Search Results - "Carvalho, Ana M."
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Evaluation of the Potential of Collagen from Codfish Skin as a Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications
Published in Marine drugs (08-12-2018)“…Collagen is one of the most widely used biomaterials, not only due its biocompatibility, biodegradability and weak antigenic potential, but also due to its…”
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Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma Diagnosis by FTIR Microspectroscopy
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (20-02-2024)“…Cervical cancer was considered the fourth most common cancer worldwide in 2020. In order to reduce mortality, an early diagnosis of the tumor is required…”
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A Non-Conventional Platinum Drug against a Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Line
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-02-2023)“…A dinuclear Pt(II) complex with putrescine as bridging polyamine ligand ([Pt Put (NH ) ]Cl ) was synthesized and assessed as to its potential anticancer…”
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Impact of Conventional and Potential New Metal-Based Drugs on Lipid Metabolism in Osteosarcoma MG-63 Cells
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (16-12-2023)“…This work investigated the mechanisms of action of conventional drugs, cisplatin and oxaliplatin, and the potentially less deleterious drug Pd Spermine (Spm)…”
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Effect of Pd2Spermine on Mice Brain-Liver Axis Metabolism Assessed by NMR Metabolomics
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (09-11-2022)“…Cisplatin (cDDP)-based chemotherapy is often limited by severe deleterious effects (nephrotoxicity, hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity). The polynuclear…”
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A New Look into the Mode of Action of Metal-Based Anticancer Drugs
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (07-01-2020)“…The mode of action of Pt- and Pd-based anticancer agents (cisplatin and Pd Spm) was studied by characterising their impact on DNA. Changes in conformation and…”
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Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Effect of Pd2Spm against Prostate Cancer through Vibrational Microspectroscopies
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-02-2023)“…Regarding the development of new antineoplastic agents, with a view to assess the selective antitumoral potential which aims at causing irreversible damage to…”
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Cardiovascular risk assessment using SCORE2 in a population with hypertension – The reality at a primary health care unit
Published in Revista portuguesa de cardiologia (01-11-2024)“…Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Portugal, thus it is important to identify individuals at risk. Patients with…”
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Structural insights into a unique cellulase fold and mechanism of cellulose hydrolysis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (29-03-2011)“…Clostridium thermocellum is a well-characterized cellulose-degrading microorganism. The genome sequence of C. thermocellum encodes a number of proteins that…”
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Pd(II) and Pt(II) Trinuclear Chelates with Spermidine: Selective Anticancer Activity towards TNBC-Sensitive and -Resistant to Cisplatin
Published in Pharmaceutics (10-04-2023)“…Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer and constitutes 10-20% of all breast cancer cases. Even though…”
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Chemotherapeutic Targets in Osteosarcoma: Insights from Synchrotron-MicroFTIR and Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (15-08-2019)“…This study aimed at the development of improved drugs against human osteosarcoma, which is the most common primary bone tumor in children and teenagers with a…”
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Metabolic Impact of Anticancer Drugs Pd2Spermine and Cisplatin on the Brain of Healthy Mice
Published in Pharmaceutics (22-01-2022)“…The new palladium agent Pd2Spermine (Spm) has been reported to exhibit promising cytotoxic properties, while potentially circumventing the known disadvantages…”
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Blood Perfusion of Random Skin Flaps in Humans—In Vivo Assessment by Laser Speckle Contrast Imaging
Published in Dermatologic surgery (01-11-2021)“…The viability of random skin flaps (RSFs) depends on an adequate perfusion pressure to avoid necrosis. Laser speckle contrast imaging is a new method to…”
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Anti-Invasive and Anti-Proliferative Synergism between Docetaxel and a Polynuclear Pd-Spermine Agent
Published in PloS one (23-11-2016)“…The present work is aimed at evaluating the antitumour properties of a Pd(II) dinuclear complex with the biogenic polyamine spermine, by investigating: i) the…”
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Concept Development—From Academia to Industry: A Journey Motivated by the Design of Portable Thermal Slippers
Published in Designs (01-07-2022)“…Concept design is an early and crucial phase in product development where the general concept of a product is created. In this stage, various aspects of the…”
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Response of Osteosarcoma Cell Metabolism to Platinum and Palladium Chelates as Potential New Drugs
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (08-08-2021)“…This paper reports the first metabolomics study of the impact of new chelates Pt Spm and Pd Spm (Spm = Spermine) on human osteosarcoma cellular metabolism,…”
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Neonatal Candidemia Caused by Candida haemulonii: Case Report and Review of Literature
Published in Mycopathologia (1975) (01-08-2015)“…Candidemia is a frequent condition in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) and usually complicates the newborns clinical course. Several factors are…”
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Pd2Spermine as an Alternative Therapeutics for Cisplatin-Resistant Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Published in Journal of medicinal chemistry (25-04-2024)“…Cisplatin (cDDP) resistance is a matter of concern in triple-negative breast cancer therapeutics. We measured the metabolic response of cDDP-sensitive (S) and…”
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Impact of the Pd2Spm (Spermine) Complex on the Metabolism of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Tumors of a Xenograft Mouse Model
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-10-2021)“…The interest in palladium(II) compounds as potential new anticancer drugs has increased in recent years, due to their high toxicity and acquired resistance to…”
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Re-Use of Caco-2 Monolayers in Permeability Assays—Validation Regarding Cell Monolayer Integrity
Published in Pharmaceutics (26-09-2021)“…Caco-2 monolayers are a common in vitro model used to evaluate human intestinal absorption. The reference protocol requires 21 days post-seeding to establish a…”
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