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19064
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Overview

Adriana Ferreira is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cancer Research, Neurology, and Food Science.

The main topics covered in Ferreira's research include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Research and Splicing, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Ferreira has contributed to several recent publications. These include:

  • Death Induced by Survival gene Elimination (DISE) correlates with neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease and aging, 2024, Nature Communications
  • Death Induced by Survival gene Elimination (DISE) is correlated with neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease and aging, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The formation of small aggregates contributes to the neurotoxic effects of tau45-230, 2021, Neurochemistry International
  • The WMI Rat of Premature Cognitive Aging Presents Intrinsic Vulnerability to Oxidative Stress in Primary Neurons and Astrocytes Compared to Its Nearly Isogenic WLI Control, 2024, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 13: A report of a non-progressive disease, 2022, International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports

Frequent co-authors in Ferreira's research include:

  • Bidur Paudel
  • Si-Yeon Jeong
  • Carolina Pena Martinez
  • Alexis Rickman
  • Ashley Haluck-Kangas

The main publication venues where Ferreira has appeared are:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Neurochemistry International
  • International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports

Best Publications

  • Tau is essential to β-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity

    Mark Rapoport;Hana N. Dawson;Lester I. Binder;Michael P. Vitek

  • Inhibition of neuronal maturation in primary hippocampal neurons from tau deficient mice.

    Hana N. Dawson;Adriana Ferreira;Michele V. Eyster;Nupur Ghoshal

  • S100β Induces Neuronal Cell Death Through Nitric Oxide Release from Astrocytes

    Jingru Hu;Adriana Ferreira;Linda J. Van Eldik

  • Spinophilin regulates the formation and function of dendritic spines

    Jian Feng;Zhen Yan;Adriana B Ferreira;Kazuhito Tomizawa

  • Role of sigma(B) in heat, ethanol, acid, and oxidative stress resistance and during carbon starvation in Listeria monocytogenes.

    Adriana Ferreira;Conor P. O'Byrne;Kathryn J. Boor

  • The Generation of a 17 kDa Neurotoxic Fragment: An Alternative Mechanism by which Tau Mediates β-Amyloid-Induced Neurodegeneration

    So Young Park;Adriana Ferreira

  • Impairment of axonal development and of synaptogenesis in hippocampal neurons of synapsin I-deficient mice

    L.-S. Chin;L. Li;A. Ferreira;K.S. Kosik

  • β-Amyloid-induced Dynamin 1 Degradation Is Mediated by N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors in Hippocampal Neurons

    Brent L. Kelly;Adriana Ferreira

  • Cell-surface beta-amyloid precursor protein stimulates neurite outgrowth of hippocampal neurons in an isoform-dependent manner

    Wei Qiao Qiu;A. Ferreira;C. Miller;E. H. Koo

  • Evidence for the Participation of the Neuron-Specific CDK5 Activator P35 during Laminin-Enhanced Axonal Growth

    Gabriela Paglini;Gustavo Pigino;Patricia Kunda;Gerardo Morfini

  • Estrogen-enhanced neurite growth: Evidence for a selective induction of tau and stable microtubules

    A Ferreira;A Caceres

  • Role of Listeria monocytogenes σB in Survival of Lethal Acidic Conditions and in the Acquired Acid Tolerance Response

    Adriana Ferreira;David Sue;Conor P. O'Byrne;Kathryn J. Boor

  • Selective Phosphorylation of Adult Tau Isoforms in Mature Hippocampal Neurons Exposed to Fibrillar Aβ

    Adriana Ferreira;Qun Lu;Lisa Orecchio;Kenneth S. Kosik

  • Microtubule formation and neurite growth in cerebellar macroneurons which develop in vitro: evidence for the involvement of the microtubule-associated proteins, MAP-1a, HMW-MAP2 and Tau.

    Adriana Ferreira;Jorge Busciglio;Alfredo Cáceres

  • Suppression of kinesin expression in cultured hippocampal neurons using antisense oligonucleotides.

    Adriana Ferreira;Joshua Niclas;Ronald D. Vale;Gary Banker

  • The synapsins: beyond the regulation of neurotransmitter release.

    A. Ferreira;M. Rapoport

  • Kinesin-mediated organelle translocation revealed by specific cellular manipulations.

    Fabian Feiguin;Adriana Ferreira;Kenneth S. Kosik;Alfredo Caceres

  • Intraneuronal compartments of the amyloid precursor protein

    A Ferreira;A Caceres;KS Kosik

  • PD98059 Prevents Neurite Degeneration Induced by Fibrillar β‐Amyloid in Mature Hippocampal Neurons

    Mark Rapoport;Adriana Ferreira

  • Regulation of Neurotransmitter Release by Synapsin III

    Jian Feng;Ping Chi;Thomas A. Blanpied;Yimei Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Alfredo Cáceres
Alfredo Cáceres National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Kenneth S. Kosik
Kenneth S. Kosik University of California, Santa Barbara
Paul Greengard
Paul Greengard Rockefeller University
Lian Li
Lian Li Emory University
Lih-Shen Chin
Lih-Shen Chin Emory University
Kathryn J. Boor
Kathryn J. Boor Cornell University
Jian Feng
Jian Feng University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Michael P. Vitek
Michael P. Vitek Duke University
Oswald Steward
Oswald Steward University of California, Irvine
Martin Wiedmann
Martin Wiedmann Cornell University

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