Papers in Scientific Journals (40)
Ribeiro S. C., Radvar E., Shi Y., Borges J., Pirraco R. P., Leonor I. B., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., Mata A., and Azevedo H. S.,
"Nanostructured interfacial self-assembled peptide–polymer membranes for enhanced mineralization and cell adhesion",
Nanoscale, vol. 9, issue 36, pp. 13670–13682, doi:
10.1039/C7NR03410E, 2017.
Pereira R. C., Costa-Pinto A. R., Frias A. M., Neves N. M., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"In vitro chondrogenic commitment of human Wharton's jelly stem cells by co-culture with human articular chondrocytes.",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 11, issue 6, pp. 1876-1887, doi:
10.1002/term.2085, 2017.
Inostroza-Brito K. E., Collin E., Siton-Mendelson O., Smith K. H., Monge-Marcet A., Ferreira D. S., Rodríguez R. P., Alonso M., Rodríguez-Cabello J. C., Reis R. L., Sagués F., Botto L., Bitton R., Azevedo H. S., and Mata A.,
"Co-assembly, spatiotemporal control and morphogenesis of a hybrid protein–peptide system",
Nature Chemistry, vol. 7, issue 11, pp. 897–904, doi:
10.1038/nchem.2349, 2015.
Silva-Correia J., Freitas S., Tavares R. M., Lino-Neto T., and Azevedo H. S.,
"Phenotypic analysis of the Arabidopsis heat stress response during germination and early seedling development",
Plant Methods, vol. 10, issue 7, doi:
10.1186/1746-4811-10-7, 2014.
Ferreira D. S., Marques A. P., Reis R. L., and Azevedo H. S.,
"Hyaluronan and self-assembling peptides as building blocks to reconstruct the extracellular environment in skin tissue",
Biomaterials Science, vol. 1, issue 9, pp. 952-964, doi:
10.1039/C3BM60019J, 2013.
Mendes A. C., Baran E. T., Reis R. L., and Azevedo H. S.,
"Fabrication of phospholipid-xanthan microcapsules by combining microfluidics with self-assembly",
Acta Biomaterialia (2013) , vol. 9, issue 5, pp. 6675–6685, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.01.035, 2013.
Mendes A. C., Smith K. H., Tejeda-Montes E., Engel E., Reis R. L., Azevedo H. S., and Mata A.,
"Co-Assembled and Microfabricated Bioactive Membranes",
Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 23, issue 4, pp. 430–438, doi:
10.1002/adfm.201201065, 2013.
Mendes A. C., Baran E. T., Lisboa P., Reis R. L., and Azevedo H. S.,
"Microfluidic Fabrication of Self-Assembled Peptide-Polysaccharide Microcapsules as 3D Environments for Cell Culture",
BIOMACROMOLECULES, vol. 13, issue 12, pp. 4039-4048, doi:
10.1021/bm301332z , 2012.
Silva-Correia J., Azevedo H. S., Lino-Neto T., and Tavares R. M.,
"Understanding heat stress tolerance of suspended cells in the model plant Populus euphratica",
ISRN Forestry, vol. 2012, issue 243694, pp. 1-5, doi:
10.5402/2012/243694, 2012.
Mendes A. C., Baran E. T., Pereira R. C., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Encapsulation and survival of a chondrocyte cell line within xanthan gum derivative",
Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 12, issue 3, pp. 350-359, 2012.
Balmayor E. R., Baran E. T., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Injectable biodegradable starch/chitosan delivery system for the sustained release of gentamicin to treat bone infections",
CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, vol. 87, issue 1, pp. 32-39 , doi:
10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.06.078, 2012.
Azevedo H. S., Silva-Correia J., Oliveira J., Laranjeira S., Barbeta C., Amorim-Silva V., Botella M., Lino-Neto T., and Tavares R. M.,
"A strategy for the identification of new abiotic stress determinants in Arabidopsis using web-based data mining and reverse genetics",
OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, vol. 15, issue 12, pp. 935-947, 2011.
