamola, Dolors (Date of defense: 2020-09-10)

    The world is facing an unprecedented situation: soon the number of people over 60 years old will exceed the number of children, and more people at extreme old age than ever before. This is due to medical advances that have ...

    Síntesis formal enantioselectiva del macrólido calispongiolida 

    Urbina Teixidor, Aina (Date of defense: 2020-06-19)

    La calispongiolida es un macrólido aislado en el año 2013 a partir de un extracto metanólico de la esponja Callyspongia sp. recogida en la costa de Indonesia. Este producto natural posee una potente actividad citotóxica y ...