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Cecília M. P. Rodrigues

Cecília M. P. Rodrigues

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
20230
World Ranking
4803
National Ranking
16

Overview

Cecília M. P. Rodrigues is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine and molecular biology, with a significant focus on liver diseases, cell death mechanisms, and metabolic disorders.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and are featured in well-known journals. Selected papers include:

  • Oxidative stress and regulated cell death in Parkinson's disease (2021) in Ageing Research Reviews
  • Lytic cell death in metabolic liver disease (2020) in Journal of Hepatology
  • An unbiased ranking of murine dietary models based on their proximity to human metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) (2024) in Nature Metabolism
  • Melanoma Management: From Epidemiology to Treatment and Latest Advances (2022) in Cancers
  • RIPK3 acts as a lipid metabolism regulator contributing to inflammation and carcinogenesis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2020) in Gut

The scientist frequently collaborates with a group of colleagues, highlighting ongoing partnerships in the research community. Frequent co-authors include Marta B. Afonso, Maria Manuela Gaspar, Vanda Marques, Rui E. Castro, and Joana D. Amaral.

Cecília's work is regularly published in specific venues, demonstrating a consistent contribution to these fields. Notable publication venues where multiple works have appeared include:

  • Journal of Hepatology
  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Hepatology
  • Gut
  • Biomolecules

Among their scholarly contributions is a book titled Tissue Remodeling in Health and Disease Caused by Bacteria, Parasites, Fungi, and Viruses, published by Frontiers Media in 2021.

Their main fields of study encompass Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. More detailed subfields of interest include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Epidemiology
  • Oncology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cancer Research

The researcher's primary topics of work focus on:

  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018

    Lorenzo Galluzzi;Ilio Vitale;Stuart A. Aaronson;John M. Abrams

  • Essential versus accessory aspects of cell death: recommendations of the NCCD 2015

    L. Galluzzi;J. M. Bravo-San Pedro;I. Vitale;S. A. Aaronson

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring cell death in higher eukaryotes

    L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;L. Galluzzi;S. A. Aaronson;J. Abrams;E. S. Alnemri

  • A novel role for ursodeoxycholic acid in inhibiting apoptosis by modulating mitochondrial membrane perturbation

    Cecilia M.P. Rodrigues;Guangsheng Fan;Xiaoming Ma;Betsy T. Kren

  • Global patient outcomes after elective surgery: Prospective cohort study in 27 low-, middle- and high-income countries

    T Ahmad;RA Bouwman;I Grigoras;C Aldecoa

  • Hepatocyte apoptosis, expression of death receptors, and activation of NF-kappaB in the liver of nonalcoholic and alcoholic steatohepatitis patients.

    Paulo S Ribeiro;Helena Cortez-Pinto;Susana Solá;Rui E Castro

  • The role of p53 in apoptosis.

    Joana D Amaral;Joana M Xavier;Clifford J Steer;Cecília M Rodrigues

  • Bile acids: regulation of apoptosis by ursodeoxycholic acid

    Joana D. Amaral;Ricardo J.S. Viana;Rita M. Ramalho;Clifford J. Steer

  • Ursodeoxycholic Acid May Inhibit Deoxycholic Acid-Induced Apoptosis by Modulating Mitochondrial Transmembrane Potential and Reactive Oxygen Species Production

    Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues;Guangsheng Fan;Phillip Y. Wong;Betsy T. Kren

  • Human colon cancer profiles show differential microRNA expression depending on mismatch repair status and are characteristic of undifferentiated proliferative states

    Aaron L. Sarver;Amy J. French;Pedro M. Borralho;Venugopal Thayanithy

  • Tauroursodeoxycholic acid, a bile acid, is neuroprotective in a transgenic animal model of Huntington's disease

    C. Dirk Keene;Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues;Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues;Tacjana Eich;Manik S. Chhabra

  • Delivering the promise of miRNA cancer therapeutics

    Diane M. Pereira;Pedro M. Rodrigues;Pedro M. Borralho;Cecília M.P. Rodrigues

  • Ursodeoxycholic acid prevents cytochrome c release in apoptosis by inhibiting mitochondrial membrane depolarization and channel formation.

    Cecilia Mp Rodrigues;Xiaoming Ma;Cheryle Linehan-Stieers;Guangsheng Fan

  • Similar Patterns of Mitochondrial Vulnerability and Rescue Induced by Genetic Modification of α-Synuclein, Parkin, and DJ-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Rina Ved;Shamol Saha;Beth Westlund;Celine Perier

  • Deficient Endoplasmic Reticulum-Mitochondrial Phosphatidylserine Transfer Causes Liver Disease

    María Isabel Hernández-Alvarez;David Sebastián;David Sebastián;Sara Vives;Saška Ivanova;Saška Ivanova

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Oxidative stress and regulated cell death in Parkinson's disease.

    P.A. Dionísio;J.D. Amaral;C.M.P. Rodrigues

  • Tauroursodeoxycholic acid reduces apoptosis and protects against neurological injury after acute hemorrhagic stroke in rats.

    Cecilia M. P. Rodrigues;Susana Solá;Susana Solá;Zhenhong Nan;Rui E. Castro

Frequent Co-Authors

Clifford J. Steer
Clifford J. Steer University of Minnesota
Dora Brites
Dora Brites University of Lisbon
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Boris Zhivotovsky
Boris Zhivotovsky Karolinska Institute
Lorenzo Galluzzi
Lorenzo Galluzzi Cornell University
Rudi D'Hooge
Rudi D'Hooge KU Leuven
Gerry Melino
Gerry Melino University of Rome Tor Vergata
Guido Kroemer
Guido Kroemer Université Paris Cité
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Nektarios Tavernarakis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Oliver Kepp
Oliver Kepp Institut Gustave Roussy

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