Search Results - "Nobre, Rui"
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Molecular therapy for polyQ disorders: from bench to clinical trials
Published in Trends in molecular medicine (01-09-2024)“…Polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders are monogenic neurodegenerative disorders. Currently, no therapies are available for this complex group of disorders. Here, we…”
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Exploring the potential of cell-derived vesicles for transient delivery of gene editing payloads
Published in Advanced drug delivery reviews (01-08-2024)“…[Display omitted] Gene editing technologies have the potential to correct genetic disorders by modifying, inserting, or deleting specific DNA sequences or…”
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MiR-186-5p inhibition restores synaptic transmission and neuronal network activity in a model of chronic stress
Published in Molecular psychiatry (05-09-2024)“…Chronic stress exerts profound negative effects on cognitive and emotional behaviours and is a major risk factor for the development of neuropsychiatric…”
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Fibroblasts of Machado Joseph Disease patients reveal autophagy impairment
Published in Scientific reports (22-06-2016)“…Machado Joseph Disease (MJD) is the most frequent autosomal dominantly inherited cerebellar ataxia caused by the over-repetition of a CAG trinucleotide in the…”
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Gene therapy for the CNS using AAVs: The impact of systemic delivery by AAV9
Published in Journal of controlled release (10-11-2016)“…Several attempts have been made to discover the ideal vector for gene therapy in central nervous system (CNS). Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are currently…”
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Autophagy in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2, a dysregulated pathway, and a target for therapy
Published in Cell death & disease (29-11-2021)“…Spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2) is an incurable and genetic neurodegenerative disorder. The disease is characterized by progressive degeneration of…”
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Gephyrin Cleavage in In Vitro Brain Ischemia Decreases GABAA Receptor Clustering and Contributes to Neuronal Death
Published in Molecular neurobiology (01-08-2016)“…GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) is the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, and changes in GABAergic neurotransmission modulate the…”
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Antisense oligonucleotide therapeutics in neurodegenerative diseases: the case of polyglutamine disorders
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-02-2020)“…Polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders are a group of nine neurodegenerative diseases that share a common genetic cause, which is an expansion of CAG repeats in the…”
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Stimulation of Neural Stem Cell Proliferation by Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase 5
Published in Stem Cells International (01-01-2014)“…The involvement of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic GMP (cGMP) in neurogenesis has been progressively unmasked over the last decade. Phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5)…”
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Gene therapy for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases: from the bench to clinical trials
Published in Current pharmaceutical design (01-10-2011)“…Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases represent the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorders worldwide. Current pharmacological or surgical treatments provide…”
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Calpain inhibition reduces ataxin-3 cleavage alleviating neuropathology and motor impairments in mouse models of Machado-Joseph disease
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-09-2014)“…Machado-Joseph Disease (MJD) is the most prevalent autosomal dominantly inherited cerebellar ataxia. It is caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the ATXN3 gene,…”
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Hypoxia mimetic induces lipid accumulation through mitochondrial dysfunction and stimulates autophagy in murine preadipocyte cell line
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects (01-03-2017)“…Hypoxia occurs within adipose tissue of obese human and mice. However, its role in adipose tissue regulation is still controversial. We used murine…”
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Trehalose alleviates the phenotype of Machado-Joseph disease mouse models
Published in Journal of translational medicine (09-04-2020)“…Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is the most common of the dominantly inherited ataxias worldwide and is…”
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Simple and Fast SEC-Based Protocol to Isolate Human Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Transcriptional Research
Published in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development (11-09-2020)“…Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membranous structures that protect RNAs from damage when circulating in complex biological fluids, such as plasma. RNAs are…”
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The blood-brain barrier is disrupted in Machado-Joseph disease/spinocerebellar ataxia type 3: evidence from transgenic mice and human post-mortem samples
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (31-08-2020)“…Abstract Blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption is a common feature in neurodegenerative diseases. However, BBB integrity has not been assessed in…”
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Cerebellar morphometric and spectroscopic biomarkers for Machado-Joseph Disease
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (19-03-2022)“…Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) or Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is the most common form of dominant SCA worldwide. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and…”
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Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles from Human Follicular Fluid: Size-Exclusion Chromatography versus Ultracentrifugation
Published in Biomolecules (Basel, Switzerland) (01-02-2023)“…Follicular fluid (FF) is the microenvironment where a growing oocyte develops. Intrafollicular communication ensures oocyte competence and is carried out…”
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Highly specific blood-brain barrier transmigrating single-domain antibodies selected by an In Vivo phage display screening
Published in Pharmaceutics (02-10-2021)“…Research Areas: Pharmacology & Pharmacy A major bottleneck in the successful development of central nervous system (CNS) drugs is the discovery and design of…”
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Uma proposta para a criação de democracias solidárias
Published in Khronos (São Paulo, Brazil) (30-10-2024)“…The neoliberal ideology, which has prevailed almost everywhere in the world in the last 40 years, has been accentuating them. Today, the existence of a…”
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