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Henrique Girao (HG) is Principal Investigator and Group Leader (Group of Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis and Intercellular Communication - GUIC) at the Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR) - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC). HG has been interested in understanding how disturbance of ubiquitin-dependent lysosomal degradation and intercellular communication, mediated by gap junctions and extracellular vesicles, contribute to cardiovascular disorders. In recent years HG has been interested on non-canonical functions of Cx43 and their impact in heart pathophysiology. He reported that Cx43 participates in selective sorting of miRNAs into EV, forms functional channels at the nuclear membrane, modulating gene expression in cardiac cells, and plays a regulatory role in phagolysosome dynamics. HG is the director of iCBR, deputy-director for R&D at FMUC and coordinator of the Group of Cellular and Translational Cardiology that brings together basic researchers and clinicians at Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB-UC). HG belongs to the Biobank Scientific Committee and Strategic Council of Clinical Academic Centre of Coimbra that integrates healthcare providers, academia and research infrastructures. HG has secured around 1.5 million in 5 FCT funded projects and published >100 papers in peer-reviewed journals including the prestigious Circ Res, Science Advances, EMBO Rep, Cardiovasc Res, Nat Rev Cardiology, Elife, Life Sci Alliance, Trends Cell Biol, Trends Mol Med, Autophagy, Molec Cell Proteomics and J Extracell Vesicles. HG is vice-President of the Portuguese Society of Extracellular Vesicles and Associate Editor of the prestigious J Extracell Vesicles. HG served as Management Committee member in COST Actions (PROTEOSTASIS, EU-CARDIOPROTECTION, EU-METAHEART) and integrated ESC Nucleus Cell Biology of the Heart, the TWINNING EVCA (Advisory Board), and the teams of TWINNING ResetAgeing, TEAMMINGs MIA and GeneT, and 2 ERA CHAIRs at University of Coimbra. HG is often invited to assess grant applications [e.g.National Science Foundations of Switzerland, Poland, Flanders and France, la Caixa Fellowships, British Heart Foundation, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions]. As invited speaker, HG participated in several meetings [e.g.American Physiology Summit (2024), Experimental Biology 2021, Proteostasis EMBO Workshop (2019), European Society for Clinical Investigation meeting (2019)], and chaired numerous scientific sessions [e.g.International GJ Conference (2022), COST (2022,2016) HG coordinates the Master in Biomedical Research and the PhD Programme in Health Sciences and integrates the Scientific Council of the Doctoral Program in Nursing. HG organized >50 advanced courses of MSc and PhD programs. In the past 5 years, HG supervised/co-supervised 7 PhD Theses (+10 ongoing), 34 Master Theses and 9 Posdocs, and integrated the Jury of 37 PhD Defenses (21 as main opponent). HG has launched a Health Communication Laboratory, at the FMUC to promote scientific culture and literacy in the society. In 2015, HG launched the Portuguese network in basic and translational research in cardiology PT_Beat, to foster synergies between Portuguese research groups working on cardiovascular field. Selected Publications: Open Biol 2023;13(11):230258; EMBO Rep 2022;23(7):e54312; Microbiol Spectr 2023;11(5):e0123823; Elife 2023;12:e83793; Nat Rev Cardiology 2023;20(5):309-324; Small 2022; 18(49):e2203999; Science Adv 2022;8(12):eabm1140; Pharmacol Res 2022; 2:106151; Cardiovasc Res 2022 cvab370; Basic Res Cardiol 2021;116(1):52; Autophagy 2021;1-382; Cardiovasc Res 2021;117(1):123-136; Cardiovasc Res 2021;117(2):367-385; Circ Res 2020;126, E97-E113; Life Sci Alliance 2020;3(12); Trends Cell Biol 2019;29(10):835-847; J Extracell Ves 2016;5, 32538; Sci Rep 2015;5, 13243
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Henrique Girao

Citation names

  • Girao, Henrique

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5216-BE64-1B6F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-5786-8447

Knowledge fields

  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Cell Biology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/06/22
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Título de Agregado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2006
Concluded
 Biomedical Sciences (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Alvos em movimento: Contribuição para o estudo da degradação proteica em sistemas visuais" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1998
Concluded
 Master in Vision Sciences (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Implicações da oxidação do colesterol no desenvolvimento da catarata" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
1995
Concluded
 Biochemistry (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Oxidação do colesterol em membranas biológicas: o cristalino como modelo funcional" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019 - Current Principal Investigator (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2008 - 2019 Auxiliary Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2006 - 2008 Postdoc (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Spain

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015 - Current Organic Unit Sub-director Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021 - Current Director Institute for Clinical and Biomedical Research (iCBR), Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2012 - Current Leader of the Group of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis and intercellular communication (GUIC) Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2003 - 2005 Research Fellowship Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
1998 - 2002 PhD Grant Holder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
(...)
