Pushparaj, Charumathi (Date of defense: 2014-07-29)
Voltage-gated Ca2+ channels (VGCCs) are essential for initiating and regulating cardiac function. During the cardiac action potential, Ca2+ influx through L-type channels triggers the sarcoplasmic ...
Mattiolo, Paolo (Date of defense: 2016-01-08)
The 1st part of the thesis demonstrates that autophagy promotes cell death by an intrinsic apoptotic pathway at the early times of trophic-nutritional deprivation. In this paradigm, autophagy also ...