Publications

2024 | Targeted nanotherapeutics for the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection

Journal of Biomedical Science (2024) 31:78

Rute Chitas, Diana R. Fonseca, Paula Parreira, and M. Cristina L. Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-024-01659-x

2024 | Chemical engineering of zein with polyethylene glycol and Angiopep-2 to manufacture a brain-targeted docetaxel nanomedicine for glioblastoma treatment

Drug Delivery and Translational Research, Jul 2024

Seem Awad, Marco Araújo, Paulo Faria, Bruno Sarmento, Cláudia Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-024-01659-x

2024 | Dhvar5-chitosan nanogels and their potential to improve antibiotics activity

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 277

B. Costa, P.M. Alves, D.R. Fonseca, F. Campos, A.C. Monteiro, H. Shahrour, A. Gomes, F. Costa, P. Gomes, G. Martínez-de-Tejada, C. Monteiro, M.C.L. Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134059

2024 | Bridging the gap between testing and clinics exploring alternative pre-clinical models in melanoma research

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 208

Juliana Viegas, Bruno Sarmento

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2024.04.043

2024 | Engineering resveratrol-loaded chitosan nanoparticles for potential use against Helicobacter pylori infection

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 119

Larissa Spósito, Diana Fonseca, Suzana Gonçalves Carvalho, Rafael Miguel Sábio, Gabriel Davi Marena, Taís Maria Bauab, Andréia Bagliotti Meneguin, Paula Parreira, M. Cristina L. Martins, Marlus Chorilli

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114280

2024 | How can biomaterial-conjugated antimicrobial peptides fight bacteria and be protected from degradation?

Acta Biomaterialia, vol 181, Jun 2024

Pedro M Alves, Cristina C Barrias, Paula Gomes M. Cristina L. Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2024.04.043

2024 | One-Pot Microfluidics to Engineer Chitosan Nanoparticles Conjugated with Antimicrobial Peptides Using “Photoclick” Chemistry: Validation Using the Gastric Bacterium Helicobacter pylori.

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024

Diana R. Fonseca, Pedro M. Alves, Estrela Neto, Beatriz Custódio, Sofia Guimarães, Duarte Moura, Francesca Annis, Marco Martins, Ana Gomes, Cátia Teixeira, Paula Gomes, Rúben F. Pereira, Paulo Freitas, Paula Parreira, and M. Cristina L. Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c18772

2024 | Peptide-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs): what peptides can do for SAMs and vice versa

Chemical Society Reviews, 2024.

Carlos Redondo-Gómez, Paula Parreira, M. Cristina L. Martins, and Helena S. Azevedo

DOI: 10.1039/d3cs00921a

2024 | Paving the way for a non-antibiotic and microbiota friendly therapy for Helicobacter pylori: In vitro and in vivo performance of lipid nanoparticles

Helicobacter, 29: e13050 (2024).

Catarina Leal Seabra, A. Sofia Pinho, Cláudia Nunes, Irina Amorim, Nicole Pedro, Patrícia Henriques, Cláudia Monteiro, Joana Gomes, Cláudia Machado, Fátima Gartner, Luísa Pereira, Salette Reis, Celso A. Reis, Eliette Touati, Inês C. Gonçalves, Paula Parreira, M. Cristina L. Martins.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/hel.13050

2024 | Norbornene-chitosan nanoparticles with and without a conjugated VEGF-peptide analog to promote vascularization

Materials Today Chemistry 36, 101942 (2024).

Pedro M. Alves, Diana R. Fonseca, Sílvia J. Bidarra, Ana Gomes, Paula Gomes, Cristina C. Barrias, M. Cristina L. Martins.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtchem.2024.101942

2024 | How to manage Helicobacter pylori infection beyond antibiotics: The bioengineering quest.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 37, 102123 (2024).