1996 - 1998 Master Grant Holder Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023 - Current The role of glucagon-like peptide-1 on dysregulated autophagy in diabetic kidney disease
CHUC2023
Researcher
Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
2022 - Current PLANTS4AGEING: Potencial das Plantas Aromáticas e Medicinais no Envelhecimento Cardiovascular
La Caixa - PROMOVE 2022
Researcher
Fundação 'la Caixa', Portugal
2021 - Current Radiolabeled EXosomes - a nanotheranostic tool for lung micrometastasis in osteosarcoma
PTDC/BTM-SAL/4451/2020
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2017 - Current Infrastructure of Collection and Disclosure of Health Contents - Laboratory of Communication and Disclosure in Health at FMUC
IRIS
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Ongoing
2016 - Current Integrated Programmes IC&DT - CENTRO-45-2015-01
Healthy Ageing 2020
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2015 - Current Multidisciplinary Research Institute of Ageing
MIA - TEAMING
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Ongoing
2015 - Current Cellular and Molecular Biology of Ageing
ERA-CHAIR@UC
Other
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
Ongoing
2022 - 2023 ConCOEUR: Unveiling the impact of Connexin43 (Cx43)-mediated gene expression at the crossroads of aortic valve stenosis and left ventricle hypertrophy
EXPL/MED-OUT/0590/2021
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
2018 - 2023 Re-PAIR: A novel mechanism to re-pair HFpEF and endothelial damage
FCT/PT2020-02/SAICT/2017_424
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2023 On the right side: unveiling the mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension reversability and the heart failure progression (Co-PI)
FCT/PT2020 - 02/SAICT/2017_434
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2018 - 2023 Speed, crash and run: exersomes boost neuroenergetics and mood in mice on speed (MOOD EXERsomes)
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030786
Researcher
2018 - 2021 ExoSwitch – Understanding the switch between dry and wet age-related macular degeneration: role of exosomes (Co-PI)
Global Ophthalmology Awards Program from Bayer
Researcher
Ongoing
2014 - 2016 Aging, Stress and Chronic Diseases
QREN-UC
Other
2012/04/01 - 2015 Unravelling the molecular events of gap junction remodelling in ischemic heart
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/119296/PT
Principal investigator
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2012/04/01 - 2015 An animal model for age-related changes in proteostasis
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/118694/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014 - 2014 Disruption of intercellular communication in the ischemic heart: exosomes bring the news
GAI_FMUC_HG/2014
Principal investigator
Concluded
2011/03/01 - 2014 Tumorigenesis as a working model for the physiological role of HIF-1alpha degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/113542/PT
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2009/02/01 - 2011 Functional genomics studies of phagocytosis in retinal pigment epithelium
PTDC/SAU-GMG/105175/2008
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2006 - 2008 A new route for endothelial dysfunction on diabetes: From phenotypes to molecules
FCT - PTDC/SAU-OSM/67498/2006
Principal investigator
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2005/10/01 - 2007 Filling in the GAP: the missing link between intercellular communication and diabetic retinopathy.
FCT - POCI/SAU-MMO/57216/2004
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002/03/09 - 2005 Degradation of GLUT1 by ubiquitin proteasome pathway as a novel regulatory mechanism for glucose transport on diabetic retinopathy
POCTI/MGI/39142/2001
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2002 - 2005 Identification and physiological role of deubiquitinating enzymes in the lens: a novel function for ubiquitin
FCT - POCTI/CBO/39137/2001
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1999 - 2001 Age, diabetes and cataract related changes in ubiquitin - dependent proteolysis in human lens epithelial cells
FCT - PRAXIS XXI
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
1997 - 1999 Implications of cholesterol oxidation in Human cataract formation
FCT - PRAXIS XXI
Other
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
1998 - 1998 F2-Isoprostanes as Markers of Oxidative Injury in Human retina
CRUP- British Council B3/98
Other
Concluded
1993 - 1996 The Role on Cell Membranes in Lens Ageing and Cataract
European concerted actions
Other
Concluded

Other

Designation Funders
2021 - 2023 'Connex_IN&OUT'
PID: 14677
Principal investigator
Istruct-ERIC, Belgium
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Martins-Marques, Tania; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Girao, Henrique. "The Role of Proteostasis in the Regulation of Cardiac Intercellular Communication". In Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 279-302. Springer International Publishing, 2020.
