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Lipid-Nucleic Acid Complexes: Physicochemical Aspects and Prospects for Cancer Treatment by Gaspar, Ricardo, Coelho, Filipe, Silva, Bruno F B

“…Cancer is an extremely complex disease, typically caused by mutations in cancer-critical genes. By delivering therapeutic nucleic acids (NAs) to patients, gene…”
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Cubosome nanoparticles for enhanced delivery of mitochondria anticancer drug elesclomol and therapeutic monitoring via sub-cellular NAD(P)H multi-photon fluorescence lifetime imaging by Faria, Ana R., Silvestre, Oscar F., Maibohm, Christian, Adão, Ricardo M. R., Silva, Bruno F. B., Nieder, Jana B.

“…Elesclomol (ELC) is an anticancer drug inducing mitochondria cytotoxicity through reactive oxygen species. Here, for the first time, we encapsulate the poorly…”
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Unravelling a Mechanism of Action for a Cecropin A‑Melittin Hybrid Antimicrobial Peptide: The Induced Formation of Multilamellar Lipid Stacks by Silva, Tânia, Claro, Bárbara, Silva, Bruno F. B, Vale, Nuno, Gomes, Paula, Gomes, Maria Salomé, Funari, Sérgio S, Teixeira, José, Uhríková, Daniela, Bastos, Margarida

“…An understanding of the mechanism of action of antimicrobial peptides is fundamental to the development of new and more active antibiotics. In the present…”
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Smart Artificial Markers for Accurate Visual Mapping and Localization by Ortiz-Fernandez, Luis E, Cabrera-Avila, Elizabeth V, Silva, Bruno M F da, Gonçalves, Luiz M G

“…Artificial marker mapping is a useful tool for fast camera localization estimation with a certain degree of accuracy in large indoor and outdoor environments…”
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ATRvD1 Attenuates Renal Tubulointerstitial Injury Induced by Albumin Overload in Sepsis-Surviving Mice by Silva, José Bruno N F, Calcia, Thayanne B B, Silva, Cyntia P, Guilherme, Rafael F, Almeida-Souza, Fernando, Lemos, Felipe S, Calabrese, Kátia S, Caruso-Neves, Celso, Neves, Josiane S, Benjamim, Claudia F

“…Novel strategies for the prevention and treatment of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury and its long-term outcomes have been required and remain a challenge…”
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Sustained Release of a Streptococcus pneumoniae Endolysin from Liposomes for Potential Otitis Media Treatment by Silva, Maria Daniela, Paris, Juan L, Gama, Francisco Miguel, Silva, Bruno F. B, Sillankorva, Sanna

“…Local delivery of antimicrobials for otitis media treatment would maximize therapeutic efficacy while minimizing side effects. However, drug transport across…”
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Unusual Vesicle−Micelle Transitions in a Salt-Free Catanionic Surfactant: Temperature and Concentration Effects by Silva, Bruno F. B, Marques, Eduardo F, Olsson, Ulf

“…The spontaneous formation of vesicles by the salt-free surfactant hexadecyltrimethylammonium octylsulfonate (TASo) and the features of an unusual…”
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Nematic Director Reorientation at Solid and Liquid Interfaces under Flow: SAXS Studies in a Microfluidic Device by Silva, Bruno F. B, Zepeda-Rosales, Miguel, Venkateswaran, Neeraja, Fletcher, Bretton J, Carter, Lester G, Matsui, Tsutomu, Weiss, Thomas M, Han, Jun, Li, Youli, Olsson, Ulf, Safinya, Cyrus R

“…In this work we investigate the interplay between flow and boundary condition effects on the orientation field of a thermotropic nematic liquid crystal under…”
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Cladonia verticillaris (lichen) indicates negative impacts derived from the combustion of biodiesel blends: an alert for the environmental management for biofuels use by da Silva, Bruno F., Pereira, Iwelton M. C., de Melo, James C., Martins, Mônica C. B., Barbosa, Mariana O., Silva, Andrezza K. O., de Siqueira, Williams N., da Silva, Nicácio H., de Oliveira, Antônio F. M., Vicente, Carlos, Legaz, Maria E., Pereira, Eugênia C.

