Papers in Scientific Journals (86)
Correia C., Peixoto D., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Alves N. M.,
"Development and in vitro assessment of injectable, adhesive, and self-healing chitosan-based hydrogels for treatment of spinal cord injury",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 167, pp. 214090, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2024.214090, 2025.
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.
Gonçalves R. R., Peixoto D., Costa R. R., Franco A. R., Castro V. I. B., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., Maniglio D., Tirella A., Motta A., and Alves N. M.,
"Antibacterial properties of photo-crosslinked chitosan/methacrylated hyaluronic acid nanoparticles loaded with bacitracin",
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 227, pp. 134250, doi:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134250, 2024.
Castro V. I. B., Gao Y., Brito A., Chen J., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Cooling rate uncovers epimer-dependent supramolecular organization of carbohydrate amphiphiles",
Journal Of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 12, pp. 6996-7000, 2024.
Martins S. A., Costa R. R., Brito A., Reis R. L., Alves N. M., Pashkuleva I., and Soares da Costa D.,
"Multifunctional calcium-based nanocarriers for synergistic treatment of triple-negative breast cancer",
Journal Of Colloid And Interface Science, vol. 674, pp. 500 - 512, doi:
10.1016/j.jcis.2024.06.159, 2024.
Fernandes E., Costa R. R., Machado R., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Lucio M.,
"A label-free multitechnique approach to characterize the interaction of bioactive compounds with biomimetic interfaces",
Small Science, vol. 4, issue 4, pp. 2300271, doi:
10.1002/smsc.202300271, 2024.
Duarte D., Correia C., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., Peixoto D., and Alves N. M.,
"Bioadhesive hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels for spinal cord injury",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 25, issue 3, pp. 1592-1601, doi:
10.1021/acs.biomac.3c01186, 2024.
Amaral S., Lozano-Fernández T., Sabin J., Gallego A., da Silva Morais A., Reis R. L., Gonzalez-Fernández A., Pashkuleva I., and Novoa-Carballal R.,
"End-on PEGylation of heparin: Effect on anticoagulant activity and complexation with protamine ",
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, vol. 249, pp. 125957, doi:
10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125957, 2023.
Bastos F. R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Alves N. M., Pashkuleva I., and Costa R. R.,
"Layer-by-layer coated calcium carbonate nanoparticles for targeting breast cancer cells",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 153, pp. 213563, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213563, 2023.
Costa R. R., Caballero D., Soares da Costa D., Rodriguez-Trujillo R., Kundu S. C., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Microfluidic-assisted interfacial complexation of extracellular matrix components to mimic the properties of neural tissues",
Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 8, issue 19, pp. 2300983, doi:
10.1002/admt.202300983, 2023.
Castro V. I. B., Araújo A. R., Duarte F., Sousa-Franco A., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Glycopeptide-based supramolecular hydrogels induce differentiation of adipose stem cells into neural lineages",
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 15 , issue 25, pp. 29998 - 30007, doi:
10.1021/acsami.3c05309, 2023.
Martins A. M., Brito A., Barbato M. G., Felici A., Reis R. L., Pires R. A., Pashkuleva I., and Decuzzi P.,
"Efficacy of molecular and nano-therapies on brain tumor models in microfluidic devices",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 144, pp. 213227, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2022.213227, 2023.
Correia C., Soares da Costa D., Inácio A. R., Vale A. C., Peixoto D., Silva T. H., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Alves N. M.,
"Adhesive and antibacterial films based on marine-derived fucoidan and chitosan",
Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, vol. 10, issue 50, pp. 16770 - 16779, doi:
10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05144, 2022.
Fontelo R., Soares da Costa D., Gómez-Florit M., Tiainen H., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Antibacterial nanopatterned coatings for dental implants",
Journal Of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 10, pp. 8710 - 8718, doi:
10.1039/D2TB01352E, 2022.
Carvalho A. M., Valcarcel J., Soares da Costa D., Gomes M., Vázquez J. A., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Hyaluronan brush-like copolymers promote CD44 declustering in breast cancer cells",
Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 14, issue 37, pp. 41779 - 41789, doi:
10.1021/acsami.2c11864, 2022.
Fontelo R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Block copolymer nanopatterns affect cell spreading: stem versus cancer bone cells",
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, vol. 219, pp. 112774, doi:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112774, 2022.
Correia C., Sousa R. O., Vale A. C., Peixoto D., Silva T. H., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Alves N. M.,
"Adhesive and biodegradable membranes made of sustainable catechol-functionalized marine collagen and chitosan",
Colloids And Surfaces B-biointerfaces, vol. 213, pp. 112409, doi:
10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112409, 2022.
Carvalho A. M., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Influence of hyaluronan density on the behavior of breast cancer cells with different CD44 expression",
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 11, issue 4, pp. 2101309, doi:
10.1002/adhm.202101309, 2022.
