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Vilma R. Martins is affiliated with the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Rheumatology.

The scientist's main research topics include Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Circadian Rhythm and Melatonin, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, Regulation of Appetite and Obesity, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding, Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment, and Renal and Related Cancers.

Vilma R. Martins has contributed to several recent papers, notable among them are:

  • MT1 and MT2 melatonin receptors play opposite roles in brain cancer progression, 2021, Journal of Molecular Medicine
  • Adiponectin reverses β-Cell damage and impaired insulin secretion induced by obesity, 2023, Aging Cell
  • Second-Generation RT-QuIC Assay for the Diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Patients in Brazil, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Sleep deprivation regulates availability of PrPC and Aβ peptides which can impair interaction between PrPC and laminin and neuronal plasticity, 2020, Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Environmental control of mammary carcinoma cell expansion by acidification and spheroid formation in vitro, 2020, Scientific Reports

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include Tiago G. Santos, Ana Cláudia Munhoz, Camille C. Caldeira da Silva, Alicia J. Kowaltowski, and Adriano Beserra.

The scientist's publications are often featured in several key venues such as Cancer Research, Journal of Molecular Medicine, Aging Cell, Scientific Reports, and Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. Cancer Research is a particularly frequent publication venue with multiple contributions.

Best Publications

  • Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018) : a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines

    Clotilde Théry;Kenneth W. Witwer;Elena Aikawa;Maria Jose Alcaraz

  • Melanoma exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET

    Héctor Peinado;Maša Alečković;Simon Lavotshkin;Irina Matei

  • 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

  • Cellular prion protein transduces neuroprotective signals

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

  • Cellular prion protein binds laminin and mediates neuritogenesis

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F Mercadante;Silvio M Zanata;Orestes V Forlenza

  • 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

  • Increased sensitivity to seizures in mice lacking cellular prion protein.

    Roger Walz;Olavo B. Amaral;Isabel C. Rockenbach;Rafael Roesler

  • Tumor-cell-derived microvesicles as carriers of molecular information in cancer

    Vilma R. Martins;Marcos S. Dias;Pierre Hainaut

  • Complementary hydropathy identifies a cellular prion protein receptor.

    Vilma R. Martins;Edgard Graner;José Garcia-Abreu;Sandro J. De Souza;Sandro J. De Souza

  • Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions.

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

  • Cellular prion protein expression in astrocytes modulates neuronal survival and differentiation.

    Flavia R. S. Lima;Camila P. Arantes;Angelita G. Muras;Regina Nomizo

  • Endocytic intermediates involved with the intracellular trafficking of a fluorescent cellular prion protein.

    Ana C. Magalhães;Juliana A. Silva;Kil S. Lee;Kil S. Lee;Vilma R. Martins

  • Laminin‐induced PC‐12 cell differentiation is inhibited following laser inactivation of cellular prion protein

    Edgard Graner;Adriana F. Mercadante;Adriana F. Mercadante;Sı́lvio M. Zanata;Sı́lvio M. Zanata;Vilma R. Martins

  • Internalization of mammalian fluorescent cellular prion protein and N-terminal deletion mutants in living cells.

    Kil S. Lee;Ana C. Magalhães;Silvio M. Zanata;Silvio M. Zanata;Ricardo R. Brentani

  • Metabotropic glutamate receptors transduce signals for neurite outgrowth after binding of the prion protein to laminin γ1 chain

    Flavio H. Beraldo;Camila P. Arantes;Tiago G. Santos;Cleiton F. Machado

  • Prion protein: orchestrating neurotrophic activities.

    Vilma R. Martins;Flavio H. Beraldo;Glaucia N.M. Hajj;Marilene H. Lopes

  • Endocytosis of Prion Protein Is Required for ERK1/2 Signaling Induced by Stress-Inducible Protein 1

    Fabiana A. Caetano;Marilene H. Lopes;Glaucia N.M. Hajj;Cleiton F. Machado

  • Role of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor in Calcium Signaling Induced by Prion Protein Interaction with Stress-inducible Protein 1

    Flavio H. Beraldo;Flavio H. Beraldo;Camila P. Arantes;Camila P. Arantes;Tiago G. Santos;Nicolle G.T. Queiroz

  • Prion protein interaction with stress-inducible protein 1 enhances neuronal protein synthesis via mTOR

    Martín Roffé;Flávio Henrique Beraldo;Romina Bester;Max Nunziante

  • Normal inhibitory avoidance learning and anxiety, but increased locomotor activity in mice devoid of PrP(C)

    Rafael Roesler;Roger Walz;João Quevedo;Fernanda de-Paris

  • PrPc on the road: trafficking of the cellular prion protein

    Marco A. M. Prado;Juliana Alves-Silva;Juliana Alves-Silva;Ana C. Magalhães;Vania F. Prado

  • Minireview Cellular prion protein: on the road for functions

    Vilma R. Martins;Rafael Linden;Roger Walz;Ivan Izquierdo

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco A. M. Prado
Marco A. M. Prado University of Western Ontario
Roger Walz
Roger Walz Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Vania F. Prado
Vania F. Prado University of Western Ontario
Ivan Izquierdo
Ivan Izquierdo Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto
Américo Ceiki Sakamoto Universidade de São Paulo
Rafael Roesler
Rafael Roesler Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Martín Cammarota
Martín Cammarota Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

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