Papers in Scientific Journals (47)
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.
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.
Oliveira A., Rodrigues, L.C., Soares da Costa D., Fernandes E. M., Reis R. L., Neves N. M., Leão P., and Martins A.,
"COX-2 inhibitor delivery system aiming intestinal inflammatory disorders",
Biomaterials Advances, vol. 156, pp. 213712, doi:
10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213712, 2024.
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.
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.
Silva S. S., Rodrigues, L.C., Fernandes E. M., Soares da Costa D., Villalva D. G., Loh W., and Reis R. L.,
"Chitosan/Virgin-Coconut-Oil-Based System Enriched with Cubosomes: A 3D Drug-Delivery Approach",
Marine Drugs, vol. 21, issue 7, pp. 394, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/md21070394, 2023.
Reys L. L., Silva S. S., Costa D., Soares da Costa D., Rodrigues, L.C., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Building Fucoidan/Agarose-Based Hydrogels as a Platform for the Development of Therapeutic Approaches against Diabetes",
Molecules, vol. 28, pp. 4523, doi:
https://doi.org/10.3390/ molecules28114523, 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.
Reys L. L., Silva S. S., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Fucoidan-based hydrogels particles as versatile carriers for diabetes treatment strategies",
Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition , vol. 33, issue 15, pp. 1339-1954, doi:
https://doi.org/10.1080/09205063.2022.2088533, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Reys L. L., Silva S. S., Soares da Costa D., Oliveira N. M., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Fucoidan hydrogels photo-cross-linked with visible radiation as matrices for cell culture",
ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, vol. 2, issue 7, pp. 1151–1161, doi:
10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00180, 2016.
Silva S. S., Oliveira N. M., Oliveira, M.B., Soares da Costa D., Naskar D., Mano J. F., Kundu S. C., and Reis R. L.,
"Fabrication and characterization of Eri silk fibers-based sponges for biomedical application",
Acta Biomaterialia, vol. 32, pp. 178-189, doi:
10.1016/j.actbio.2016.01.003, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Almeida C., Pereira C., Soares da Costa D., Pereira S., Pissarra J., Simões I., and Faro C.,
"Chlapsin, a chloroplastidial aspartic proteinase from the green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii",
Planta, doi:
10.1007/s00425-012-1605-2, 2012.
Oliveira A., Pereira C., Soares da Costa D., Pereira S., and Pissarra J.,
"A new putative intracellular route to the cell wall in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds",
FEBS Journal, vol. 277, issue 1, pp. 217-217, 2010.
Oliveira A., Pereira C., Soares da Costa D., Teixeira J., Fidalgo F., Pereira S., and Pissarra J.,
"Characterization of aspartic proteinases in C. cardunculus L. callus tissue for its prospective transformation",
Plant Science, vol. 178, issue 2, pp. 140-146, 2010.
Pereira C., Soares da Costa D., Pereira S., Nogueira F., Albuquerque P., Teixeira J., Faro C., and Pissarra J.,
"Cardosins in post-embryonic development of cardoon: towards an elucidation of biological function of plant aspartic proteinases",
Protoplasma, vol. 232, issue 3-4, pp. 203-213, 2008.
Review Paper (1)
Book Chapter (1)
Soares da Costa D., Brito A., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Supramolecular systems of glycopeptides as mimics of the extracellular matrix",
Multifunctional Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications,
Eds. Pires R. A., Pashkuleva I., and Reis R. L.,
Wiley-VCH GmbH, Weinheim, pp. 149-159, 2022.
Invited Journal Paper (1)
Invited Review Paper (1)
Pissarra J., Pereira C., Soares da Costa D., Figueiredo R., Duarte P., Teixeira J., and Pereira S.,
"From Flower to Seed Germination in Cynara cardunculus: A Role for Aspartic Proteinases",
International Journal of Plant Developmental Biology, vol. 1, issue 2, pp. 274-281, 2007.
Invited Lecture (1)
Conference Abstract -ISI Web of Science Indexed (10)
Bastos F. R., Costa R. R., Soares da Costa D., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Alves N. M.,
"Hyaluronan functionalized pH-responsive calcium carbonate nanoparticles for local treatment of breast cancer",
Tissue Engineering, Part A, vol. 29, issue 13-14, doi:
10.1089/ten.tea.2023.29043.abstracts, 2023.
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.,
"Co-assembly of peptide and carbohydrate amphiphiles to generate proteoglycan mimics",
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 256, pp. 113-CARB, 2018.
Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Carvalho A. F., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Short carbohydrate amphiphiles as smart therapeutics targeting cancer",
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 256, pp. 112 - CARB, 2018.
Reys L. L., Silva S. S., Soares da Costa D., Oliveira N. M., Mano J. F., Reis R. L., and Silva T. H.,
"Evaluation of the potential of fucoidan-based microparticles for diabetes treatment",
European Cells & Materials, 1, vol. 1, issue 1, pp. P349, 2016.
