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Rui Henrique is affiliated with the University of Porto in Portugal and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Cancer Research, and Oncology.

The scientist's research topics focus notably on Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Testicular Diseases and Treatments, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, and Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research.

Rui Henrique's recent scholarly papers include the following:

  • DNA Methylation-Based Testing in Liquid Biopsies as Detection and Prognostic Biomarkers for the Four Major Cancer Types, 2020, Cells
  • VIRMA-Dependent N6-Methyladenosine Modifications Regulate the Expression of Long Non-Coding RNAs CCAT1 and CCAT2 in Prostate Cancer, 2020, Cancers
  • Shifting the Cancer Screening Paradigm: The Rising Potential of Blood-Based Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests, 2023, Cells
  • Genome-Wide DNA Methylation Profiling of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma from Global High-Incidence Regions Identifies Crucial Genes and Potential Cancer Markers, 2021, Cancer Research
  • DNA Methylation as a Therapeutic Target for Bladder Cancer, 2020, Cells

Frequent co-authors in Rui Henrique's collaborations are:

  • Cármen Jerónimo
  • João Lobo
  • Vera Constâncio
  • Vera Miranda-Gonçalves
  • Isa Carneiro

Rui Henrique publishes regularly in the following venues:

  • Cancers
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • European Urology Open Science
  • Clinical Epigenetics
  • Molecular Oncology

The scientist has contributed to book publications as well, including a title published by Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain) eBooks titled Atlas of Cancer Mortality in Portugal and Spain (2003-2012), released in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Quantitation of GSTP1 methylation in non-neoplastic prostatic tissue and organ-confined prostate adenocarcinoma.

    Carmen Jerónimo;Henning Usadel;Rui Henrique;Jorge Oliveira

  • A quantitative promoter methylation profile of prostate cancer.

    Carmen Jerónimo;Rui Henrique;Rui Henrique;Mohammad O. Hoque;Elizabeth Mambo

  • TMPRSS2-ERG Gene Fusion Causing ERG Overexpression Precedes Chromosome Copy Number Changes in Prostate Carcinomas and Paired HGPIN Lesions

    Nuno Cerveira;Franclim R. Ribeiro;Ana Peixoto;Vera Costa

  • Quantitative methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction gene patterns in urine sediment distinguish prostate cancer patients from control subjects.

    Mohammad Obaidul Hoque;Ozlem Topaloglu;Shahnaz Begum;Rui Henrique

  • Mitochondrial mutations in early stage prostate cancer and bodily fluids.

    Carmen Jerónimo;Shuji Nomoto;Otávia L Caballero;Henning Usadel

  • Epigenetics in prostate cancer: biologic and clinical relevance

    Carmen Jerónimo;Patrick J. Bastian;Anders Bjartell;Giuseppina M. Carbone

  • Quantitative GSTP1 hypermethylation in bodily fluids of patients with prostate cancer

    Carmen Jerónimo;Henning Usadel;Henning Usadel;Rui Henrique;Rui Henrique;Cristina Silva;Cristina Silva

  • BRAF mutations in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: implications for tumor origin, diagnosis and treatment.

    Shahnaz Begum;Eli Rosenbaum;Rui Henrique;Yoram Cohen

  • Evaluation of promoter hypermethylation detection in body fluids as a screening/diagnosis tool for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

    André Lopes Carvalho;Carmen Jeronimo;Michael M. Kim;Rui Henrique

  • Genome-Wide Promoter Analysis Uncovers Portions of the Cancer Methylome

    Mohammad Obaidul Hoque;Myoung Sook Kim;Kimberly Laskie Ostrow;Junwei Liu

  • Diagnostic and prognostic epigenetic biomarkers in cancer.

    Pedro Costa-Pinheiro;Diana Montezuma;Rui Henrique;Carmen Jerónimo

  • Monocarboxylate transporter 4 (MCT4) and CD147 overexpression is associated with poor prognosis in prostate cancer

    Nelma Pértega-Gomes;José R. Vizcaíno;Vera Miranda-Gonçalves;Céline Pinheiro

  • Biological activities of Portuguese propolis: Protection against free radical-induced erythrocyte damage and inhibition of human renal cancer cell growth in vitro

    Maria J. Valente;Ana F. Baltazar;Rui Henrique;Letícia Estevinho

  • Three epigenetic biomarkers, GDF15, TMEFF2, and VIM, accurately predict bladder cancer from DNA-based analyses of urine samples

    Vera L. Costa;Vera L. Costa;Rui Henrique;Rui Henrique;Stine A. Danielsen;Sara Duarte-Pereira

  • Molecular detection of prostate cancer: a role for GSTP1 hypermethylation.

    Rui Henrique;Carmen Jerónimo

  • High promoter methylation levels of APC predict poor prognosis in sextant biopsies from prostate cancer patients.

    Rui Henrique;Franclim R. Ribeiro;Daniel Fonseca;Mohammad O. Hoque

  • I105V polymorphism and promoter methylation of the GSTP1 gene in prostate adenocarcinoma.

    Carmen Jerónimo;Graça Varzim;Rui Henrique;Jorge Oliveira

  • DNA Methylation-Based Testing in Liquid Biopsies as Detection and Prognostic Biomarkers for the Four Major Cancer Types

    Constâncio;Nunes Sp;Henrique R;Jerónimo C

  • Quantitative RARβ2 Hypermethylation: A Promising Prostate Cancer Marker

    Carmen Jerónimo;Rui Henrique;Mohammad O. Hoque;Franclim R. Ribeiro

  • Profiling DNA Methylation Based on Next-Generation Sequencing Approaches: New Insights and Clinical Applications.

    Daniela Barros-Silva;C. Marques;Rui Henrique;Carmen Jerónimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Carmen Jerónimo
Carmen Jerónimo University of Porto
Manuel R. Teixeira
Manuel R. Teixeira University of Porto
Ragnhild A. Lothe
Ragnhild A. Lothe University of Oslo
David Sidransky
David Sidransky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Paula Guedes de Pinho
Paula Guedes de Pinho University of Porto
Maria de Lourdes Bastos
Maria de Lourdes Bastos University of Porto
Rolf Inge Skotheim
Rolf Inge Skotheim Oslo University Hospital
Leendert H. J. Looijenga
Leendert H. J. Looijenga Princess Máxima Center
Francisco S. N. Lobo
Francisco S. N. Lobo University of Lisbon
Joseph A. Califano
Joseph A. Califano University of California, San Diego

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