Mendes A. C., Baran E. T., Nunes C., Coimbra M. A., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Palmitoylation of xanthan polysaccharide for self-assembly microcapsule
formation and encapsulation of cells in physiological conditions",
Soft Matter, vol. 20, pp. 9647-9658, 2011.
Balmayor E. R., Pashkuleva I., Frias A. M., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Synthesis and functionalization ofsuperparamagnetic polycaprolactone microparticles for the selective isolation of subpopulations ofhuman adipose-derived stem cells",
Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 8, issue 59, pp. 896-908 , doi:
10.1098/rsif.2010.0531, 2011.
Bessa P. C., Balmayor E. R., Azevedo H. S., Nürnberger S., Casal M., van Griensven M., Reis R. L., and Redl H.,
"Silk fibroin microparticles as carriers for delivery of human recombinant BMPs. Physical characterization and drug release",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, 2010.
Pashkuleva I., Lopez-Perez P. M., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Highly porous and interconnected starch-based scaffolds: production, characterization and surface modification
",
Materials Science & Engineering C, vol. 30, issue 7, pp. 981-989, 2010.
Martins A. M., Pereira R. C., Leonor I. B., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Chitosan scaffolds incorporating lysozyme into CaP coatings produced by a biomimetic route: a novel concept for tissue engineering combining a self-regulated degradation system with in situ pore formation",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 5, issue 9, pp. 3328–3336, 2009.
Leonor I. B., Alves C. M., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Effects of protein incorporation on calcium phosphate coating",
Materials Science and Engineering C: Materials for biological applications, vol. 29, issue 3, pp. 913-918, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2008.08.003, 2009.
Pereira R. C., Scaranari M., Castagnola P., Grandizio M., Azevedo H. S., Reis R. L., Cancedda R., and Gentili C.,
"Novel injectable gel (system) as a vehicle for human articular chondrocytes in cartilage tissue regeneration",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 3;Issue2, pp. 97-106, 2009.
Balmayor E. R., Bessa P. C., Tuzlakoglu K., Azevedo H. S., Casal M., and Reis R. L.,
"Novel biodegradable polymeric microparticles for the localized delivery of differentiation agents in bone tissue engineering applications",
Tissue Engineering Part A, vol. 14, issue 5, pp. 762-763, 2008.
Balmayor E. R., Tuzlakoglu K., Marques A. P., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"A novel enzymatically-mediated drug delivery carrier for bone tissue engineering applications: combining biodegradable starch-based microparticles and differentiation agents",
Journal of Materials Science-Materials in Medicine, vol. 19, issue 4, pp. 1617-1623, 2008.
Gomes M. E., Azevedo H. S., Moreira A. R., Ella V., Kellomäki M., and Reis R. L.,
"Starch-poly(epsilon-caprolactone) and starch-poly(lactic acid) fibre-mesh scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications: structure, mechanical properties and degradation behaviour",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 2, issue 5, pp. 243-252, 2008.
Martins A. M., Santos M. I., Azevedo H. S., Malafaya P. B., and Reis R. L.,
"Natural origin scaffolds with in situ pore forming capability for bone tissue engineering applications",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 4, issue 6, pp. 1637-1645, 2008.
Capito R. C., Azevedo H. S., Velichko Y. S., Mata A., and Stupp S. I.,
"Self-Assembly of Large and Small Molecules into Hierarchically Ordered Sacs and Membranes",
Science, vol. 319, issue 5871, pp. 1812-1816, 2008.
Boesel L. F., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Incorporation of alpha-amylase enzyme and a bioactive filler into hydrophilic, partially degradable, and bioactive cements (HDBCs) as a new approach to tailor simultaneously their degradation and bioactive behavior",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 7, issue 9, pp. 2600-2609, 2006.
Azevedo H. S., Leonor I. B., Alves C. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Incorporation of proteins and enzymes at different stages of the preparation of calcium phosphate coatings on a degradable substrate by a biomimetic methodology",
Materials Science & Engineering C-Biomimetic and Supramolecular Systems, vol. 25, issue 2, pp. 169-179, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2005.01.007, 2005.