“…The use of biodiesel blends with petroleum diesel in vehicular engines demands the evaluation of the possible impacts and effects of the gases emitted from…”
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Headgroup Effects on the Unusual Lamellar−Lamellar Coexistence and Vesicle-to-Micelle Transition of Salt-Free Catanionic Amphiphiles by Silva, Bruno F. B, Marques, Eduardo F, Olsson, Ulf, Pons, Ramon

“…Salt-free ion-paired catanionic amphiphiles of the C m +C n − type, with a high solubility mismatch (n ≫ m or m ≫ n) display a remarkable phase behavior in…”
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Structural transitions induced by shear flow and temperature variation in a nonionic surfactant/water system by Gentile, Luigi, Silva, Bruno F.B., Balog, Sandor, Mortensen, Kell, Olsson, Ulf

“…[Display omitted] ► Dynamic phase diagram of the 40wt.% C16E4/D2O system. ► Rheo-SANS, rheo-SALS, and rheology elucidate the shear-induced transitions. ►…”
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Structural Evolution of Environmentally Responsive Cationic Liposome–DNA Complexes with a Reducible Lipid Linker by Shirazi, Rahau S, Ewert, Kai K, Silva, Bruno F. B, Leal, Cecilia, Li, Youli, Safinya, Cyrus R

“…Environmentally responsive materials (i.e., materials that respond to changes in their environment with a change in their properties or structure) are…”
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In Vitro Evaluation of Lipopolyplexes for Gene Transfection: Comparing 2D, 3D and Microdroplet-Enabled Cell Culture by Paris, Juan L, Coelho, Filipe, Teixeira, Alexandra, Diéguez, Lorena, Silva, Bruno F B, Abalde-Cela, Sara

“…Complexes combining nucleic acids with lipids and polymers (lipopolyplexes) show great promise for gene therapy since they enable compositional, physical and…”
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In Vitro CRISPR/Cas9 Transfection and Gene-Editing Mediated by Multivalent Cationic Liposome-DNA Complexes by Sousa, Diana A, Gaspar, Ricardo, Ferreira, Celso J O, Baltazar, Fátima, Rodrigues, Ligia R, Silva, Bruno F B

“…Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated nuclease 9 (Cas9) gene-editing offers exciting new therapeutic…”
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A Versatile Nanocarrier-Cubosomes, Characterization, and Applications by Oliveira, Cristiana, Ferreira, Celso J O, Sousa, Miguel, Paris, Juan L, Gaspar, Ricardo, Silva, Bruno F B, Teixeira, José A, Ferreira-Santos, Pedro, Botelho, Claudia M

“…The impact of nanotechnology on the exponential growth of several research areas, particularly nanomedicine, is undeniable. The ability to deliver active…”
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Chain length mismatch and packing effects on the thermotropic phase behavior of salt-free catanionic surfactants by Matos, Marta R.A., Silva, Bruno F.B., Marques, Eduardo F.

“…[Display omitted] •Chain length mismatch in catanionic surfactants induces rich mesomorphism.•Unexpected trends in phase transition temperatures and enthalpies…”
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A Versatile Method for Depth Data Error Estimation in RGB-D Sensors by Cabrera, Elizabeth V, Ortiz, Luis E, Silva, Bruno M F da, Clua, Esteban W G, Gonçalves, Luiz M G

“…We propose a versatile method for estimating the RMS error of depth data provided by generic 3D sensors with the capability of generating RGB and depth ( )…”
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Rapidly dissolving microneedles for the delivery of cubosome-like liquid crystalline nanoparticles with sustained release of rapamycin by Ramalheiro, Ana, Paris, Juan L., Silva, Bruno F.B., Pires, Liliana R.

“…[Display omitted] In this study, we developed a system for the transdermal delivery and controlled release of the hydrophobic immunosuppressive drug rapamycin,…”
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Size, Shape, and Charge of Salt-Free Catanionic Microemulsion Droplets: A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering and Modeling Study by Silva, Bruno F. B, Marques, Eduardo F, Olsson, Ulf, Linse, Per

“…The formation and microstructure of a novel microemulsion based on a salt-free catanionic surfactant have been examined by considering the…”
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Lamellar Miscibility Gap in a Binary Catanionic Surfactant−Water System by Silva, Bruno F. B, Marques, Eduardo F, Olsson, Ulf

“…The coexistence of two lamellar liquid-crystalline phases in equilibrium for binary surfactant−water systems is a rare and still puzzling phenomenon. In the…”
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