PUBLICATIONS AND PATENTS

• Alvites RD, Branquinho MV, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Magalhães R, Teixeira P, Porto B, Oliveira C, Rema A, Carvalho F, Amorim I, Geuna S, Varejão AS, Maurício AC  (2020) Rat Olfactory Mucosa Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells (OM-MSCs): A Characterization Study. In International Journal of Cell Biology, Hindawi. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2938258

• Alvites RD, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Luís AL, Geuna S, Varejão AS, Maurício AC  (2020). Biomaterials and Cellular Systems at the forefront of Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. DOI:10.5772/intechopen.87043

• Pinho A, Branquinho MV, Alvites RD, Fonseca A, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Luís AL, Pires I, Prada J, Muratori L, Ronchi G, Geuna S, Santos JD, Maurício AC, Serra A, Coelho J (2020), Novel dextran-based tube-guides for the regeneration of the rat sciatic nerve after neurotmesis injury. In Biomaterials, Elsevier, DOI:10.1039/C9BM00901A

• Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Ivanova G, Branquinho MV, Almeida A, Faria F, Amorim I, Pereira T, Maurício AC (2019) Mesenchymal Stem/ Stromal Cells metabolomic and bioactive factors profiles: a comparative analysis on the Umbilical Cord and Dental Pulp derived Stem/ Stromal Cells secretome. In Plos One. https://doi.org/10.13/journal.pone.0221378

• Pinho A, Fonseca A, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Amorim I, Branquinho M, Domingos M, Maurício AC, Santos JD, Serra A, Coelho J (2019), Innovative tailor made dextran based membranes with excellent non-inflammatory response: in vivo assessment. In Materials Science and Engineering, Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110243

• Flores AR, Amorim I, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Franca M, Rema A, Matos R, Oliveira C, Alves A, Oliveira E, Lobo-daCunha A, Porto B, Colette Maurício A, Seixas F and Gartner F (2019) Characterization of a short-term culture from a canine diffuse gastric carcinoma. In Journal of Translational Science. Doi: 10.15761/JTS.1000315

• CC Diogo, LM Costa, JE Pereira, V Filipe, PA Couto, S Geuna, PA. Armada-da-Silva, AC Maurício, ASP Varejão (2018) Kinematic and kinetic gait analysis to evaluate functional recovery in thoracic spinal cord injured rats, in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.12.027

• Campos JM, Sousa AC, Pinto PO, Ribeiro J, França ML, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Mendonça C, Atayde LM, Santos JD, Luís AL, Maurício AC (2018) Application of Bonelike® as synthetic bone graft in orthopaedic and oral surgery in veterinary clinical cases. In Biomaterials Research, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40824-018-0150-x

• Campos JM, Sousa AC, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Pinto PO, Branquinho MV, Amorim I, Santos JD, Pereira T, Mendonça CM, Afonso A, Atayde LM, Maurício AC (2018) Dental Pulp Stem Cells and Bonelike® for Bone Regeneration in Ovine Model. In Regenerative Biomaterials, https://doi.org/10.1093/rb/rby025

• Caseiro AR, Ivanova G, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Georgieva P, Barbosa PP, Santos JD, Magalhães R, Teixeira P, Pereira T, Maurício AC (2018) Human Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma as an Alternative to Animal Sera for Mesenchymal Stromal Cells In vitro Expansion – a Multicomponent Metabolomic Analysis. In PlosOne, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203936

• D Costa, CC Diogo, LM Costa, JE Pereira, V Filipe, PA Couto, S Geuna, PA Armada-Da-Silva, AC Maurício& ASP Varejão  (2018) Kinematic patterns for hindlimb obstacle avoidance during sheep locomotion. Neurological Research,  https://doi.org/10.1080/01616412.2018.1505068

• Branco M, Caseiro AR, Silva DM, Amorim I, Rêma A, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Gomes PS, Fernandes MHR, Santos JD, Mauricio AC, and Sencadas V (2018) Processing, characterization and in-vivo evaluation of PLLA fish gelatin electrospun membranes for biomedical applications. In ACS Appl. Biomaterials, DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.8b00023

• Branquinho MV, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Alvites RD, Maurício AC (2018) Synovia-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Application in Musculoskeletal Injuries: a Review. Tissue Regeneration, Prof. Hussein Kaoud (Ed.), InTech DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.74596, ISBN: 978-953-51-5958-2.