  2. M. Alves-Silva, Jorge; Barbeitos Júlia; Carla Marques; Ligia Salgueiro; Girao, Henrique; Monica Zuzarte. "Effects on the Cardiovascular System of Terpene-Rich Essential Oils". In Terpenes : biosynthesis, applications and research. 2018.
  3. Martins-Marques, Tania; Anjo, Sandra I.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Manadas, Bruno; Girao, Henrique. "Targeted Approach for Proteomic Analysis of a Hidden Membrane Protein". In Methods in Molecular Biology, 151-172. Springer New York, 2017.
  4. Ferreira, J.V.; Pereira, P.; Girao, H.. "Role of Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy in Ageing and Neurodegeneration". In Toxicity and Autophagy in Neurodegenerative Disorders, 25-40. Springer International Publishing, 2015.
Conference poster
  1. Girao, Henrique. "Presentation of >40 posters in International and National Scientific Meetings (2013-2022)". 2013.
Journal article
  1. Martins-Marques, Tania; Witschas, Katja; Ribeiro, Ilda; Zuzarte, Mónica; Catarino, Steve; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Caramelo, Francisco; et al. "Cx43 can form functional channels at the nuclear envelope and modulate gene expression in cardiac cells". Open Biology 13 11 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.230258.
    10.1098/rsob.230258
  2. Cristovao, Beatriz; Rodrigues, Lisa; Catarino, Steve; Abreu, Monica; Gonçalves, Teresa; Domingues, Neuza; Girao, Henrique. "Cx43-mediated hyphal folding counteracts phagosome integrity loss during fungal infection". Microbiology Spectrum 11 5 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01238-23.
    10.1128/spectrum.01238-23
  3. Zuzarte, Mónica; Girão, Henrique; Salgueiro, Lígia. "Aromatic Plant-Based Functional Foods: A Natural Approach to Manage Cardiovascular Diseases". Molecules 28 13 (2023): 5130. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules28135130.
    10.3390/molecules28135130
  4. Hernandez-Perez, Ines; Rubio, Javier; Baumann, Adrian; Girao, Henrique; Ferrando, Miriam; Rebollo, Elena; Aragay, Anna M; Geli, María Isabel. "Kazrin promotes dynein/dynactin-dependent traffic from early to recycling endosomes". eLife 12 (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/elife.83793.
    10.7554/elife.83793
  5. Zuzarte, Mónica; Vitorino, Carla; Salgueiro, Lígia; Girão, Henrique. "Plant Nanovesicles for Essential Oil Delivery". Pharmaceutics 14 12 (2022): 2581. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14122581.
    10.3390/pharmaceutics14122581
  6. Pesce, Maurizio; Duda, Georg N.; Forte, Giancarlo; Girao, Henrique; Raya, Angel; Roca-Cusachs, Pere; Sluijter, Joost P. G.; Tschöpe, Carsten; Van Linthout, Sophie. "Cardiac fibroblasts and mechanosensation in heart development, health and disease". Nature Reviews Cardiology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41569-022-00799-2.
    10.1038/s41569-022-00799-2
  7. Almeida, Sara F.F.; Fonseca, Alexandra; Sereno, José; Ferreira, Hugo R. S.; Lapo-Pais, Mariana; Martins-Marques, Tânia; Rodrigues, Teresa; et al. "Osteosarcoma-Derived Exosomes as Potential PET Imaging Nanocarriers for Lung Metastasis". Small 18 49 (2022): 2203999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smll.202203999.
    10.1002/smll.202203999
  8. Alves-Silva, Jorge M.; Zuzarte, Mónica; Girão, Henrique; Salgueiro, Lígia. "Natural Products in Cardiovascular Diseases: The Potential of Plants from the Allioideae Subfamily (Ex-Alliaceae Family) and Their Sulphur-Containing Compounds". Plants 11 15 (2022): 1920. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11151920.
    10.3390/plants11151920
  9. Gyöngyösi, Mariann; Alcaide, Pilar; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Brundel, Bianca J J M; Camici, Giovanni G; Martins, Paula da Costa; Ferdinandy, Péter; et al. "Long COVID and the cardiovascular system—elucidating causes and cellular mechanisms in order to develop targeted diagnostic and therapeutic strategies: a joint Scientific Statement of the ESC Working Groups on Cellular Biology of the Heart and Myocardial and Pericardial Diseases". Cardiovascular Research 119 2 (2022): 336-356. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvac115.
