Universitat de Barcelona
Mostrando ítems 62-67 de 67
G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) constitute a complex and versatile superfamily of membrane receptors with relevance in maintaining homeostasis. The thesis project has focused in members of this superfamily: the CB1 and ...
Obesity prevalence has tripled in the last fifty years. For this reason, it is considered the pandemic of the century. It is characterized by the accumulation of metabolic abnormalities triggered by an increase in the size ...
Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related deaths and it is of great biomedical importance to develop new therapeutic strategies that specifically target metastatic cells. Therefore, a better comprehension of the process ...
[eng] Prostate and colorectal cancer are among the cancer types with the highest recurrence and mortality rates. The emergence of drug resistance poses a considerable challenge for effective treatment, especially in the ...
Voltage-gated K channels (Kv) is large family of channels that are expressed in both excitable and non-excitable cells. In excitable cells they contribute to the control of resting membrane potential and action potentials ...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, mainly characterized by a progressive loss of midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons, located in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), and frequently ...
