Search for dissertations about: "Endogenous treatment"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 432 swedish dissertations containing the words Endogenous treatment.
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1. Angiostatic treatment of neuroblastoma
Abstract : Neuroblastoma is a malignant solid tumor of childhood with a poor prognosis. The growth of solid tumors has been shown to be dependent on new blood vessel formation, i.e. angiogenesis. READ MORE
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2. Essays on the Evaluation of Public Policies
Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers.Essay 1: This paper uses the synthetic control (SC) method to examine how the establishment of Nuclear Power Facilities (NPFs) in Japan in the 1970s and 1980s has affected local per capita income levels in the municipalities in which they were located (NPF municipalities). READ MORE
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3. Cerebrospinal fluid peptidomics: discovery of endogenous peptides as biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease
Abstract : Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs), the most prominent example of which is Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has turned out to be among the greatest challenges for modern medicine. Common characteristics of NDs involve the aggregation of proteins, progressive loss of neuronal cells in specific regions of the central nervous system (CNS) and as a result – cognitive and/or functional decline. READ MORE
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4. Endogenous and treatment-induced neuroplasticity in mouse models of Parkinson's disease
Abstract : Parkinson´s disease (PD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of nigral dopamine (DA) neurons that project their axons to the striatum. Striatal DA depletion causes the typical motor symptoms of PD. READ MORE
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5. Towards Pharmacological Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
Abstract : S-nitrosogluthatione is an endogenous substance, present at decreased levels in the lungs of CF patients and was recently found to induce mature CFTR in airway epithelial CF cell lines. We show that S-nitrosoglutathione in physiological concentrations increases the presence of ΔF508 CFTR in the cell membrane and induces cAMP dependent chloride transport in cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. READ MORE