    Open access
  10. Vasconcelos-Cardoso, Maria; Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Rios-Barros, Laura Valeria; Castro-Gomes, Thiago; Girao, Henrique. "Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying plasma membrane functionality and integrity". Journal of Cell Science 135 13 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.259806.
    10.1242/jcs.259806
  11. Amorim, Madania; Martins, Beatriz; Caramelo, Francisco; Gonçalves, Conceição; Trindade, Grimalde; Simão, Jorge; Barreto, Patrícia; et al. "Putative Biomarkers in Tears for Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis". Frontiers in Medicine 9 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2022.873483.
    10.3389/fmed.2022.873483
  12. Martins-Marques, Tania; Costa, Marina C; Catarino, Steve; Simoes, Isaura; Aasen, Trond; Enguita, Francisco J; Girao, Henrique. "Cx43-mediated sorting of miRNAs into extracellular vesicles". EMBO reports 23 7 (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.202154312.
    10.15252/embr.202154312
  13. Martins-Marques, Tânia; Girão, Henrique. "The good, the bad and the ugly: the impact of extracellular vesicles on the cardiovascular system". The Journal of Physiology (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jp282048.
    10.1113/jp282048
  14. Domingues, Neuza; Gonçalves, Teresa; Girao, Henrique. "Phagolysosomal remodeling to confine C. albicans in macrophage". Trends in Microbiology (2022):
    Accepted
  15. Alves-Silva, Jorge M.; Zuzarte, Mónica; Marques, Carla; Viana, Sofia; Preguiça, Inês; Baptista, Rui; Ferreira, Cátia; et al. "1,8-cineole Ameliorates Right Ventricle Dysfunction Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Restoring Connexin 43 and Mitochondrial Homeostasis". Pharmacological Research (2022): 106151.
  16. van der Velden, Jolanda; Asselbergs, Folkert W; Bakkers, Jeroen; Batkai, Sandor; Bertrand, Luc; Bezzina, Connie R; Bot, Ilze; et al. "Animal models and animal-free innovations for cardiovascular research: current status and routes to be explored. Consensus document of the ESC Working Group on Myocardial Function and the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart". Cardiovascular Research (2022):
  17. Ferreira JV; Soares, AR; Ramalho, J; Carvalho, CM; Cardoso, MH; Pintado, P; Carvalho, AS; et al. "LAMP2A regulates the loading of proteins into exosomes". Science Advances (2022):
    Accepted
  18. Abreu, Mónica Teresa; Baptista, Rui; Girão, Henrique. "Immune cell subsets as a marker of development of heart failure: The application of bioinformatics tools". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) 40 11 (2021): 849-851.
  19. Lecour, Sandrine; Andreadou, Ioanna; Bøtker, Hans Erik; Davidson, Sean M.; Heusch, Gerd; Ruiz-Meana, Marisol; Schulz, Rainer; et al. "IMproving Preclinical Assessment of Cardioprotective Therapies (IMPACT) criteria: guidelines of the EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action". Basic Research in Cardiology 116 1 (2021):
  20. Lecour, Sandrine; Du Pré, Bastiaan C; Bøtker, Hans Erik; Brundel, Bianca J J M; Daiber, Andreas; Davidson, Sean M; Ferdinandy, Peter; et al. "Circadian rhythms in ischaemic heart disease: key aspects for preclinical and translational research: position paper of the ESC working group on cellular biology of the heart". Cardiovascular Research 118 12 (2021): 2566-2581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab293.
    10.1093/cvr/cvab293
  21. Montero-Bullon, Javier-Fernando; Aveiro, Susana S.; Melo, Tânia; Martins-Marques, Tânia; Lopes, Diana; Neves, Bruna; Girão, Henrique; Rosário M Domingues, M.; Domingues, Pedro. "Cardiac phospholipidome is altered during ischemia and reperfusion in an ex vivo rat model". Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 27 (2021): 101037.
  22. Pesce, Maurizio; Agostoni, Piergiuseppe; Bøtker, Hans-Erik; Brundel, Bianca; Davidson, Sean M; Caterina, Raffaele De; Ferdinandy, Peter; et al. "COVID-19-related cardiac complications from clinical evidences to basic mechanisms: opinion paper of the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart". Cardiovascular Research 117 10 (2021): 2148-2160.
  23. Alves-Silva, Jorge M.; Zuzarte, Mónica; Girão, Henrique; Salgueiro, Lígia. "The Role of Essential Oils and Their Main Compounds in the Management of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors". Molecules 26 12 (2021): 3506.
  24. Aires, Inês Dinis; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Boia, Raquel; Ferreira-Rodrigues, Magda; Girão, Henrique; Ambrósio, António Francisco; Santiago, Ana Raquel. "Microglial Extracellular Vesicles as Vehicles for Neurodegeneration Spreading". Biomolecules 11 6 (2021): 770.
