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Trends on the Cellulose-Based Textiles: Raw Materials and Technologies by Felgueiras, Catarina, Azoia, Nuno G, Gonçalves, Cidália, Gama, Miguel, Dourado, Fernando

“…There is an emerging environmental awareness and social concern regarding the environmental impact of the textile industry, highlighting the growing need for…”
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Proteins Derived from the Dairy Losses and By-Products as Raw Materials for Non-Food Applications by Costa, Catarina, Azoia, Nuno G, Coelho, Lorena, Freixo, Ricardo, Batista, Patrícia, Pintado, Manuela

“…The disposal of a high volume of waste-containing proteins is becoming increasingly challenging in a society that is aware of what is happening in the…”
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Safety Assessment of Polypyrrole Nanoparticles and Spray-Coated Textiles by Bengalli, Rossella, Fiandra, Luisa, Vineis, Claudia, Sanchez-Ramirez, Diego Omar, Azoia, Nuno G, Varesano, Alessio, Mantecca, Paride

“…Polypyrrole (PPy) nanoparticles (NPs) are used for the coating of materials, such as textiles, with biomedical applications, including wound care and tissue…”
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Albumin-Based Nanodevices as Drug Carriers by Loureiro, Ana, Azoia, Nuno G, Gomes, Andreia C, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…Nanomedicine, the application of nanotechnology to medicine, is being increasingly used to improve and exploit the advantages of efficient drug delivery…”
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Design of a chromogenic substrate for elastase based on split GFP system—Proof of concept for colour switch sensors by Ferreira, Ana V., Antunes, Egipto, Ribeiro, Artur, Matamá, Teresa, Azoia, Nuno G., Cunha, Joana, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…[Display omitted] •GFP-like chromoproteins can be used for protease signalling through colour changes.•Absorbance changes obtained on split UM system upon HNE…”
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Recycling of textile wastes, by acid hydrolysis, into new cellulosic raw materials by Costa, Catarina, Viana, André, Silva, Carla, Marques, Eduardo F., Azoia, Nuno G.

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A sustainable approach for providing water repellency in textiles by using long-chain cellulose esters by Costa, Catarina, Silva, Carla, Marques, Eduardo F., Azoia, Nuno G.

“…Long-chain cellulose esters (LCCEs) are recently developed cellulose derivatives showing properties that are relevant to diverse applications, such as…”
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Long-chain cellulose esters from recycling textile waste as highly effective superhydrophobic additive: synthesis and evaluation by Costa, Catarina, Silva, Carla, Marques, Eduardo F., Azoia, Nuno G.

“…The textile industry has a strong interest in superhydrophobicity and water repellence and, in particular, in the development of waterproof, self-cleaning and…”
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Peptide—protein interactions within human hair keratins by Cruz, Célia F., Azoia, Nuno G., Matamá, Teresa, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…[Display omitted] We selected 1235 decapeptides from human hair proteins encoded by human genes of keratins and keratin associated proteins. The peptides were…”
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Internalization of Methotrexate Conjugates by Folate Receptor‑α by Nogueira, Eugénia, Sárria, Marisa P, Azoia, Nuno G, Antunes, Egipto, Loureiro, Ana, Guimarães, Diana, Noro, Jennifer, Rollett, Alexandra, Guebitz, Georg, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…The folate antagonist methotrexate is a cytotoxic drug used in the treatment of several cancer types. The entry of methotrexate into the cell is mediated by…”
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Protein Formulations for Emulsions and Solid-in-Oil Dispersions by Martins, Madalena, Loureiro, Ana, Azoia, Nuno G, Silva, Carla, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…Needs from medical and cosmetic areas have led to the design of novel nanosized emulsions and solid-in-oil dispersions of proteins. Here, we describe the…”
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PEGylation greatly enhances laccase polymerase activity by Su, Jing, Noro, Jennifer Martins, Loureiro, Ana, Martins, Madalena, Azoia, Nuno G., Fu, Jiajia, Wang, Qiang, Silva, Carla, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…Laccase catalyzes the oxidation and polymerization of phenolic compounds in the presence of oxygen. Herein, we report for the first time that a previous…”
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Two Engineered OBPs with opposite temperature-dependent affinities towards 1-aminoanthracene by Gonçalves, Filipa Daniela Gomes, Castro, T., Azóia, Nuno G., Ribeiro, Artur, Silva, Carla Manuela Pereira Marinho da, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…Engineered odorant-binding proteins (OBPs) display tunable binding affinities triggered by temperature alterations. We designed and produced two engineered…”
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Insights on the mechanical behavior of keratin fibrils by Antunes, Egipto, Cruz, Célia F., Azoia, Nuno G., Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…[Display omitted] A computational molecular model of a truncated keratin protofibril (8 chains of hair keratin, PDB provided in Supplementary material) was…”
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In vivo confocal Raman spectroscopy and molecular dynamics analysis of penetration of retinyl acetate into stratum corneum by dos Santos, Laurita, Téllez S, Claudio A., Sousa, Mariane P.J., Azoia, Nuno G., Cavaco-Paulo, Artur M., Martin, Airton A., Favero, Priscila P.

“…The purpose of this study is to elucidate the behavior of retinyl acetate in penetrating human skin without the presence of enhancers by using confocal Raman…”
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Odorant binding proteins: a biotechnological tool for odour control by Silva, Carla Manuela Pereira Marinho da, Matamá, Maria Teresa, Azóia, Nuno G., Mansilha, Catarina, Casal, Margarida, Paulo, Artur Cavaco

“…The application of an odorant binding protein for odour control and fragrance delayed release from a textile surface was first explored in this work. Pig OBP-1…”
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Insights on the Mechanism of Formation of Protein Microspheres in a Biphasic System by Silva, Raquel, Ferreira, Helena, Azoia, Nuno G, Shimanovich, Ulyana, Freddi, Giuliano, Gedanken, Aharon, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…Microspheres of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and silk fibroin are produced by applying ultrasound in a biphasic system consisting of an aqueous protein solution…”
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In vitro and computational studies of transdermal perfusion of nanoformulations containing a large molecular weight protein by Martins, Madalena, Azoia, Nuno G., Ribeiro, Artur, Shimanovich, Ulyana, Silva, Carla, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…[Display omitted] ► We made the transdermal perfusion of a large protein (66kDa) with 160nm. ► Bovine serum albumin nanodispersions were produced by…”
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Design of Novel BSA/Hyaluronic Acid Nanodispersions for Transdermal Pharma Purposes by Martins, Madalena, Azoia, Nuno G, Shimanovich, Ulyana, Matamá, Teresa, Gomes, Andreia C, Silva, Carla, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…A novel transdermal hyaluronic acid (HA) conjugated with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was developed in the form of solid-in-oil (S/O) nanodispersion (129.7 nm…”
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Oil-based cyclo-oligosaccharide nanodevices for drug encapsulation by Noro, Jennifer, Loureiro, Ana, Gonçalves, Filipa, Azoia, Nuno G., Jung, Seunho, Silva, Carla, Cavaco-Paulo, Artur

“…[Display omitted] •New cyclo-oligosaccharide-palmitoyl compounds with improved emulsifying properties.•Cys-PAL-based nanoemulsions production via…”
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