Estudio de la respuesta inflamatoria en el sistema nervioso central en modelos de fracaso multiorgánico. Búsqueda de nuevas alternativas terapéuticas
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2025
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28/03/2025
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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En la presente Tesis Doctoral se han seleccionado dos patologías, sepsis y malaria, causadas por agentes infecciosos diferentes (bacterias mayoritariamente en la sepsis y parásitos del género Plasmodium en la malaria) que cursan con un fracaso multiorgánico que afecta, en sus manifestaciones más graves, al Sistema Nervioso Central (SNC), causando en algunos casos, déficits en la función visual. Son patologías con una elevada incidencia a nivel mundial, y para las que, en la actualidad no existen tratamientos eficaces para las alteraciones provocadas en el SNC. Nuestro grupo de investigación ha profundizado en los posibles mecanismos de nefroprotección de la cilastatina (CIL), y ha demostrado sus propiedades neuroprotectoras y antiinflamatorias en la retina en un modelo experimental de glaucoma. Por ello, en la presente Tesis Doctoral, nos planteamos la hipótesis de que, en patologías sistémicas como la sepsis o la malaria, existe un daño inflamatorio y neuronal en la vía visual, tanto en la retina como en los principales núcleos de relevo: colículo superior (CS), núcleo geniculado lateral dorsal (NGLd) y corteza visual primaria (V1)...
In this Doctoral Thesis we have selected two pathologies, sepsis and malaria, caused by different infectious agents (mainly bacteria in sepsis and parasites of the Plasmodiumgenus in malaria) that cause multiorgan failure affecting, in their most severe manifestations, the Central Nervous System (CNS) and sometimes showing deficits in visual function. These pathologies have a high worldwide incidence, and no effective treatment for the related CNS alterations are available at present. Our research group has extensively investigated the possible nephroprotective mechanisms of cilastatin (CIL), and we have more recently demonstrated its neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties in the retina, in an experimental model of glaucoma. Therefore, in the present Doctoral Thesis, we hypothesized inflammatory and neuronal damages in the whole visual pathway, from the retina and through main relay nuclei: superior colliculus (SC), dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and primary visual cortex (V1), in these two systemic pathologies (sepsis or malaria). Furthermore, CIL could emerge as a promising therapeutic agent in the treatment of these CNS alterations...
In this Doctoral Thesis we have selected two pathologies, sepsis and malaria, caused by different infectious agents (mainly bacteria in sepsis and parasites of the Plasmodiumgenus in malaria) that cause multiorgan failure affecting, in their most severe manifestations, the Central Nervous System (CNS) and sometimes showing deficits in visual function. These pathologies have a high worldwide incidence, and no effective treatment for the related CNS alterations are available at present. Our research group has extensively investigated the possible nephroprotective mechanisms of cilastatin (CIL), and we have more recently demonstrated its neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory properties in the retina, in an experimental model of glaucoma. Therefore, in the present Doctoral Thesis, we hypothesized inflammatory and neuronal damages in the whole visual pathway, from the retina and through main relay nuclei: superior colliculus (SC), dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) and primary visual cortex (V1), in these two systemic pathologies (sepsis or malaria). Furthermore, CIL could emerge as a promising therapeutic agent in the treatment of these CNS alterations...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Medicina, leída el 28-03-2025