  25. Martins-Marques, Tania; Rodriguez-Sinovas, Antonio; Girao, Henrique. "Cellular crosstalk in cardioprotection: where and when do reactive oxygen species play a role?". Free Radical Biology and Medicine (2021):
  26. Girão, Henrique; Martins-Marques, Tania. "A novel cardioprotective strategy targeting mitochondrial reactive oxygen species production independent of antioxidant activity (Editorial Comment)". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (2021):
  27. Daniel J. Klionsky; Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz; Sara Abdelfatah; (...); Girao, Henrique. "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)". Autophagy (2021):
  28. Martins-Marques, Tania; Hausenloy, Derek J.; Sluijter, Joost P.G.; Leybaert, Luc; Girao, Henrique. "Intercellular Communication in the Heart: Therapeutic Opportunities for Cardiac Ischemia". Trends in Molecular Medicine (2020):
  29. Pereira, Patricia M. R.; Parada, Belmiro; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A.; Girão, Henrique; Tome, Joao P. C.; Fernandes, Rosa. "Caveolin-1 modulation increases efficacy of a galacto-conjugated phthalocyanine in bladder cancer cells resistant to photodynamic therapy". Molecular Pharmaceutics (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00298.
    10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.0c00298
  30. Catarino, Steve; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M; Sá Ferreira, Rita; Ramalho, José; Abert, Christine; Martens, Sascha; Girão, Henrique. "A Conserved LIR Motif in Connexins Mediates Ubiquitin-Independent Binding to LC3/GABARAP Proteins". Cells 9 4 (2020): 902.
  31. Martins-Marques, Tânia; Catarino, Steve; Gonçalves, Alexandre; Miranda-Silva, Daniela; Gonçalves, Lino M; Antunes, Pedro E; Coutinho, Gonçalo Freitas; et al. "EHD1 Modulates Cx43 Gap Junction Remodeling Associated with Cardiac Diseases". Circulation Research (2020):
  32. Hausenloy, Derek; Schulz R; Girao, Henrique; Kwak, Brenda R.; De Stefani D; Rosario Rizzuto R; Bernardi P; Di Lisa F. "Mitochondrial ion channels as targets for cardioprotection". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (accepted for publication) (2020):
  33. Hernandez-Resendiz S; Prunier F; Girao, Henrique; Dorn G; Hausenloy, Derek. "Targeting mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins for cardioprotection". J Cell Mol Med (accepted for publication) (2020):
  34. Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Martins-Marques, Tânia; Cortes, Luisa; Antunes, Manuel J; Antunes, Pedro E; Gonçalves, Lino; et al. "Ischaemia impacts on TNT-mediated communication between cardiac cells". Current Research in Cell Biology (accepted for publication) (2020):
  35. Martins-Marques, Tania; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; de Jager, Saskia C; Zuzarte, Monica; Ferreira, Cátia; Cruz, Pedro; Reis, Liliana; et al. "Myocardial infarction affects Cx43 content of extracellular vesicles secreted by cardiomyocytes". Life Science Alliance 3 12 (2020): e202000821.
  36. Santos-Ferreira, Cátia A.; Abreu, Mónica T.; Marques, Carla I.; Gonçalves, Lino M.; Baptista, Rui; Girão, Henrique M.. "Micro-RNA Analysis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension". JACC: Basic to Translational Science 5 11 (2020): 1149-1162.
  37. Tishchenko, Alexander; Azorín, Daniel D.; Vidal-Brime, Laia; Muñoz, María José; Arenas, Pol Jiménez; Pearce, Christopher; Girao, Henrique; Ramón y Cajal, Santiago; Aasen, Trond. "Cx43 and Associated Cell Signaling Pathways Regulate Tunneling Nanotubes in Breast Cancer Cells". Cancers 12 10 (2020): 2798.
  38. Gaspar, Laetitia S.; Santana, Magda M.; Henriques, Carina; Pinto, Maria M.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Girão, Henrique; Nobre, Rui Jorge; Pereira de Almeida, Luís. "Simple and Fast SEC-Based Protocol to Isolate Human Plasma-Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Transcriptional Research". Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development 18 (2020): 723-737.
  39. Rusiecka, Olga M.; Montgomery, Jade; Morel, Sandrine; Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Van Campenhout, Raf; Vinken, Mathieu; Girao, Henrique; Kwak, Brenda R.. "Canonical and Non-Canonical Roles of Connexin43 in Cardioprotection". Biomolecules 10 9 (2020): 1225.