• Alvites RD, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Varejão ASP, Geuna S, Ronchi G, Maurício AC (2018) Peripheral nerve injury and axonotmesis: state of the art and recent advances. In Cogent Medicine, DOI: 10.1080/2331205X.2018.1466404

• Alvites RD, Caseiro AR, Pedrosa SS, Branquinho MV, Varejão ASP, Maurício AC (2018) The Nasal Cavity of the Rat and Mouse - Source of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for treatment of Peripheral Nerve Injury. In The Anatomical Records, DOI: 10.1002/ar.23844.

• Pedrosa, S. S., Caseiro, A. R., Santos, J. D., & Maurício, A. C. (2017) Scaffolds for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, the Importance of In Vitro and In Vivo Studies for the Development of Cell-Based Therapies and Biomaterials: State of the Art. In Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering-Materials, Technologies and Clinical Applications, InTech, Chapter 9, ISBN: 978-953-51-3642-2, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.69540.

• Pinho, P. O., Campos, J. M., Mendonça, C., Caseiro, A. R., Santos, J. D., Maurício, A. C., & Atayde, L. M. (2017) Clinical Application of Macroporous Ceramic to Promote Bone Healing in Veterinary Clinical Cases. In Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering-Materials, Technologies and Clinical Applications, InTech, Chapter 5, ISBN: 978-953-51-3642-2, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.70341.

• Alvites, R. D., Santos, A. R. C., Varejão, A. S. P., & de Castro Osório, A. C. P. (2017) Olfactory Mucosa Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Biomaterials: A New Combination to Regenerative Therapies after Peripheral Nerve Injury. In Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Isolation, Characterization and Applications, InTech, Chapter 5, ISBN: 978-953-51-3616-3, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.68174.

• CC Diogo, LM Costa, JE Pereira, V Filipe, PA Couto,e, LG Magalhães, S Geuna, PAA Silva, AC Maurício, AS Varejão (2017), Dynamic feet distance: A new functional assessment during treadmilllocomotion in normal and thoracic spinal cord injured rats, In Behavioural Brain Research 335, 132–135 , DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2017.08.016

• N Alexandre, I Amorim, AR Caseiro, T Pereira, R Alvites, A Rêma, A Gonçalves, G Valadares, E Costa, A Santos-Silva, M Rodrigues, A Almeida, MA Lopes, JD Santos, AC Maurício, AL Luís (2017). Long term performance evaluation of small-diameter vascular grafts based on polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel and dextran. International Journal of Pharmacy 20; 513(1-2):332-346. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.02.043

• Ribeiro J, Caseiro AR, Pereira T, Armada-da-Silva PAS, Pires I, Prada J, Amorim I, Leal Reis I, Amado S, Santos JD, Bompasso S, Raimondo S, Varejão ASP, Geuna S, Luís AL, Mauricio AC (2017). Evaluation of PVA biodegradable electric conductive membranes for nerve regeneration in axonotmesis injuries – the rat sciatic nerve animal model. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 105(5), 1267-1280. DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35998.

• Diogo, C. C., Camassa, J. A., Pereira, J. E., Costa, L. M. D., Filipe, V., Couto, P. A., ... & Varejão, A. S. (2017). The use of sheep as a model for studying peripheral nerve regeneration following nerve injury: review of the literature. Neurological research, 39(10), 926-939. DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2017.1331873

• Caseiro, A. R., Alvites, R. Pedrosa, S. S., Reis. I. L., Santos. J. D., Mendonça, C., Atayde, L. M., Maurício, A. C., (2017). The Potential Clinical Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from the Dental Pulp (DPSCs) for Bone Regeneration. Frontiers in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research, Chapter 7, 2017, Vol. 6, 3-52, ISBN: 978-1-68108-478-7, DOI: 10.2174/9781681084770117060004.

• Caseiro, A. R., Pereira, T., Ribeiro, J., Santos, J. D., Amorim, I., Luís, A. L., & Maurício, A. C. (2017). Neuro-muscular regeneration using scaffolds with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly. Ciência & Tecnologia dos Materiais, 29(1), e135-e139. DOI: 10.1016/j.ctmat.2016.04.003.

• Gomes, J., Santos, JD., Maurício, AC. (2017). Regeneration of the peripheral nerve — Development and evaluation of guide tubes of biodegradable polymer. In 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG). DOI: 10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889482