Fontelo R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Antithrombotic and hemocompatible properties of nanostructured coatings assembled from block copolymers",
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol. 608, issue part 2, pp. 1608-1618, doi:
10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.076, 2022.
Brito A., Dave D., Lampel A., Castro V. I. B., Kroiss D., Reis R. L., Tuttle T., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Expanding the conformational landscape of minimalistic tripeptides by their O‑glycosylation",
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 143, issue 47, pp. 19703 - 19710, doi:
10.1021/jacs.1c07592, 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.
Domínguez-Arca V., Costa R. R., Carvalho A. M., Taboada P., Reis R. L., Prieto G., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Liposomes embedded in layer by layer constructs as simplistic extracellular vesicles transfer model",
Materials Science and Engineering C, vol. 121, pp. 111813, doi:
10.1016/j.msec.2020.111813, 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.
Carvalho A. M., Soares da Costa D., Paulo P. M. R., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Co-localization and crosstalk between CD44 and RHAMM depend on hyaluronan presentation",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 119, pp. 114-124, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2020.10.024, 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.
Brito A., Pereira P. M. R., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Lewis J. S., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Aromatic carbohydrate amphiphile disrupts cancer spheroids and prevents relapse",
Nanoscale, vol. 12, pp. 19088 - 19092, doi:
10.1039/D0NR05008C, 2020.
Yankova I., Shestakova P., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Vassileva E.,
"Gelatin micro- and nanocapsules obtained via sonochemical method",
Journal Of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 137, issue 48, pp. e49584, doi:
10.1002/app.49584, 2020.
Fontelo R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Bactericidal nanopatterns generated by block copolymer self-assembly",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 112, pp. 174-181, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2020.06.003, 2020.
Brito A., Pereira P. M. R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Lewis J. S., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Inhibiting cancer metabolism by aromatic carbohydrate amphiphiles that act as antagonists of the glucose transporter GLUT1",
Chemical Science, vol. 11, issue 14, pp. 3737-3744, doi:
10.1039/D0SC00954G, 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.
Soares da Costa D., Sousa J. C., da Mesquita S., Petkova-Yankova N., Marques F., Reis R. L., Sousa N., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Bioorthogonal Labeling Reveals Different Expression of Glycans in Mouse Hippocampal Neuron Cultures during Their Development",
Molecules, vol. 25, issue 4, pp. 795, doi:
10.3390/molecules25040795, 2020.
Rial R., Costa R. R., Reis R. L., Liu Z., Pashkuleva I., and Ruso J. M.,
"Mineralization of layer-by-layer ultrathin films containing microfluidic-produced hydroxyapatite nanorods",
Crystal Growth & Design, vol. 19, issue 11, pp. 6351 - 6359, doi:
10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00831, 2019.
Brito A., Abul-Haija Y. M., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Minimalistic supramolecular proteoglycan mimics by co-assembly of aromatic peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles",
Chemical Science, vol. 10, pp. 2385 - 2390, doi:
10.1039/c8sc04361b, 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.
Novoa-Carballal R., Carretero A. C., Pacheco R., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Star-like glycosaminoglycans with superior bioactivity assemble with proteins into microfibers",
Chemistry: A European Journal , vol. 24, pp. 14341 - 14345, doi:
10.1002/chem.201802243, 2018.
Costa R. R., González-Pérez M., Herrero-Gutiérrez M., Pires R. A., Alonso M., Rodríguez-Cabello J. C., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Tuning the stiffness of surfaces by assembling genetically engineered polypeptides with tailored amino acid sequence",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 19, issue 8, pp. 3401–3411, doi:
10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00723, 2018.
Carvalho A. M., Teixeira R., Novoa-Carballal R., Pires R. A., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Redox-responsive micellar nanoparticles from glycosaminoglycans for CD44 targeted drug delivery",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 19, issue 7, pp. 2991 - 2999, doi:
10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00561, 2018.
Ribeiro V. P., Almeida L., Martins A. R., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Modulating cell adhesion to polybutylene succinate biotextile constructs for tissue engineering applications",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 11, issue 10, doi:
10.1002/term.2189, 2017.
Silva C., Carretero A. C., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Design of protein delivery systems by mimicking extracellular mechanisms for protection of growth factors",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 63, pp. 283 - 293, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2017.08.042, 2017.
Mhanna R., Becher J., Schnabelrauch M., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Sulfated alginate as a mimic of sulfated glycosaminoglycans: Binding of growth factors and effect on stem cell behavior",
Advanced Biosystems, vol. 1, issue 7, pp. 1700043, doi:
10.1002/adbi.201700043, 2017.
