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Morales Paytuví, Frederic (Date of defense: 2022-02-04)
The following sections of the thesis are divided in two parts corresponding with the two projects conducted, whose objectives are stated below. 1. Caveolin in the endoplasmic reticulum During the last years, the ...
Feu i Coll, Sònia (Date of defense: 2019-03-28)
This thesis investigates the mechanisms that are activated in response to replication stress induced with hydroxyurea, an agent that causes deoxyribonucleotides depletion and arrest cells in S phase, in the non-transformed ...
Canal de la Iglesia, Mercè (Date of defense: 2016-06-01)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons of the Substantia Nigra pars compacta (SNpc) and the presence of cytoplasmic protein inclusions named Lewy Bodies. Current treatments are directed ...
Martín Flores, Núria (Date of defense: 2018-12-14)
Huntington's disease (HD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are devastating neurodegenerative diseases that progress with the death of selective neuronal subpopulations. Neuronal dysfunction and death are consequence of multiple ...
López Guimet, Júlia (Date of defense: 2018-04-25)
The aorta is the main artery of the body, whose function is to collect the blood ejected by the heart and distribute it to all tissues. The elastic degree of the aortic wall necessary to withstand blood pressure is mainly ...