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Characterization and Tracking of Melanoma and Lung Brain Metastasis-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in vitro
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Brain metastasis (BM) occurs when cancer cells from a primary tumor elsewhere in the body spread to the brain. It poses significant challenges in cancer treatment due to its aggressive nature and limited therapeutic options, ... -
Image Registration for Automated Alignment and Ordering of Non-neoplastic Kidney Biopsy Sections
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)The kidney, a vital organ responsible for waste excretion and hormone regulation, is frequently afflicted by non-neoplastic diseases affecting components like glomeruli and tubules. Chronic kidney disease (CKD), often ... -
Interplay of the proteotoxic CEL-MODY protein and oncogenic KRAS in pancreatic cancer development
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Challenges in diagnosing and treating pancreatic cancer make it the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Survival rates remain dismally low, and the molecular mechanisms driving this malignancy are still inadequately ... -
Novel aspects of carboxyl ester lipase (CEL). Investigations on transcriptional regulation and tissue expression
(Master thesis, 2024-06-03)Carboxyl ester lipase (CEL) is a digestive enzyme that breaks down dietary fats in the duodenum, and it is mainly expressed by the pancreas and lactating mammary glands. A pathogenic variant of the CEL gene, named CEL-HYB1, ... -
Role of mechanotransduction in pancreatic endocrine cell fate acquisition in SC-islets
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Characterization of Melanoma Brain Metastasis Cell Lines
(Master thesis, 2019-06-03)Brain metastasis is a major public health problem. Metastatic brain tumors are ten times more common than that of all other primary brain tumors combined. The estimated annual incidence in Europe is around 1.5 million cases ... -
Using iPSC-derived cortical organoids to study disease mechanisms of POLG-disease and explore new therapeutic strategies
(Master thesis, 2023-07-03)POLG-related diseases are a set of severe mitochondrial myopathies caused by a mutation in the POLG gene. The POLG gene encodes for the catalytic subunit of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymerase gamma (Pol-γ). Pol-γ is ... -
Matrix Stiffness-dependent Regulation of Integrin α11β1 Expression
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Stiffness regulation within the tumour microenvironment plays a pivotal role in tumorigenesis. In this context, integrin α11β1 is a collagen receptor expressed on cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) involved in matrix ... -
LPS quantification of oral samples from the RHINESSA study population
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)The human immune system defends the body against threats through a complex network of organs, cells, and proteins. It has two subsystems: the innate immune system provides immediate defense, while the adaptive immune system ... -
Expression, Purification, and Small Molecule Binding to Cysteine Sulfinic Acid Decarboxylase
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Cysteine Sulfinic acid decarboxylase (CSAD) is a PLP-dependent enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of taurine. It converts cysteine sulfinic acid (CSA) into hypotaurine. Hypotaurine is later oxidized into taurine, one of ... -
3D Modelling of Brain Metastasis Microenvironment for Evaluation of Tumour-Stromal Interactions
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Brain metastases (BM) occur when cancer cells from the primary location spread to the brain through the bloodstream. BM affects approximately 20-40 % of cancer patients, with the majority originating from lung, breast, and ... -
Investigation of the apoptotic pathway in glioblastoma in the context of suicide gene therapy
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Glioblastoma is a highly malignant, aggressive and most common primary brain tumor in adults. Tremendous research efforts have been conducted in the field of GBM treatment discovery and succcess has only been achieved at ... -
The CEL VNTR in pancreatic disease: Effects of cysteine residues in pathogenic carboxyl ester lipase variants
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Carboxyl ester lipase (CEL) is a digestive enzyme mainly expressed in the acinar cells of the pancreas. CEL hydrolyses dietary fat, cholesteryl esters and fat-soluble vitamins. The protein is structurally divided into two ... -
High-dimensional Characterisation of rare cerebrospinal fluid cells in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system (CNS) and is the leading cause of neurological disability in young adults in North America and Europe, affecting ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMUNE CELL SUBSETS IN A MODEL DISEASE FOR ENDOCRINE AUTOIMMUNITY BY MASS AND FLOW CYTOMETRY
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)The autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APS1) is a complex and rare monogenic form of autoimmunity caused by pathogenic variants of the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene; a transcription factor primarily expressed in ... -
Cellular clearance and protein binding partners of pathogenic CEL-HYB
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)The CEL gene encodes the digestive enzyme carboxyl ester lipase, which is mainly expressed in the acinar cells of the pancreas. In 2015, our research group discovered a CEL hybrid gene, named CEL-HYB, resulting from ... -
Pharmacological targeting of the Treg/Th17 axis using in vitro cell cultures derived from patients with autoimmune Addison's disease
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)Autoimmune Addison’s disease (AAD) is a rare endocrine disorder characterized by an immune-mediated attack towards the cells of the adrenal cortex. The major self-antigen, targeted by autoantibodies and self-reactive T ... -
Investigation of the Role of BCR/ABL1 in Neutrophil Extracellular Trap (NET) Formation in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) represent a rather newly discovered antimicrobial mechanism first described by Brinkmann and co-workers in 2004. NETs are extracellular structures composed of decondensed chromatin ... -
Effect of miR-582-5p modulated cancer-associated fibroblasts on vulvar cancer cells
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)
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