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    Altered Levels of Glycosylated Sterols Affect Tomato Development and Stress Response 

    Chávez Martínez, Ángel de Jesús (Date of defense: 2020-12-22)

    Los esteroles son una familia de compuestos triterpénicos que se presentan en forma libre (FS, por sus siglas en inglés) o conjugada, como ésteres (SE), glicósidos (SG) y acilglicósidos de esteroles (ASG). Los esteroles ...

    Analysis of the in vivo effect of carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A deletion in AgRP neurons 

    Zagmutt Caroca, Sebastián (Date of defense: 2020-11-09)

    Food intake and whole-body energy balance are regulated by the brain through a sophisticated neuronal network located mostly in the hypothalamus. In particular, the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus (ARC) is a fundamental sensor ...

    Analysis of the molecular bases that mediate the interplay between Multisubunit Tethering Complexes and P4-ATPases 

    Pazos Capell, Irene (Date of defense: 2018-06-26)

    Vesicle trafficking is fundamental to distribute correctly lipids and proteins among cellular compartments. A complex network of interconnected pathways transport vesicles between organelles to satisfy the cellular demand. ...

    Analysis of the molecular function of kazrin in endosomal trafficking 

    Baumann, Adrian (Date of defense: 2018-11-22)

    Endocytosis and endosomal trafficking are of central meaning in all eukaryotic cells. It enables cells to rapidly modify their surface exposure of signalling complexes, nutrient and ion transporters, to maintain the ...

    Análisis estructural de ensamblados macromoleculares y sus componentes 

    Guerra Lahoz, Pablo (Date of defense: 2017-09-22)

    Los grandes ensamblados macromoleculares presentan unas propiedades mecánicas extraordinarias las cuales los hacen perfectos para su uso con fines muy distintos dentro de la nanotecnología y la biomedicina. El virus diminuto ...

    Análisis transcriptómico para identificar genes biomarcadores del estado nutricional en la dorada (Sparus aurata): efecto de la sobreexpresión hepática de SREBP-1a 

    Silva Marrero, Jonás Ismael (Date of defense: 2017-09-21)

    La acuicultura es una importante actividad económica vinculada a la producción de alimentos que se encuentra en etapa de expansión. Sin embargo, la producción de especies carnívoras como la dorada (Sparus aurata) presenta ...

    Aplicacions de l’enginyeria cristal·lina al descobriment i estudi de noves formes sòlides de principis actius 

    Barbas Cañero, Rafael (Date of defense: 2019-11-14)

    Aquesta tesi descriu el disseny, optimització i implementació de metodologies d’screening versàtils per a la recerca de noves formes sòlides de compostos orgànics. La certesa d’estar desenvolupant la forma sòlida d’un ...

    Application of computational docking to the characterization and modulation of protein-protein interactions of biomedical interest 

    Rosell Oliveras, Mireia (Date of defense: 2020-12-21)

    The study of the 3D structural details of protein interactions is essential to understand biomolecular functions at the molecular level. In this context, the limited availability of experimental structures of protein-protein ...

    Arming Oncolytic Adenoviruses with Transgenes to Engage Stroma Toxicity and Immune Stimulation as a Double Strategy Against Cancer 

    Arias Badia, Marcel (Date of defense: 2017-09-29)

    Oncolytic virotherapy with Adenoviruses has regained importance in the past years with the appearance of fresh and promising strategies to deal with tumors. Among the major limitations of this therapy are the immune ...

    Asociación de Sistemas Nanoestructurados con Fluorometolona para el Tratamiento de Enfermedades Inflamatorias 

    González Pizarro, Roberto Carlos (Date of defense: 2019-05-24)

    En el abordaje terapéutico de las enfermedades inflamatorias oculares se han utilizado tanto fármacos antiinflamatorios no esteroideos como corticoides en diferentes formas de dosificación, con la finalidad de devolver la ...

    Avaluació de l’efectivitat i la seguretat dels anticoagulants orals d'acció directa en pacients amb fibril·lació auricular sotmesos a intervencionisme coronari percutani amb implantació d'stent 

    Casamira i Ruiz, Núria (Date of defense: 2020-11-19)

    La triple teràpia antitrombòtica (TT), consistent en un anticoagulant oral i la doble antiagregació plaquetària (DAPT), és el tractament recomanat en els pacients amb fibril·lació auricular (FA) sotmesos a un intervencionisme ...

    Bacteriófagos en el cuerpo humano 

    Brown Jaque, Maryury Andrea (Date of defense: 2018-12-13)

    Los bacteriófagos son componentes abundantes y omnipresentes en muchos ambientes naturales, y el cuerpo humano no es la excepción. Del mismo modo que pasa en la naturaleza, los fagos en el cuerpo humano pueden desempeñar ...

    BasC K154 role on cytosolic gate closing. The bacterial alanine-serine-cysteine transporter as a model 

    Nicolàs i Aragó, Adrià (Date of defense: 2022-12-14)

    [eng] L-type amino acid transporters play key roles in human physiology and are involved in several human pathologies such as primary inherited aminoacidurias (Feliubadaló et al., 1999; Torrents et al., 1999), autism ...

    Biodisponibilidad y acción de los glucocorticoides en diversos modelos de inflamación 

    Ledda, Angelo (Date of defense: 2016-12-15)

    La actividad antiinflamatoria de dosis farmacológicas de glucocorticoides (GCs) los ha convertido en una de las familias de fármacos más utilizados en las últimas décadas a pesar de que su prescripción se halla sujeta a ...

    Biomarkers and therapeutic targets based on bacterial “Quorum Sensing” system 

    Rodriguez Urretavizcaya, Bárbara (Date of defense: 2022-03-25)

    Infectious diseases are still one of the main leading causes of death worldwide mainly due the overuse and the lack of development of new antibiotics. This fact has increased the appearance of multidrug resistance (MDR) ...

    Biomedical studies of human adenosine deaminase acting on transfer RNA and related therapeutic strategies 

    Roura Frigolé, Helena (Date of defense: 2018-07-27)

    Adenosine deaminase acting on transfer RNA (ADAT) is a human heterodimeric enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of adenosine (A) to inosine (I) at the first position of the anticodon of transfer RNAs (tRNAs) (position 34, ...

    Biopharmaceutical study of therapeutic efficacy of nanostructured formulations made from products of natural origin 

    Bustos Salgado, Paola (Date of defense: 2021-06-22)

    This research work was aimed at the characterization in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo of nanostructured systems which independently contain a natural flavanone extracted from Eysenhardtia platycarpa and another four flavanones ...

    Biophysical Techniques for the Investigation of Protein-Ligand Complexes 

    Scaffidi, Salvatore (Date of defense: 2021-01-15)

    Once a target is identified and characterized, the long pathway to develop a drug starts. In this process, biophysical methods have an important part to play and nowadays are firmly combined at several stages. In this ...

    Biotechnological production of rosmarinic acid and ruscogenins. Scaling up the optimized processes to benchtop bioreactors 

    Khojasteh, Abbas (Date of defense: 2019-11-22)

    Rosmarinic acid (RA), an ester of caffeic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenyl lactic acid, is widely distributed in the plant kingdom, including Satureja khuzistanica, a threatened Iranian plant species. Interest in RA is growing ...

    Broadening Adenoviral Oncolysis in PDAC: Interrogation of Patient-Derived Organoids for personalized virotherapy and modulation of miRNA content to boost adenoviral potency 

    Raimondi, Giulia (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)

    The general goal of this thesis has been to progress oncolytic adenovirus therapy for PDAC, by the incorporation of novel preclinical models to test for patient-specific responses and the generation of oncolytic adenoviruses ...