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Relevant Molecular and Functional G.Protein Coupled Receptor Interactions in Neuroinflammation and Addiction = Interaccions moleculars i funcionals de receptors acoblats a proteïna G rellevants en neuroinflamació i addició

Angelats Canals, Edgar (Date of defense: 2018-09-14)

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 ...

The role of the G-protein coupled receptor 120 (GPR120) on the FGF21 system in white and brown adipose tissues

Quesada López, Tania Paloma (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)

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 ...

Study of the metabolic reprogramming associated to metastasis in colon cancer

Tarragó Celada, Josep (Date of defense: 2020-09-16)

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 ...

Turnover of voltage-gated potassium channel Kv 1.3

Styrczewska, Katarzyna (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

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 ...

Using pacient-specific IPSC derived dopaminergic to investigate Parkinson's disease: a new prospective in stem cell research and application = Utilització de neurones dopaminèrgiques específiques de pacients derivades de cèl·lules pluripotents induïdes (IPSC) en la investigació de la malaltia de Parkinson: una nova perspectiva en la investigació amb cèl·lules mare i les seves aplicacions

Torrent Juan, Roger (Date of defense: 2016-06-02)

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 ...