Review Paper (4)
Mano J. F., Silva G. A., Azevedo H. S., Malafaya P. B., Sousa R. A., Silva S. S., Boesel L. F., Oliveira J. M., Santos T. C., Marques A. P., Neves N. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Natural origin biodegradable systems in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine: present status and some moving trends",
Journal of the Royal Society Interface , vol. 4, issue 17, pp. 999-1030, 2008.
Book Chapter (14)
Brito A., Reis R. L., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Sweet building blocks for selfassembling biomaterials with molecular recognition",
Self-Assembling Biomaterials - Molecular Design, Characterization and Application in Biology and Medicine,
Eds. Azevedo H. S., and da Silva R. M. P.,
Woodhead Publishing , pp. 79-94, doi:
10.1016/B978-0-08-102015-9.00005-8, 2018.
Pereira R. C., Gentili C., Cancedda R., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Encapsulation of human articular chondrocytes into 3D hydrogel: phenotype and genotype characterization",
3D CELL CULTURE: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology,
Springer Science+Business Media, LLG 2011, pp. 695:167-81, 2011.
Invited Journal Paper (2)
Book Chapter (14)
Gomes M. E., Azevedo H. S., Malafaya P. B., Silva S. S., Oliveira J. M., Silva G. A., Sousa R. A., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Natural Polymers in tissue engineering applications",
Textbook on tissue engineering,
Eds. van Blitterswijk C.,
Elsevier,
Amsterdam, 2007.
Azevedo H. S., Gomes M. E., Malafaya P. B., Marques A. P., Salgado A. J., and Reis R. L.,
"Natural Origin Degradable Polymers in Biomedical Applications",
Handbook of Biodegradable Polymeric Materials and Their Applications,
American Scientific Publishers,
California, pp. 13-31, 2006.
Leonor I. B., Azevedo H. S., Alves C. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Biomimetic Coatings, Proteins and Biocatalysts: a New Approach to Tailor the Properties of Biodegradable Polymer",
Biodegradable Systems in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine,
CRC Press,
Boca Raton, pp. 223-250, 2005.
Leonor I. B., Azevedo H. S., Pashkuleva I., Oliveira A. L., Alves C. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Learning from Nature How To Design Biomimetic Calcium-Phosphate Coatings",
Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals,
NATO/ASI Series, Kluwer Press,
Drodercht, pp. 123-150, 2004.
Oliveira A. L., Leonor I. B., Malafaya P. B., Alves C. M., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Tailoring the bioactivity of natural origin based polymers systems: from bone-analogue composites to an all range of biomimetic calcium-phosphate coating methodologies",
Bioceramics 15,
Trans Tech Pub,
Zurich, pp. 111-142, 2002.
Invited Review Paper (1)
Invited Lecture (13)
Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (2)
Smith K. H., Inostroza K. E., Alonso M., Reis R. L., Azevedo H. S., and Mata A.,
"Spontaneous co-assembly of molecularly designed building blocks into hierarchically ordered, dynamic, hybrid macrotubes",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Special Issue , vol. 6, issue S1, pp. 224-225, doi:
10.1002/term.1586, 2012.
Martins A. M., Salgado A. J., Azevedo H. S., Leonor I. B., and Reis R. L.,
"Lysozyme incorporation in biomimetic coated chitosan scaffolds: Development and behaviour in contact with osteoblastic-like cells",
Tissue Engineering, vol. 12, issue 4, pp. 1018-1019, 2006.
Comunications - Poster (42)
Pereira R. C., Scaranari M., Gentili C., Cancedda R., Azevedo H. S., and Reis R. L.,
"Hyaluronic acid microparticles as in situ carriers of therapeutic agents for knee cartilage repair strategies.",
Gordon Research Conference - Cartilage Biology & Pathology, June 7-12 2009, Les Diablerets Conference Center Les Diablerets, Switzerland, 2009.
Monteiro I. P., Cerqueira M. T., Azevedo H. S., Frias A. M., Neves N. M., Gomes M. E., Marques A. P., and Reis R. L.,
"Preliminary Studies in Novel Approaches for Skin Tissue Engineering ",
Semana da Biotecnologia (MIT|Portugal, IAPMEI), 2008.