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Modulation of Alternaria infectoria Cell Wall Chitin and Glucan Synthesis by Cell Wall Synthase Inhibitors by FERNANDES, Chantal, ANJOS, Jorge, WALKER, Louise A, SILVA, Branca M. A, CORTES, Luísa, MOTA, Marta, MUNRO, Carol A, GOW, Neil A. R, GONCALVES, Teresa

“…The present work reports the effects of caspofungin, a β-1,3-glucan synthase inhibitor, and nikkomycin Z, an inhibitor of chitin synthases, on two strains of…”
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Activation of Melanin Synthesis in Alternaria infectoria by Antifungal Drugs by Fernandes, Chantal, Prados-Rosales, Rafael, Silva, Branca M A, Nakouzi-Naranjo, Antonio, Zuzarte, Mónica, Chatterjee, Subhasish, Stark, Ruth E, Casadevall, Arturo, Gonçalves, Teresa

“…The importance of Alternaria species fungi to human health ranges from their role as etiological agents of serious infections with poor prognoses in…”
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Characterization of Alternaria infectoria extracellular vesicles by Silva, Branca M.A., Prados-Rosales, Rafael, Espadas-Moreno, Javier, Wolf, Julie M., Luque-Garcia, Jose L., Gonçalves, Teresa, Casadevall, Arturo

“…Many fungi use membrane vesicles to transport complex molecules across their cell walls. Like mammalian exosomes, fungal vesicles contain lipids, proteins, and…”
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Mucoadhesive oral films: The potential for unmet needs by Silva, Branca M.A., Borges, Ana Filipa, Silva, Cláudia, Coelho, Jorge F.J., Simões, Sérgio

“…[Display omitted] Oral drug delivery is the most common route of drug administration. Nevertheless, there are some important limitations that reinforce the…”
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Retrospective Quality by Design (rQbD) applied to the optimization of orodispersible films by Silva, Branca M.A., Vicente, Sílvia, Cunha, Sofia, Coelho, Jorge F.J., Silva, Cláudia, Reis, Marco Seabra, Simões, Sérgio

“…[Display omitted] The study demonstrates the application of QbD based on historical data for a product at a later development stage – retrospective QbD (rQbD)…”
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Hydrophobic polymers for orodispersible films: a quality by design approach by Borges, Ana Filipa, Silva, Branca M A, Silva, Cláudia, Coelho, Jorge F J, Simões, Sérgio

“…To develop orodispersible films (ODF) based on hydrophobic polymers with higher stability to ordinary environmental humidity conditions without compromising…”
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Type 1 diabetes in children is not a predisposing factor for oral yeast colonization by Costa, Ana L., Silva, Branca M.A., Soares, Rui, Mota, Diana, Alves, Vera, Mirante, Alice, Ramos, João C., Maló de Abreu, João, Santos-Rosa, Manuel, Caramelo, Francisco, Gonçalves, Teresa

“…Abstract Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is considered a risk factor associated with oral yeast infections. The aim of this study was to evaluate the yeast oral…”
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β(1,3)-glucan synthase complex from Alternaria infectoria, a rare dematiaceous human pathogen by Anjos, Jorge, Fernandes, Chantal, Silva, Branca M. A., Quintas, Célia, Abrunheiro, Alexandra, Gow, Neil A. R., Gonçalves, Teresa

“…The fungal cell wall polymer β-(1,3)-D-glucan is synthesized by the enzyme β-(1,3)- D-glucan synthase that is a complex composed of at least two proteins,…”
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A quality by design (QbD) approach in pharmaceutical development of lipid-based nanosystems: A systematic review by Zagalo, Daniela M., Silva, Branca M.A., Silva, Cláudia, Simões, Sérgio, Sousa, João José

“…Over the last few decades, there has been an impressive progress on developing novel drug delivery systems and targeted therapies through the use of…”
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