  40. Girão, Henrique. "A new predictive marker of ventricular remodeling associated with aortic stenosis". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 39 7 (2020): 389-390.
  41. Aires, Inês Dinis; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Boia, Raquel; Catarino, Steve; Girão, Henrique; Ambrósio, António Francisco; Santiago, Ana Raquel. "Exosomes derived from microglia exposed to elevated pressure amplify the neuroinflammatory response in retinal cells". Glia 68 12 (2020): 2705-2724.
  42. Perrino, Cinzia; Ferdinandy, Péter; Bøtker, Hans E; Brundel, Bianca J J M; Collins, Peter; Davidson, Sean M; den Ruijter, Hester M; et al. "Improving translational research in sex-specific effects of comorbidities and risk factors in ischaemic heart disease and cardioprotection: position paper and recommendations of the ESC Working Group on Cellular Biology of the Heart". Cardiovascular Research 117 2 (2020): 367-385.
  43. Lissoni, Alessio; Hulpiau, Paco; Martins-Marques, Tânia; Wang, Nan; Bultynck, Geert; Schulz, Rainer; Witschas, Katja; et al. "RyR2 regulates Cx43 hemichannel intracellular Ca2+-dependent activation in cardiomyocytes". Cardiovascular Research (2019):
  44. Liberal, Joana; Costa, Gustavo; Carmo, Anália; Vitorino, Rui; Marques, Carla; Domingues, Maria Rosário; Domingues, Pedro; et al. "Chemical characterization and cytotoxic potential of an ellagitannin-enriched fraction from Fragaria vesca leaves". Arabian Journal of Chemistry 12 8 (2019): 3652-3666.
  45. Ferreira, Joao Vasco; Rosa Soares, Ana; Ramalho, José S.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Máximo, Catarina; Zuzarte, Mónica; Girão, Henrique; Pereira, Paulo. "Exosomes and STUB1/CHIP cooperate to maintain intracellular proteostasis". PLOS ONE 14 10 (2019): e0223790.
  46. Martins-Marques, Tania; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Aasen, Trond; Kwak, Brenda R.; Girao, Henrique. "Biological Functions of Connexin43 Beyond Intercellular Communication". Trends in Cell Biology 29 10 (2019): 835-847.
  47. Dissmeyer, Nico; Coux, Olivier; Rodriguez, Manuel S.; Barrio, Rosa. "PROTEOSTASIS: A European Network to Break Barriers and Integrate Science on Protein Homeostasis". Trends in Biochemical Sciences 44 5 (2019): 383-387.
  48. Almeida Paiva, R.; Martins-Marques, T.; Jesus, K.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, T.; Zuzarte, M.; Silva, A.; Reis, L.; et al. "Ischaemia alters the effects of cardiomyocyte-derived extracellular vesicles on macrophage activation". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 23 2 (2019): 1137-1151.
  49. Davidson, Sean M; Andreadou, Ioanna; Barile, Lucio; Birnbaum, Yochai; Cabrera-Fuentes, Hector A; Cohen, Michael V; Downey, James M; et al. "Circulating blood cells and extracellular vesicles in acute cardioprotection". Cardiovascular Research 115 7 (2018): 1156-1166.
  50. Bacalhau, Mafalda; Simões, Marta; Rocha, Mariana C.; Hardy, Steven A.; Vincent, Amy E.; Durães, João; Macário, Maria C.; et al. "Disclosing the functional changes of two genetic alterations in a patient with Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia: Report of the novel mtDNA m.7486G>A variant". Neuromuscular Disorders 28 4 (2018): 350-360.
  51. Anjo, Sandra I.; Martins-Marques, Tania; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique; Manadas, Bruno. "Elucidation of the dynamic nature of interactome networks: A practical tutorial". Journal of Proteomics 171 (2018): 116-126.
  52. Delgado-Silva, J.; Fernandes, R.; Pita, I.R.; Pereira, F.C.; Jaguszewski, M.; Gutiérrez-Chico, J.L.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, T.; et al. "Intravascular imaging, histopathological analysis, and catecholamine quantification following catheter-based renal denervation in a swine model: the impact of prebifurcation energy delivery". Hypertension Research 41 9 (2018): 708-717.
  53. Pereira, Olga; Teixeira, Alexandra; Marques, Maria Belém Sousa Sampaio; Castro, Isabel; Girão, Henrique; Ludovico, Paula; Pereira, O.; et al. "Signalling mechanisms that regulate metabolic profile and autophagy of acute myeloid leukaemia cells". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 22 10 (2018): 4807-4817.