Oliveira C., Ferreira A. S., Novoa-Carballal R., Nunes C., Pashkuleva I., Neves N. M., Coimbra M. A., Reis R. L., Martins A., and Silva T. H.,
"The Key Role of Sulfation and Branching on Fucoidan Antitumor Activity",
Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 17, issue 5, pp. 1600340, doi:
10.1002/mabi.201600340, 2017.
Carretero A. C., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Extracellular matrix-inspired assembly of glycosaminoglycan-collagen fibers",
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 5, issue 17, pp. 3103-3106, doi:
10.1039/C7TB00704C, 2017.
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.
Yang Y., Köwitsch A., Ma N., Mader K., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Groth T.,
"Functionality of surface-coupled oxidised glycosaminoglycans towards fibroblast adhesion",
Journal of Bioactive and Compatible Polymers, vol. 31, issue 2, pp. 191-207, doi:
10.1177/0883911515599999, 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.
Soares da Costa D., Márquez-Posadas M. C., Araújo A. R., Yang Y., Merino S., Groth T., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Adhesion of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to glycosaminoglycan surfaces with different protein patterns",
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 7, issue 18, pp. 10034-10043, doi:
10.1021/acsami.5b02479, 2015.
Ribeiro V. P., Almeida L. R., Martins A. R., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Reis R. L., and Oliveira A. L.,
"Influence of different surface modification treatments on silk biotextiles for tissue engineering applications",
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, doi:
10.1002/jbm.b.33400, 2015.
Pires R. A., Abul-Haija Y. M., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Controlling Cancer Cell Fate Using Localized Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of an Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphile",
Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 137, issue 2, pp. 576-579, doi:
10.1021/ja5111893, 2015.
Novoa-Carballal R., Silva C., Moller S., Schnabelrauch M., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Tunable nano-carriers from clicked glycosaminoglycan block copolymers",
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, vol. 2, issue 26, pp. 4177-4184, doi:
10.1039/C4TB00410H, 2014.
Almeida L. R., Martins A. R., Fernandes E. M., Oliveira M. B., Mano J. F., Correlo V. M., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Durães N. F., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"Erratum: New biotextiles for tissue engineering: Development, characterization and in vitro cellular viability",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 11, pp. 9241, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.08.028, 2013.
Almeida L. R., Martins A. R., Fernandes E. M., Oliveira M. B., Mano J. F., Correlo V. M., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Ribeiro A. S., Durães N. F., Silva C. J., Bonifácio G., Sousa R. A., Oliveira A. L., and Reis R. L.,
"New biotextiles for tissue engineering: Development, characterization and in vitro cellular viability",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 9, pp. 8167–8181, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.019, 2013.
Altgärde N., Nilebäck E., de Battice L., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., Becher J., Möller S., Schnabelrauch M., and Svedhem S.,
"Probing the biofunctionality of biotinylated hyaluronan and chondroitin sulfate by hyaluronidase degradation and aggrecan interaction",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 9, pp. 8158-8166, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2013.05.031, 2013.
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.
Márquez-Posadas M. C., Ramiro J., Becher J., Yang Y., Köwitsch A., Pashkuleva I., Díez-Ahedo R., Schnabelrauch M., Reis R. L., Groth T., and Merino S.,
"Surface microstructuring and protein patterning using hyaluronan derivatives",
Microelectronic Engineering, vol. 106, pp. 21-26, doi:
10.1016/j.mee.2013.01.039, 2013.
Francesko A., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Tzanov T.,
"Functional biopolymer-based matrices for modulation of chronic wound enzyme activities",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 9, issue 2, pp. 5216-5225, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2012.10.014, 2013.
Gentile P., Mattioli-Belmonte M., Chiono V., Ferretti C., Baino F., Tonda-Turo C., Vitale-Brovarone C., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Ciardelli G.,
"Bioactive glass/polymer composite scaffolds mimicking bone tissue",
JBMR, vol. 100A, issue 10, pp. 2654-2667, 2012.
Francesko A., Soares da Costa D., Lisboa P., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Tzanov T.,
"GAGs-thiolated chitosan assemblies for chronic wounds treatment: control of enzyme activity and cell attachment",
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 22, issue 37, pp. 19438-19446, doi:
10.1039/C2JM31051A, 2012.
Soares da Costa D., Pires R. A., Frias A. M., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Sulphonic groups induce formation of filopodia in mesenchymal stem cells",
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 22, issue 15, pp. 7172-7178, doi:
10.1039/C2JM15762D, 2012.
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.
Lopez-Perez P. M., da Silva R. M. P., Pashkuleva I., SanRoman J., and Reis R. L.,
"Temperature as a single on-off parameter controlling nanoparticles growing, stabilization and fast disentanglement",
Advanced Materials, vol. 22, issue 38, 2010.
