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Díaz Sáez, Francisco (Date of defense: 2021-02-12)
Neuregulin-4 has emerged as a novel adipokine in recent years. Several authors have previously explored the endocrine role of this adipocyte-secreted growth factor in the liver metabolism. In those studies, it has been ...
Castellá Giner, Moisés (Date of defense: 2023-09-29)
[emg] Alternative splicing (AS) is a gene expression regulatory mechanism that enables generation of multiple mRNA isoforms from a single gene which commonly are translated into proteins. This mechanism is tightly regulated ...
Badia Villanueva, Míriam (Date of defense: 2019-10-14)
La lipoproteïna lipasa (LPL) és un enzim àmpliament distribuït a l’organisme i aquest fet li confereix un rol central en el metabolisme lipídic. La seva funció principal és la hidròlisi dels triacilglicèrids de les ...
Carulla i Sanmartí, Pere (Date of defense: 2017-12-01)
Un dels principals aspectes que hem descrit ha estat la presència i la distribució de les isoformes de pI de l’LPL. Inicialment hem treballat amb teixits de rata adulta: cor, TAB, TAM i múscul. Els resultats han demostrat ...
Perelló-Reus, Catalina (Date of defense: 2020-06-02)
Maintenance of balanced nucleotide pools is necessary for cellular homeostasis. The nucleotide content of the cell is determined by the uptake of nucleosides by specific transporters, the salvage pathway and de novo synthesis ...
Barros, Susana Raquel Costa (Date of defense: 2020-02-13)
OPA1 is a dynamin-related protein that is responsible for the fusion of the internal mitochondrial membrane and essential to control the morphology of the mitochondrial cristae. Thus, it directly impacts the efficiency of ...
Irazoqui Guimon, Andrea (Date of defense: 2021-12-03)
Some forms of mitochondrial dysfunction induce sterile inflammation through mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) recognition by intracellular DNA sensors. However, our understanding of the processes operating this activation is ...
Sastre Martinez, Daniel (Date of defense: 2022-04-08)
Kv1.3 plays a crucial role in leukocytes, where it regulates activation and proliferation. In these cells, Kv1.3 is coexpressed with modulatory subunit KCNE4. This ancillary peptide acts as a dominant negative regulator ...
Núñez Carpintero, Iker (Date of defense: 2023-11-14)
[eng] The vast and continuously increasing volume of available biomedical data produced during the last decades opens new opportunities for large-scale modeling of disease biology, facilitating a more comprehensive and ...
Sánchez Soto, Marta (Date of defense: 2017-01-16)
From the D2‐like receptors (D2,D3, D4), only D4 receptor (D4R) has been described as “promiscuous” since it can be activated both by dopamine (DA) and norepinephrine (NE) and function as a noradrenergic receptor in the ...
Ferrer Curriu, Gemma (Date of defense: 2020-07-23)
Cardiovascular diseases are one of the leading causes of mortality in industrialized countries and are caused by genetic factors, environmental factors or comorbidities. This thesis is focused on three cardiovascular risk ...
Lillo Jové, Jaume (Date of defense: 2023-03-17)
[cat] El Sistema Cannabinoide, que inclou els dos receptors de cannabinoides CB1 i CB2, els seus lligands endògens i els enzims de síntesi i degradació d’aquests, és un sistema molt complex que controla un gran nombre de ...
Moro Villa, Sandra (Date of defense: 2018-11-19)
Los transportadores concentrativos de nucleósidos (CNT) se han descrito como transportadores dependientes de sodio y de alta afinidad para los nucleósidos naturales. Su expresión se consideró inicialmente restringida a ...
Carmona Maurici, Júlia (Date of defense: 2022-10-14)
[cat] La predicció del risc de patir un esdeveniment cardiovascular en les persones amb obesitat severa és imprecisa. A més, els mecanismes que interrelacionen l’obesitat amb l’ateroesclerosi no es coneixen amb suficient ...
Roca Martínez, Carlota (Date of defense: 2022-07-04)
FUNDAMENTO: Microorganismos patógenos como las bacterias Mycobacterium tuberculosis y Pseudomonas aeruginosa, y los protozoos del filo Apicomplexa, incluyendo los agentes causantes de la malaria y la toxoplasmosis, sintetizan ...
Homar Ruano, Patricia C. (Date of defense: 2020-01-24)
La atención es el proceso cognitivo básico que nos otorga la capacidad de seleccionar aquella información interna o externa que va a ser relevante para la toma de decisiones y el control del comportamiento. Múltiples ...
Rodríguez Nuevo, Aida (Date of defense: 2018-04-12)
Opa1 is a mitochondrial dynamics protein responsible for the fusion of the inner mitochondrial membrane, the maintenance of cristae morphology, and involved in mitochondrial DNA stability. In this study we have explored ...
Morón Ros, Samantha (Date of defense: 2020-11-09)
[spa] El objetivo de la presente tesis se basa en establecer, mediante el uso de modelos experimentales animales y celulares, cuál es el papel de la enterocina FGF15/19: a) en la adiposidad y plasticidad de los ...
Rupérez Gonzalo, Celia (Date of defense: 2020-09-10)
El objetivo principal de esta tesis fue el estudio de la función de dos nuevas cardiocinas, FGF21 y Metrnl, durante el desarrollo de la patología cardíaca. Se dividió en los siguientes apartados: PARTE 1: Caracterización ...
Moragas Garcia, Núria (Date of defense: 2021-02-26)
La teoria més plausible de l’evolució del càncer de mama és la que considera el carcinoma ductal in situ (DCIS) com a precursor no obligat del carcinoma ductal invasiu (IDC), que eventualment progressa cap a l’etapa ...