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Ricardo B. Azevedo

Ricardo B. Azevedo

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Chemistry

D-Index
57
Citations
9643
World Ranking
11313
National Ranking
78

Overview

Ricardo B. Azevedo is affiliated with the University of Brasília in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Biomedical Engineering, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery

Azevedo has contributed to numerous publications, with a frequent presence in the following venues:

  • Pharmaceutics
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Nanomaterials
  • Nanomedicine
  • Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Some recent notable papers by the scientist include:

  • Photodynamic cancer therapy using liposomes as an advanced vesicular photosensitizer delivery system, 2021, Journal of Controlled Release
  • Nanoemulsion applications in photodynamic therapy, 2022, Journal of Controlled Release
  • The influence of NLC composition on curcumin loading under a physicochemical perspective and in vitro evaluation, 2020, Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
  • Recent advances in point of care testing for COVID-19 detection, 2022, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
  • Challenge in the Discovery of New Drugs: Antimicrobial Peptides against WHO-List of Critical and High-Priority Bacteria, 2021, Pharmaceutics

In collaboration, Ricardo B. Azevedo frequently works with a group of coauthors, including Luís Alexandre Muehlmann, João Paulo Figueiró Longo, Mosar Corrêa Rodrigues, Paulo Eduardo Narcizo de Souza, and Saeid Moghassemi.

Azevedo has also contributed to book publications, notably having authored a book titled Química aplicada para el sector productivo published in 2021 by Universidad EAN eBooks.

Best Publications

  • An updated overview on the development of new photosensitizers for anticancer photodynamic therapy

    Juan Zhang;Juan Zhang;Chengshi Jiang;João Paulo Figueiró Longo;Ricardo Bentes Azevedo

  • Rapid renewal of auditory hair bundles.

    Mark E. Schneider;Inna A. Belyantseva;Ricardo B. Azevedo;Bechara Kachar

  • A reduction in CD90 (THY-1) expression results in increased differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells

    Daniela Abreu de Moraes;Tatiana T. Sibov;Lorena F. Pavon;Paula Queiroz Alvim

  • Magnetic resonance of a dextran-coated magnetic fluid intravenously administered in mice.

    L.M. Lacava;Z.G.M. Lacava;M.F. Da Silva;O. Silva

  • Synthesis and characterization of size-controlled cobalt-ferrite-based ionic ferrofluids

    P.C. Morais;V.K. Garg;A.C. Oliveira;L.P. Silva

  • Glutamine utilization by rat neutrophils: presence of phosphate-dependent glutaminase

    Tania C. Pithon Curi;Mariza P. De Melo;Ricardo B. De Azevedo;Telma M. T. Zorn

  • Genotoxicity and inflammatory investigation in mice treated with magnetite nanoparticles surface coated with polyaspartic acid

    N. Sadeghiani;L.S. Barbosa;L.P. Silva;R.B. Azevedo

  • Dermaseptins from Phyllomedusa oreades and Phyllomedusa distincta. Anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity without cytotoxicity to mammalian cells.

    Guilherme D. Brand;Guilherme D. Brand;José Roberto S.A. Leite;José Roberto S.A. Leite;Luciano P. Silva;Luciano P. Silva;Sérgio Albuquerque

  • Phylloseptins: a novel class of anti-bacterial and anti-protozoan peptides from the Phyllomedusa genus.

    José Roberto S.A. Leite;Luciano P. Silva;Maria Izabel S. Rodrigues;Maura V. Prates

  • Nanographene oxide-methylene blue as phototherapies platform for breast tumor ablation and metastasis prevention in a syngeneic orthotopic murine model.

    Mayara Simonelly Costa dos Santos;Ana Luisa Gouvêa;Ludmilla David de Moura;Leonardo Giordano Paterno

  • Preparation and characterization of ultra-stable biocompatible magnetic fluids using citrate-coated cobalt ferrite nanoparticles

    P.C. Morais;R.L. Santos;A.C.M. Pimenta;R.B. Azevedo

  • Biological effects of magnetic fluids: toxicity studies

    Z.G.M Lacava;R.B Azevedo;E.V Martins;L.M Lacava

  • Distinct subdomain organization and molecular composition of a tight junction with adherens junction features.

    Fabio D. Nunes;Lanier N. Lopez;Harrison W. Lin;Caroline Davies

  • New approach to improve encapsulation and antitumor activity of doxorubicin loaded in solid lipid nanoparticles.

    Samuel Vidal Mussi;Renata Carvalho Silva;Mônica Cristina de Oliveira;Carolina Madeira Lucci

  • Experimental investigation of the coprecipitation method: an approach to obtain magnetite and maghemite nanoparticles with improved properties

    Wilson Sacchi Peternele;Victoria Monge Fuentes;Maria Luiza Fascineli;Jaqueline Rodrigues da Silva

  • Aluminium-phthalocyanine chloride nanoemulsions for anticancer photodynamic therapy: Development and in vitro activity against monolayers and spheroids of human mammary adenocarcinoma MCF-7 cells

    Luis Alexandre Muehlmann;Mosar Corrêa Rodrigues;João Paulo Figueiró Longo;Mônica Pereira Garcia

  • T Cells Induce Pre-Metastatic Osteolytic Disease and Help Bone Metastases Establishment in a Mouse Model of Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Ana Carolina Monteiro;Ana Carolina Leal;Triciana Gonçalves-Silva;Triciana Gonçalves-Silva;Ana Carolina T. Mercadante

  • Aging investigation of cobalt ferrite nanoparticles in low pH magnetic fluid

    Maria A. G. Soler;Emilia C. D. Lima;Sebastiao W. Da Silva;Tiago F. O. Melo

  • Photodynamic therapy disinfection of carious tissue mediated by aluminum-chloride-phthalocyanine entrapped in cationic liposomes: an in vitro and clinical study.

    João Paulo F. Longo;Soraya C. Leal;Andreza R. Simioni;Maria de Fátima Menezes Almeida-Santos

  • Photodynamic therapy mediated by acai oil (Euterpe oleracea Martius) in nanoemulsion: A potential treatment for melanoma.

    Victoria Monge-Fuentes;Luis Alexandre Muehlmann;João Paulo Figueiró Longo;Jaqueline Rodrigues Silva

  • Long-term retention of dextran-coated magnetite nanoparticles in the liver and spleen

    L.M. Lacava;V.A.P. Garcia;S. Kückelhaus;R.B. Azevedo

  • Physico-chemical characterization and cytotoxicity evaluation of curcumin loaded in chitosan/chondroitin sulfate nanoparticles

    Katiúscia Vieira Jardim;Graziella Anselmo Joanitti;Ricardo Bentes Azevedo;Alexandre Luis Parize;Alexandre Luis Parize

Frequent Co-Authors

Paulo C. Morais
Paulo C. Morais Universidade Católica de Brasília
Antonio Claudio Tedesco
Antonio Claudio Tedesco Universidade de São Paulo
Rui Curi
Rui Curi Universidade de São Paulo
Sergio E. Moya
Sergio E. Moya CIC biomaGUNE
Marcelo Calderón
Marcelo Calderón University of the Basque Country
Maria Sueli Soares Felipe
Maria Sueli Soares Felipe Universidade Católica de Brasília
María del Puerto Morales
María del Puerto Morales Spanish National Research Council
Carlos Tomaz
Carlos Tomaz University of Brasília
Bechara Kachar
Bechara Kachar National Institutes of Health
Vladimir P. Torchilin
Vladimir P. Torchilin Northeastern University

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