Lopez-Perez P. M., da Silva R. M. P., Sousa R. A., Pashkuleva I., and Reis R. L.,
"Plasma-induced polymerization as a tool for surface functionalization of polymer scaffolds for bone tissue engineering: an in vitro study",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 6, issue 9, pp. 3704-3712, 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.
Lopez-Perez P. M., da Silva R. M. P., Pashkuleva I., Parra F., Reis R. L., and SanRoman J.,
"Hydrophobic-electrostatic balance driving the LCST offset aggregation-redissolution behavior of N-alkylacrylamide based ionic terpolymers",
Langmuir, vol. 26, issue 8, pp. 5934-5941, 2010.
Lopez-Perez P. M., da Silva R. M. P., Serra C., Pashkuleva I., and Reis R. L.,
"Surface phosphorylation of chitosan significantly improves Osteoblast cells viability, attachment and proliferation ",
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 20, issue 3, pp. 483-491, 2010.
Tuzlakoglu K., Pashkuleva I., Rodrigues M. T., Gomes M. E., van Lenthe G. H., Muller R., and Reis R. L.,
"A new route to produce starch-based fiber mesh scaffolds by wet spinning and subsequent surface modification as a way to improve cell attachment and proliferation",
J Biomed Mater Res, vol. 92A, pp. 369–377, 2009.
Martins A., Pinho E. D., Faria S., Pashkuleva I., Marques A. P., Reis R. L., and Neves N. M.,
"Surface Modification of Electrospun Polycaprolactone Nanofiber Meshes by Plasma Treatment to Enhance Biological Performance",
Small, vol. 10, pp. 1195-1206, 2009.
Santos M. I., Pashkuleva I., Alves C. M., Gomes M. E., Fuchs S., Unger R. E., Reis R. L., and Kirkpatrick C. J.,
"Surface-modified 3D starch-based scaffold for improved endothelialization for bone tissue engineering",
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 19, issue 24, pp. 4091–4101, 2009.
Coutinho D. F., Pashkuleva I., Alves C. M., Marques A. P., Neves N. M., and Reis R. L.,
"The effect of chitosan on the in vitro biological performance of chitosan-poly(butylene succinate) blends",
Biomacromolecules, vol. 9, issue 4, pp. 1139-1145, 2008.
Silva S. S., Luna S. M., Gomes M. E., Benesch J., Pashkuleva I., Mano J. F., and Reis R. L.,
"Plasma Surface Modification of Chitosan Membranes: Characterization and Preliminary Cell Response Studies ",
Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 8, pp. 568-576, 2008.
Lopez-Perez P. M., Marques A. P., da Silva R. M. P., Pashkuleva I., and Reis R. L.,
"Effect of chitosan membrane surface modification via plasma induced polymerization on the adhesion of osteoblast-like cells",
Journal of Materials Chemistry, vol. 17, issue 38, pp. 4064-4071, 2007.
Correlo V. M., Pinho E. D., Pashkuleva I., Bhattacharya M., Neves N. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Water Absorption and Degradation Characteristics of Chitosan-based polyesters and Hydroxyapatite Composites",
Macromolecular Bioscience, vol. 7, pp. 354, 2007.
Ivanova D., Vassileva M., Vassilev N., Pashkuleva I., and Koleva R.,
"Stereoselective synthesis of new coumarin and N-methylcarbazole retinoic acid analogs ",
Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, vol. 80, issue 6, pp. 650, 2003.
Vassileva E., Apostolov A. A., Evstatiev M., Pashkuleva I., and Friedrich K.,
"Effect of processing conditions on mechanical properties of pretreated gelatin samples ",
International Journal of Polymer Materials, vol. 51, issue 1-2, pp. 103, 2002.
Dryanska V., Pashkuleva I., Simova S., and Angelova A.,
"Synthesis and stereochemistry of 1,2,4,5-tetraarylimidazolidines
",
Journal of Chemical Research(S), vol. 11, pp. 457, 2001.
Review Paper (9)
Fontelo R., Reis R. L., Novoa-Carballal R., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Preparation, properties and bioapplications of block copolymers nanopatterns",
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 13, issue 1, pp. 2301810, doi:
10.1002/adhm.202301810, 2024.
Brito A., Kassem S., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Carbohydrate amphiphiles for supramolecular biomaterials: Design, self-assembly, and applications",
Chem, vol. 7, issue 11, pp. 2943-2964, doi:
10.1016/j.chempr.2021.04.011, 2021.
Alves N. M., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Mano J. F.,
"Controlling Cell Behavior Through the Design of Polymer Surfaces",
Small, vol. 6, issue 20, pp. 2208–2220, doi:
10.1002/smll.201000233, 2010.
Book Chapter (10)
Costa R. R., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Hydrogels formed by polyelectrolyte complexation",
Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: From Fundamentals to Applications,
Eds. Oliveira J. M., Silva-Correia J., and Reis R. L.,
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