Papers in Scientific Journals (18)
Castro V. I. B., Amorim S., Caballero D., Abreu C. M., Kundu S. C., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Patterned glycopeptide-based supramolecular hydrogel promotes the alignment and contractility of iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 167, pp. 214091, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.214091, 2025.
Amorim S., Dudik O., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Silva T. H., and Pires R. A.,
"Fucoidan-Coated Silica Nanoparticles Promote the Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells into the Osteogenic Lineage",
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, vol. 9, issue 8, pp. 4442-5097, doi:
10.1021/acsbiomaterials.3c00265, 2023.
Dudik O., Amorim S., Xavier J. R., Rapp H. T., Silva T. H., Pires R. A., and Reis R. L.,
"Bioactivity of Biosilica Obtained From North Atlantic Deep-Sea Sponges",
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, pp. 637810, doi:
10.3389/fmars.2021.637810, 2021.
Antonio R., Amorim S., Solanki A., Soares da Costa D., Pires R. A., Quintero F., del Val J., Comesaña R., Badaoui A., Lusquinos F., Maçon A. L. B., Tallia F., Reis R. L., and Pou J.,
"Hyaluronic acid hydrogels reinforced with laser spun bioactive glass micro- and nanofibres doped with lithium",
Materials Science and Engineering C, vol. 126, pp. 112-124, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2021.112124, 2021.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Mereiter S., Pashkuleva I., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Multilayer Platform to Model the Bioactivity of Hyaluronic Acid in Gastric Cancer",
Materials Science and Engineering C, vol. 119, pp. 111616, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2020.111616, 2021.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Pashkuleva I., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"3D hydrogel mimics of the tumor microenvironment: the interplay among hyaluronic acid, stem cells and cancer cells",
Biomaterials Science, vol. 9, issue 1, pp. 252-260, doi:
10.1039/D0BM00843E, 2021.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Pashkuleva I., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Hyaluronic Acid of Low Molecular Weight Triggers the Invasive “Hummingbird” Phenotype on Gastric Cancer Cells",
Advanced Biosystems, pp. 2000122, doi:
10.1002/adbi.202000122, 2020.
Oliveira S., Felizardo T., Amorim S., Mithieux S. M., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Martins A., Weiss A. S., and Neves N. M.,
"Tubular fibrous scaffold functionalized with tropoelastin as a small-diameter vascular graft",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 21, issue 9, pp. 3582-3595, doi:
10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00599, 2020.
Amorim S., Pashkuleva I., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Tunable layer-by-layer films containing hyaluronic acid and their interactions with CD44",
Journal Of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 17, pp. 3880-3885, doi:
10.1039/d0tb00407c, 2020.
Homem N. C., Beluci N., Amorim S., Reis R. L., Vieira A. M. S., and Vieira M. F.,
"Surface modification of a polyethersulfone microfiltration membrane with graphene oxide for reactive dyes removal",
Applied Surface Science, vol. 486, pp. 499-507, doi:
10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.276, 2019.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Freitas D., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Molecular weight of surface immobilized hyaluronic acid influences CD44-mediated binding of gastric cancer cells",
Scientific Reports, vol. 8, pp. 16058, doi:
10.1038/s41598-018-34445-0, 2018.
Vieira S. F., Franco A. R., Fernandes E. M., Amorim S., Ferreira H., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Martins A., and Neves N. M.,
"Fish sarcoplasmic proteins as a high value marine material for wound dressing applications",
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 167, pp. 310-317, doi:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.04.002, 2018.
Ferreira H., Martins A., Silva M. L. A., Amorim S., Faria S., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., and Neves N. M.,
"The functionalization of natural polymer-coated gold nanoparticles to carry bFGF to promote tissue regeneration",
J. Mater. Chem. B, vol. 6, issue 14, pp. 2104-2115, doi:
10.1039/C7TB03273K, 2018.
Araújo A. R., Soares da Costa D., Amorim S., Reis R. L., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Surfaces mimicking glycosaminoglycans trigger different response of stem cells via distinct fibronectin adsorption and reorganization",
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 8, issue 42, pp. 28428 - 28436, doi:
10.1021/acsami.6b04472, 2016.
Francesko A., Fernandes M. M., Ivanova K., Amorim S., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., Mendoza E., Pfeifer A., Heinze T., and Tzanov T.,
"Bacteria-responsive multilayer coatings comprising polycationic nanospheres for bacteria biofilm prevention on urinary catheters",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 33, pp. 203-212, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.020, 2016.
Amorim S., Martins A., Neves N. M., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Hyaluronic acid/poly-L-lysine bilayered silica nanoparticles enhance the osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells",
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 2, pp. 6939-6946, doi:
10.1039/C4TB01071J , 2014.
Amorim S., Pires R. A., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Interactions between exogenous FGF-2 and sulfonic groups: in situ characterization and impact on the morphology of human adipose-derived stem cells",
Langmuir, vol. 29, pp. 7983−7992, doi:
10.1021/la400871c, 2013.
Machado A. V., Amorim S., Botelho G., Neves I. C., and Fonseca A. M.,
"Nanocomposites of poly(ε-caprolactone) doped with titanium species",
Journal of Materials Science, vol. 48, issue 9, pp. 3578-3585, doi:
10.1007/s10853-013-7154-7, 2013.
Review Paper (1)
Amorim S., Reis C. A., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Extracellular Matrix Mimics Using Hyaluronan-Based Biomaterials",
Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 39, issue 1, pp. 90-104, doi:
10.1016/j.tibtech.2020.06.003, 2021.
Book Chapter (2)
Amorim S., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Biomatrices that mimic the cancer extracellular environment",
Biomaterials for 3D Tumor Modeling,
Eds. Kundu S. C., and Reis R. L.,
Elsevier, 1, pp. 91-106, doi:
10.1016/b978-0-12-818128-7.00004-6, 2020.
Invited Review Paper (1)
Caballero D., Kundu B., Abreu C. M., Amorim S., Fernandes D. C., Pires R. A., Oliveira J. M., Correlo V. M., Reis R. L., and Kundu S. C.,
"Forecast cancer: the importance of biomimetic 3D in vitro models in cancer drug testing/discovery and therapy",
In Vitro Models, vol. 2, doi:
10.1007/s44164-022-00014-z, 2022.
Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (2)
Amorim S., Martins A., Neves N. M., Pires R. A., and Reis R. L.,
"Silica nanoparticles as dexamethasone delivery systems able to induce the osteogenic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 7, issue S1, pp. 6-6, doi:
10.1002/term.1822, 2013.
Amorim S., Martins A., Neves N. M., Pires R. A., and Reis R. L.,
"Influence of the surface chemistry in the osteogenic activity of silica nano particles",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 7, pp. 6-52, doi:
10.1002/term.1822, 2013.
Comunications - Poster (11)
Comunication - Oral (8)
Ferreira F., Martins A., Silva M. L. A., Amorim S., Faria S., Pires R. L., Reis R. L., and Neves N. M.,
"Coating of gold nanoparticles with natural polymers for imaging and regenerative strategies",
Term Stem 2016, 2016.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Freitas D., Magalhães A., Reis C., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Molecular weight of surface immobilized hyaluronic acid influences CD44-mediated adhesion of gastric cancer cells",
European Society of Biomaterials 2015, 2015.
Amorim S., Soares da Costa D., Freitas D., Magalhães A., Reis C., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Role of exogenous hyaluronic acid molecular weight on CD44-mediated adhesion",
Polaris, 2015.