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  • 1995 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

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Rafael Linden is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions to subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neurology, and Psychiatry and Mental Health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Retinal Development and Disorders, Glaucoma and Retinal Disorders, Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, and Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments.

Recent publications include:

  • Neuroprotection from optic nerve injury and modulation of oxidative metabolism by transplantation of active mitochondria to the retina (2020), Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
  • Mitotherapy: Unraveling a Promising Treatment for Disorders of the Central Nervous System and Other Systemic Conditions (2021), Cells
  • Neuroprotective Gene Therapy by Overexpression of the Transcription Factor MAX in Rat Models of Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration (2022), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
  • Retinal Genomic Fabric Remodeling after Optic Nerve Injury (2021), Genes
  • Roles of glutamate receptors in a novel in vitro model of early, comorbid cerebrovascular, and Alzheimer's diseases (2020), Journal of Neurochemistry

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hilda Petrs-Silva
  • Victor G. Araújo
  • Rafael Lani-Louzada
  • Mariana Santana Dias
  • Camila Marra

Rafael Linden has published in various venues, with multiple papers in Preprints.org, Vision Research, and Química Nova. Other publication venues include Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease and Cells.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Frontiers Media: Multimorbidity in the context of neurodegenerative disorders (2022).

Rafael Linden was awarded the honor of Fellow by The World Academy of Sciences in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • 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 autophagy (3rd edition)

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

  • Physiology of the Prion Protein

    Rafael Linden;Vilma R. Martins;Marco A. M. Prado;Martín Cammarota

  • Stress-inducible protein 1 is a cell surface ligand for cellular prion that triggers neuroprotection

    Silvio M. Zanata;Marilene H. Lopes;Adriana F. Mercadante;Glaucia N. M. Hajj

  • Programmed cell deaths

    Cinthya Assunção Guimarães;Rafael Linden

  • Cellular prion protein transduces neuroprotective signals

    Luciana B. Chiarini;Adriana R. O. Freitas;Silvio M. Zanata;Ricardo R. Brentani

  • Postnatal changes in retinal ganglion cell and optic axon populations in the pigmented rat.

    V. H. Perry;Z. Henderson;R. Linden

  • Massive retinotectal projection in rats

    R. Linden;V.H. Perry

  • Evidence for dendritic competition in the developing retina

    V. H. Perry;R. Linden

  • Interaction of cellular prion and stress-inducible protein 1 promotes neuritogenesis and neuroprotection by distinct signaling pathways.

    Marilene H. Lopes;Glaucia N. M. Hajj;Angelita G. Muras;Gabriel L. Mancini

  • 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

  • The survival of developing neurons: A review of afferent control

    R. Linden

  • Antifungal Pisum sativum defensin 1 interacts with Neurospora crassa cyclin F related to the cell cycle

    Denise S Lobo;Iuri B Pereira;Lucianne Fragel-Madeira;Luciano N Medeiros

  • DNA damage-induced cell death: lessons from the central nervous system.

    Helena Lobo Borges;Rafael Linden;Jean Y J Wang

  • Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions.

    Vilma R Martins;Rafael Linden;Marco A.M Prado;Roger Walz

  • FAS Ligand Triggers Pulmonary Silicosis

    Valéria M. Borges;Haroldo Falcão;José H. Leite-Júnior;Luciana Alvim

  • Gap Junctions Mediate Bystander Cell Death in Developing Retina

    Karen Cusato;Alejandra Bosco;Renato Rozental;Cinthya A. Guimarães

  • Ganglion cell death within the developing retina: a regulatory role for retinal dendrites?

    R. Linden;V.H. Perry

Frequent Co-Authors

Vilma R. Martins
Vilma R. Martins National Institute of Standards and Technology
Stevens K. Rehen
Stevens K. Rehen Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marco A. M. Prado
Marco A. M. Prado University of Western Ontario
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
William W. Hauswirth
William W. Hauswirth University of Florida
Ricardo R. Brentani
Ricardo R. Brentani Ludwig Cancer Research
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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