Domenech Pena, Arnau (Date of defense: 2013-12-03)
It is estimated that within a few years chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be the third leading cause of death worldwide. The morbidity and mortality associated with COPD are due, in part ...
Grandes Vilaclara, Mª Eugenia (Date of defense: 2008-06-18)
The aim of this 4 year long work was to study the Connexin32 (Cx32), a protein that forms hemichannels anchored in the plasma membrane. Two hemichannels of adjacent cells form a gap junction. Mutations ...
Adrião Camoez, Marina (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)
Infections by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are still an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Health-care associated infections, especially bacteremia, often represent ...
Puig Pitarch, Carmen (Date of defense: 2015-06-17)
Haemophilus influenzae is an opportunistic pathogen that forms part of the human nasopharyngeal microbiota. This microorganism is classified into encapsulated and nonencapsulated or nontypeable (NTHi) ...
Ortega Cano, Juan Alberto (Date of defense: 2011-09-30)
Brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a chemokine which levels are regulated by neuronal activity and could act as a sensor in front of distinct physiologic stimulus, activating the transcription ...
Sans Serramitjana, Eulàlia (Date of defense: 2017-06-15)
P. aeruginosa is one of the major opportunistic pathogen colonizing the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients and causing chronic airways infection. Once P.aeruginosa established chronically ...
Rodilla Martín, Ananda Marina (Date of defense: 2018-04-10)
Oral and lung cancer are included in the most prevalent respiratory diseases, being the latter one of the main causes of mortality worldwide. Despite new advances in diagnosis and clinical care, success ...
López del Hoyo, Natalia (Date of defense: 2014-03-14)
In the last two decades, it has been done a thoroughly research about the role of Guanylate Cyclase Activating Proteins (GCAPs) in photoreceptor cells of the retina as activity regulators of Retinal ...
Fusté i Domínguez, Ester (Date of defense: 2012-11-19)
Resistance to antimicrobials is a well-known phenomenon leading to difficulties in the treatment of infectious diseases. The genetic determinants of such resistance are in general well understood: ...