  54. Andreadou, Ioanna; (...); Girao, Henrique; Hausenloy, Derek. "Realizing the therapeutic potential of novel cardioprotective therapies: The EU-CARDIOPROTECTION COST Action - CA16225". Conditioning Medicine 1 3 (2018):
  55. Teresa M. Ribeiro-Rodrigues; Tânia Martins-Marques; Sandrine Morel; Brenda R. Kwak; Henrique Girão. "Role of connexin 43 in different forms of intercellular communication – gap junctions, extracellular vesicles and tunnelling nanotubes". Journal of Cell Science 130 21 (2017): 3619-3630.
  56. Baptista, Rui; Marques, Carla; Catarino, Steve; Enguita, Francisco J; Costa, Marina C; Matafome, Paulo; Zuzarte, Mónica; et al. "MicroRNA-424(322) as a new marker of disease progression in pulmonary arterial hypertension and its role in right ventricular hypertrophy by targeting SMURF1". Cardiovascular Research 114 1 (2017): 53-64.
  57. Balça-Silva, Joana; Matias, Diana; Dubois, Luiz Gustavo; Carneiro, Brenno; do Carmo, Anália; Girão, Henrique; Ferreira, Fernanda; et al. "The Expression of Connexins and SOX2 Reflects the Plasticity of Glioma Stem-Like Cells". Translational Oncology 10 4 (2017): 555-569.
  58. Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Laundos, Tiago L.; Pereira-Carvalho, Rita; Batista-Almeida, Daniela; Pereira, Ricardo; Coelho-Santos, Vanessa; Silva, Ana P.; et al. "Exosomes secreted by cardiomyocytes subjected to ischaemia promote cardiac angiogenesis". Cardiovascular Research 113 11 (2017): 1338-1350.
  59. Ramalho, Ana Rita; Toscano, Adriana; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique; Gonçalves, Lino; Marques, Carla. "Hyperglycemia-induced degradation of HIF-1a contributes to impaired response of cardiomyocytes to hypoxia". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 36 5 (2017): 367-373.
  60. Melo, Tânia; Domingues, Pedro; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Girão, Henrique; Segundo, Marcela A.; Domingues, M. Rosário M.. "Characterization of phospholipid nitroxidation by LC-MS in biomimetic models and in H9c2 Myoblast using a lipidomic approach". Free Radical Biology and Medicine 106 (2017): 219-227.
  61. Balça-Silva, Joana; Matias, Diana; Do Carmo, Anália; Dubois, Luiz Gustavo; Gonçalves, Ana Cristina; Girão, Henrique; Silva Canedo, Nathalie Henriques; et al. "Glioblastoma entities express subtle differences in molecular composition and response to treatment". Oncology Reports 38 3 (2017): 1341-1352.
  62. Deddens, Janine C.; Vrijsen, Krijn R.; Girao, Henrique; Doevendans, Pieter A.; Sluijter, Joost P. G.. "Cardiac-released extracellular vesicles can activate endothelial cells". Annals of Translational Medicine 5 3 (2017): 64-64.
  63. Catarino, S.; Pereira, P.; Girao, H.. "Molecular control of chaperone-mediated autophagy". Essays in Biochemistry 61 6 (2017): 663-674.
  64. M. Alves-Silva, Jorge; Zuzarte, Monica; Marques, Carla; Salgueiro, Ligia; Girao, Henrique. "Protective Effects of Terpenes on the Cardiovascular System: Current Advances and Future Perspectives". Current Medicinal Chemistry 23 40 (2016): 4559-4600.
  65. Pereira, Patrícia M.R.; Silva, Sandrina; Ramalho, José S.; Gomes, Célia M.; Girão, Henrique; Cavaleiro, José A.S.; Ribeiro, Carlos A.F.; Tomé, João P.C.; Fernandes, Rosa. "The role of galectin-1 in in vitro and in vivo photodynamic therapy with a galactodendritic porphyrin". European Journal of Cancer 68 (2016): 60-69.
  66. Pereira, Patrícia M. R.; Silva, Sandrina; Bispo, Mafalda; Zuzarte, Mónica; Gomes, Célia; Girão, Henrique; Cavaleiro, José A. S.; et al. "Mitochondria-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy with a Galactodendritic Chlorin to Enhance Cell Death in Resistant Bladder Cancer Cells". Bioconjugate Chemistry 27 11 (2016): 2762-2769.
  67. Da Silva-Ferrada, Elisa; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Rodríguez, Manuel S.; Girão, Henrique. "Proteostasis and SUMO in the heart". The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 79 (2016): 443-450.
