Catarina Mendes Morais

Glucosylceramide synthase silencing combined with the receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor axitinib as a new multimodal strategy for glioblastoma

Morais, Catarina M; Cunha, Pedro P; Melo, Tânia; Cardoso, Ana M; Domingues, Pedro; Domingues, M Rosário; Pedroso de Lima, Maria C; Jurado, Amália S, Human Molecular Genetics. 3664 - 3679. 21. 28. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddz152 . 10.1093/hmg/ddz152 . Human Molecular Genetics

MiR-144 overexpression as a promising therapeutic strategy to overcome glioblastoma cell invasiveness and resistance to chemotherapy

Cardoso, Ana M S; Sousa, Madalena; Morais, Catarina M; Oancea-Castillo, Liliana R; Régnier-Vigouroux, Anne; Rebelo, Olinda; Tão, Hermínio; et al, Human Molecular Genetics. 2738 - 2751. 16. 28. 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/hmg/ddz099 . 10.1093/hmg/ddz099 . Human Molecular Genetics

Toxicity of lupane derivatives on anionic membrane models, isolated rat mitochondria and selected human cell lines: Role of terminal alkyl chains

Carvalho, Filipa S.; Morais, Catarina M.; Holy, Jon; Krasutsky, Dmytro; Yemets, Sergiy V.; Krasutsky, Pavel A.; Jurado, Amália S.; Oliveira, Paulo J.; Serafim, Teresa L., Chemico-Biological Interactions. 198 - 210. 296. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2018.10.002 . 10.1016/j.cbi.2018.10.002 . Chemico-Biological Interactions

Errors in protein synthesis increase the level of saturated fatty acids and affect the overall lipid profiles of yeast

Araújo, Ana Rita D.; Melo, Tânia; Maciel, Elisabete A.; Pereira, Clara; Morais, Catarina M.; Santinha, Deolinda R.; Tavares, Joana F.; et al, PLOS ONE. 8. 13. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202402 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0202402 . PLOS ONE

Acylation of the S413-PV cell-penetrating peptide as a means of enhancing its capacity to mediate nucleic acid delivery: Relevance of peptide/lipid interactions

Morais, Catarina M.; Cardoso, Ana M.; Cunha, Pedro P.; Aguiar, Luísa; Vale, Nuno; Lage, Emílio; Pinheiro, Marina; et al, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes. 2619 - 2634. 12. 1860. 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.10.002 . 10.1016/j.bbamem.2018.10.002 . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

High-throughput screening uncovers miRNAs enhancing glioblastoma cell susceptibility to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Cunha, Pedro P.; Costa, Pedro M.; Morais, Catarina M.; Lopes, Ines R.; Cardoso, Ana M.; Cardoso, Ana L.; Mano, Miguel; Jurado, Amalia S.; Pedroso de Lima, Maria C., Human Molecular Genetics. 4375 - 4387. 22. 26. 2017. http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=ORCID&SrcApp=OrcidOrg&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS_CPL&KeyUT=WOS:000414403900006&KeyUID=WOS:000414403900006 . 10.1093/hmg/ddx323 . Human Molecular Genetics

Enhancing glioblastoma cell sensitivity to chemotherapeutics: A strategy involving survivin gene silencing mediated by gemini surfactant-based complexes

Cruz, R.Q.; Morais, C.M.; Cardoso, A.M.; Silva, S.G.; Vale, M.L.; Marques, E.F.; Pedroso De Lima, M.C.; Jurado, A.S., European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 7 - 18. 104. 2016. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84964330230&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.ejpb.2016.04.014 . European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Gemini Surfactants Mediate Efficient Mitochondrial Gene Delivery and Expression

Cardoso, A.M.; Morais, C.M.; Cruz, A.R.; Cardoso, A.L.; Silva, S.G.; Do Vale, M.L.; Marques, E.F.; Pedroso De Lima, M.C.; Jurado, A.S., Molecular Pharmaceutics. 716 - 730. 3. 12. 2015. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84924023696&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1021/mp5005349 . Molecular Pharmaceutics

New serine-derived gemini surfactants as gene delivery systems

Cardoso, A.M.; Morais, C.M.; Cruz, A.R.; Silva, S.G.; Do Vale, M.L.; Marques, E.F.; De Lima, M.C.P.; Jurado, A.S., European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. 347 - 356. 89. 2015. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84920830778&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.ejpb.2014.12.013 . European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Application of thermoresponsive PNIPAAM-b-PAMPTMA diblock copolymers in siRNA delivery

Cardoso, A.M.; Calejo, M.T.; Morais, C.M.; Cardoso, A.L.; Cruz, R.; Zhu, K.; Pedroso De Lima, M.C.; Jurado, A.S.; Nyström, B., Molecular Pharmaceutics. 819 - 827. 3. 11. 2014. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84901742907&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1021/mp400510a . Molecular Pharmaceutics

Bis-quaternary gemini surfactants as components of nonviral gene delivery systems: A comprehensive study from physicochemical properties to membrane interactions

Cardoso, A.M.; Morais, C.M.; Silva, S.G.; Marques, E.F.; De Lima, M.C.P.; Jurado, M.A.S., International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 57 - 69. 1-2. 474. 2014. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84906267891&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2014.08.011 . International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Mitochondrial membrane lipids in life and death and their molecular modulation by diet: Tuning the furnace

Monteiro, J.P.; Morais, C.M.; Oliveira, P.J.; Jurado, A.S., Current Drug Targets. 797 - 810. 8. 15. 2014. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904720484&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.2174/1389450115666140623115315 . Current Drug Targets

Cell-penetrating peptides as nucleic acid delivery systems: From biophysics to biological applications

Trabulo, S.; Cardoso, A.L.; Cardoso, A.M.S.; Morais, C.M.; Jurado, A.S.; Pedroso de Lima, M.C., Current Pharmaceutical Design. 2895 - 2923. 16. 19. 2013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84878655380&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.2174/1381612811319160006 . Current Pharmaceutical Design

Temperature-responsive cationic block copolymers as nanocarriers for gene delivery

Calejo, M.T.; Cardoso, A.M.S.; Kjøniksen, A.-L.; Zhu, K.; Morais, C.M.; Sande, S.A.; Cardoso, A.L.; et al, International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 105 - 114. 1. 448. 2013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84875930565&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2013.03.028 . International Journal of Pharmaceutics

A biophysical approach to menadione membrane interactions: Relevance for menadione-induced mitochondria dysfunction and related deleterious/therapeutic effects

Monteiro, J.P.; Martins, A.F.; Nunes, C.; Morais, C.M.; Lúcio, M.; Reis, S.; Pinheiro, T.J.T.; et al, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. 1899 - 1908. 8. 1828. 2013. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84877072697&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.04.006 . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes

S4(13)-PV cell-penetrating peptide induces physical and morphological changes in membrane-mimetic lipid systems and cell membranes: Implications for cell internalization

Cardoso, A.M.S.; Trabulo, S.; Cardoso, A.L.; Lorents, A.; Morais, C.M.; Gomes, P.; Nunes, C.; et al, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes. 877 - 888. 3. 1818. 2012. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84856059612&partnerID=MN8TOARS . 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.12.022 . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes