Garcia Cabau, Carla (Date of defense: 2022-05-31)
Intrinsically disordered (ID) proteins or regions are protein sequences that lack stable secondary and tertiary structures. ID proteins are particularly prone to undergo liquid- liquid phase separation ...
Aseeri, Mazen (Date of defense: 2023-03-13)
[eng] The main goals of this PhD thesis are closely related within the field of CDases and their key role in the regulation of sphingolipid metabolism. Thus, the roles of ACER3 and AC in different human ...
da Rocha, Pedro Filipe Simões (Date of defense: 2022-11-25)
[eng] Treatment landscape in early-stage NSCLC is rapidly changing after approval of anti-PD-1/PD-L1 in the neoadjuvant and adjuvant settings, respectively. However, biomarkers for patient selection, ...
Bielsa i Vilardaga, Núria (Date of defense: 2021-06-22)
1. El paper que tenen les ceramidases en diferents malalties humanes va guanyant interès. Tot i així, la recerca en aquest àmbit ha estat obstaculitzada per la manca d’inhibidors i substrats específics ...
Paz Domínguez, Joel (Date of defense: 2021-12-14)
Despite decades of work, the molecular requirements underlying microtubule- organizing center (MTOC) formation at the centrosome remain obscure. Progress is hindered by the complexity of this organelle, ...
Rasti Zaghiyan, George (Date of defense: 2021-09-20)
The Sirtuin family of NAD+-dependent enzymes plays a key role in the maintenance of genome integrity upon stress. Sirtuins coordinate the response to different forms of stress at different levels and ...
Paredes Fuentes, Abraham José (Date of defense: 2022-12-01)
[spa] El objetivo general de este trabajo de tesis doctoral ha sido progresar en el desarrollo de biomarcadores para el estudio de pacientes con enfermedades mitocondriales. Los objetivos concretos han ...
Benítez Amaro, Aleyda (Date of defense: 2022-12-22)
[eng] BACKGROUND: Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 1 (LRP1) plays a key role in fatty acid metabolism and glucose homeostasis. In the context of dyslipidemia, LRP1 is positively regulated ...
Fernández Carasa, Irene (Date of defense: 2021-06-29)
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an incurable, chronically progressive disorder of old age leading to premature invalidity and death. Clinically, PD is characterized by classical motor syndrome linked to a ...
Català Moll, Francisco (Date of defense: 2020-06-08)
Epigenetic factors, such as histone post-translational modifications and DNA methylation, are critical determinants of gene expression, which ultimately defines cell identity and function. Despite intense ...