Diana R. Fonseca, Rute Chitas, Paula Parreira, M.Cristina L. Martins.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102123

2023 | Antimicrobial peptide-grafted PLGA-PEG nanoparticles to fight bacterial wound infections.

Biomaterials Science 11, 499-508 (2023).

Ramôa, A. M.; Campos, F.; Moreira, L.; Teixeira, C.; Leiro, V.; Gomes, P.; das Neves, J.; Martins, M. C. L.; Monteiro, C.

DOI: doi.org/10.1039/d2bm01127a

2023 | Structuring supramolecular hyaluronan hydrogels via peptide self-assembly for modulating the cell microenvironment

Materials Today Bio Volume 19 (2023).

Yichen Yuan, Yejiao Shi, Jayati Banerjee, Amin Sadeghpour, Helena S. Azevedo

DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100598

2023 | Enhancement of hMSC In Vitro Proliferation by Surface Immobilization of a Heparin-Binding Peptide

Molecules Volume 28 (2023)

Cimino, M.; Parreira, P.; Leiro, V.; Sousa, A.; Gonçalves, R.M.;
Barrias, C.C.; Martins, M.C.L.

DOI: doi.org/10.3390/molecules28083422

2023 | Exploring Low-Power Single-Pulsed Laser-Triggered Two-Photon Photodynamic/Photothermal Combination Therapy Using a Gold Nanostar/Graphene Quantum Dot Nanohybrid

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 15, 20811-20821 (2023)

Soleimany, A.; Khoee, S.; Dias, S.; Sarmento, B.

DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c03578

2023 | Influence of Immobilization Strategies on the Antibacterial Properties of Antimicrobial Peptide-Chitosan Coatings

Pharmaceutics Volume 15 (2023)

Barbosa, M.; Alves, P.M.; Costa, F.; Monteiro, C.; Parreira, P.; Teixeira, C.; Gomes, P.; Martins, M.C.L.

DOI: doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15051510

2023 | Abdominal wall hernia repair: from prosthetic meshes to smart materials

Materials Today Bio (2023)

Saiding, Q.; Chen, Y.; Wang, J.; Pereira, C. L.; Sarmento, B.; Cui, W.; Chen, X.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100691

2023 | Nanomedicine approaches for treating glioblastoma

Nanomedicine (2023)

Martins, C.; Pacheco, C.; Faria, P.; Sarmento, B.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2217/nnm-2023-0163

2023 | Bioengineered Hyaluronan Hydrogels for the Delivery of Molecular and Cellular Therapies

Advanced Therapeutics (2023)

Silva, J.; Azevedo, H. S.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202300182

2023 | Phage Display Identified Peptide with Selectivity for Human Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes

Advanced Therapeutics (2023)

Martins, I. M.; Canadas, R. F.; Pereira, H.; Azeredo, J.; Reis, R. L.; Oliveira, J. M.; Azevedo, H. S.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202300263

2022 | Validation of selective capture of fimbriated uropathogenic Escherichia coli by a label-free engineering detection system using mannosylated surfaces.

ACS Applied Biomaterials 5, 5877-5886 (2022).

Mousavifar, L.; Parreira, P.; Taponard, A.; Graça, V. C. D.; Martins, M. C. L., Roy, R.

DOI: 10.1039/D2BM01127A

2022 | How charge, size and protein corona modulate the specific activity of nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) against Helicobacter pylori.

Pharmaceutics 14, 2745 (2022).

Chitas, R.; Nunes, C.; Reis, S.; Parreira, P.; Martins, M. C. L.

DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122745.

2022 | Norbornene-chitosan spray-dried microspheres for peptide conjugation using thiol-ene “photoclick” chemistry

Biomecánica, vol. 30(1), p. 7-15.

Pedro M. Alves; Diana R. Fonseca; Rúben F. Pereira; Berta N. Estevinho; Cátia Teixeira; Paula Gomes; M. Cristina L. Martins

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5821/sibb.30.1.12402