Silva T. H., Oliveira C., Reys L. L., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Oliveira N. M., Ferreira A. S., Nunes C., Silva S. S., Martins A., Coimbra M. A., Mano J. F., Neves N. M., and Reis R. L.,
"Biomedical potential of fucoidan, a seaweed sulfated polysaccharide: from a anticancer agent to a building block of cell encapsulating systems for regenerative medicine",
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol, pp. 221, doi:
10.3389/conf.FBIOE.2016.01.00221, 2016.
Reys L. L., Silva S. S., Soares da Costa D., Oliveira N. M., Mano J. F., Silva T. H., and Reis R. L.,
"Fucoidan-based Particles for Diabetes Mellitus Treatment.",
Tissue Engineering Parte A, vol. 21, issue S1, pp. A204, doi:
10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000.abstracts, 2015.
Soares da Costa D., Márquez-Posadas M. C., Araújo A. R., Yang Y., Becher J., Schnabelrauch M., Merino S., Groth T., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Adhesion of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to patterned protein-glycosaminoglycan surfaces",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 7, issue s1, pp. 35-35, doi:
10.1002/term.1822, 2013.
Soares da Costa D., Yang Y., Moller S., Groth T., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Sulfation degree of glycosaminoglycans triggers distinct cytoskeleton organisation in mesenchymal stem cells",
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, vol. 6, pp. 21-21, doi:
10.1002/term.1608, 2012.
Francesko A., Blanco C. D., Lisboa P., Soares da Costa D., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Tzanov T.,
"Thiolated chitosan/glycosaminoglycans multilayered films: QCM-D study on the films formation and their biological properties",
ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, vol. 243, pp. 94-CELL, 2012.
Comunications - Poster (27)
Castro V. I. B., Gao Y., Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Chen J., Ulijn R. V., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Out of equilibrium assembly of carbohydrate amphiphiles as a modulator of the supramolecular helicity and gelation",
FoReCast 2nd Workshop, 2019.
Gomes S. F., Brito A., Caballero D., Soares da Costa D., Kundu S. C., Martins A. M., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Development of micropatterned supramolecular hydrogels for myocardium regeneration",
Chem2Nature Final Conference, 2018.
Gomes S. F., Brito A., Caballero D., Soares da Costa D., Brancato V., Kundu S. C., Martins A. M., Pashkuleva I., Reis R. L., and Pires R. A.,
"Micropatterned supramolecular hydrogels promote cell alignment for myocardium regeneration",
Chem2Nature, 2018.
Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Abul-Haija Y. M., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Biofunctional supramolecular hydrogels by co-assembly of simple carbohydrate and peptide amphiphiles",
TERMIS, 2017.
Márquez-Posadas M. C., Soares da Costa D., Decker J., Díez-Ahedoa R., Schnabelrauchd M., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Merino S.,
"Glycosaminoglycan micro-patterned hydrogels promote stem cell differentiation: effect of surface chemistry and pattern",
42nd Micro and Nano Engineering, 2016.
Silva T. H., Oliveira C., Reys L. L., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Oliveira N. M., Ferreira A. S., Nunes C., Silva S. S., Martins A., Coimbra M. A., Mano J. F., Neves N. M., and Reis R. L.,
"BIOMEDICAL POTENTIAL OF FUCOIDAN, A SEAWEED SULFATED POLYSACCHARIDE: FROM A ANTICANCER AGENT TO A BUILDING BLOCK OF CELL ENCAPSULATING SYSTEMS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE",
10th World Biomaterials Congress, 2016.
Sousa J. C., Soares da Costa D., Marques F., da Mesquita S., Petkova N., Costa J. T., Sousa N., Reis R. L., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Metabolic glycoengineering in hippocampal neurons: cellular uptake of exogenously supplied non-natural sugars",
9th International Symposium on Glycosyltransferases (Glyco-T 2014), 2014.
Comunication - Oral (14)
Castro V. I. B., Gao Y., Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Chen J., Ulijn R. V., Reis R. L., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Different energy inputs promotes helicity change in the supramolecular arrangement of carbohydrates",
1st Discoveries Forum on Regenerative and Precision Medicine, 2019.
Castro V. I. B., Gao Y., Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Chen J., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pashkuleva I., and Pires R. A.,
"Cabohydrate stereoisomerschemistry self-assemble into affects the supramolecular fibers with different assemblyhelicityof Short short aromatic carbohydrate amphiphiles based supramolecular structures: stereochemistry effect on the assembly",
Glupor 13, 2019.
Brito A., Soares da Costa D., Novoa-Carballal R., Abul-Haija Y. M., Reis R. L., Ulijn R. V., Pires R. A., and Pashkuleva I.,
"Supramolecular hydrogels based on the co-assembly of simple carbohydrates and peptide amphiphiles for biological applications",
12ª Reunião do Grupo de Glúcidos, 2017.
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.