  68. Girao, Henrique. "Alteration in Phospholipidome Profile of Myoblast H9c2 Cell Line in a Model of Myocardium Starvation and Ischemia.". Journal of cellular physiology (2016):
  69. Girão, Henrique. "One small step for exosomes, one giant leap for Kawasaki disease". Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia 35 5 (2016): 275-276.
  70. Gonçalves, Sara; Rodrigues, Inês Patrício; Padrão, Jorge; Silva, João Pedro; Sencadas, Vitor; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Girão, Henrique; et al. "Acetylated bacterial cellulose coated with urinary bladder matrix as a substrate for retinal pigment epithelium". Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 139 (2016): 1-9.
  71. Martins-Marques, Tania; Pinho, Maria Joao; Zuzarte, Monica; Oliveira, Carla; Pereira, Paulo; Sluijter, Joost P. G.; Gomes, Celia; Girao, Henrique. "Presence of Cx43 in extracellular vesicles reduces the cardiotoxicity of the anti-tumour therapeutic approach with doxorubicin". Journal of Extracellular Vesicles 5 1 (2016): 32538.
  72. Iglesias, Bernardo A.; Barata, Joana F.B.; Pereira, Patrícia M.R.; Girão, Henrique; Fernandes, Rosa; Tomé, João P.C.; Neves, Maria G.P.M.S.; Cavaleiro, José A.S.. "New platinum(II)–bipyridyl corrole complexes: Synthesis, characterization and binding studies with DNA and HSA". Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry 153 (2015): 32-41.
  73. Tania Martins-Marques; Sandra Isabel Anjo; Paulo Pereira; Bruno Manadas; Henrique Girão. "Interacting Network of the Gap Junction (GJ) Protein Connexin43 (Cx43) is Modulated by Ischemia and Reperfusion in the Heart". Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 14 11 (2015): 3040-3055.
  74. Soares, Ana Rosa; Martins-Marques, Tania; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Ferreira, Joao Vasco; Catarino, Steve; Pinho, Maria João; Zuzarte, Monica; et al. "Gap junctional protein Cx43 is involved in the communication between extracellular vesicles and mammalian cells". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015):
  75. Santos-Oliveira, Patrícia; Correia, António; Rodrigues, Tiago; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M; Matafome, Paulo; Rodríguez-Manzaneque, Juan Carlos; Seiça, Raquel; Girão, Henrique; Travasso, Rui D. M.. "The Force at the Tip - Modelling Tension and Proliferation in Sprouting Angiogenesis". PLOS Computational Biology 11 8 (2015): e1004436.
  76. Martins-Marques, Tânia; Catarino, Steve; Marques, Carla; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique. "To beat or not to beat: degradation of Cx43 imposes the heart rhythm". Biochemical Society Transactions 43 3 (2015): 476-481.
  77. Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Catarino, Steve; Pinho, Maria J.; Pereira, Paulo; Girao, Henrique. "Connexin 43 ubiquitination determines the fate of gap junctions: restrict to survive". Biochemical Society Transactions 43 3 (2015): 471-475.
  78. Vasco Ferreira, Joao; Rosa Soares, Ana; Silva Ramalho, Jose; Pereira, Paulo; Girao, Henrique. "K63 linked ubiquitin chain formation is a signal for HIF1A degradation by Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy". Scientific Reports 5 1 (2015):
  79. Martins-Marques, Tânia; Catarino, Steve; Marques, Carla; Matafome, Paulo; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Baptista, Rui; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique. "Heart ischemia results in connexin43 ubiquitination localized at the intercalated discs". Biochimie 112 (2015): 196-201.
  80. Martins-Marques, Tania; Catarino, Steve; Zuzarte, Monica; Marques, Carla; Matafome, Paulo; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique. "Ischaemia-induced autophagy leads to degradation of gap junction protein connexin43 in cardiomyocytes". Biochemical Journal 467 2 (2015): 231-245.
  81. Balça-Silva, Joana; Matias, Diana; do Carmo, Anália; Girão, Henrique; Moura-Neto, Vivaldo; Sarmento-Ribeiro, Ana Bela; Lopes, Maria Celeste. "Tamoxifen in combination with temozolomide induce a synergistic inhibition of PKC-pan in GBM cell lines". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects 1850 4 (2015): 722-732.
  82. Martins-Marques, Tania; Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa; Pereira, Paulo; Codogno, Patrice; Girao, Henrique. "Autophagy and Ubiquitination in Cardiovascular Diseases". DNA and Cell Biology 34 4 (2015): 243-251.
  83. Gonçalves, Sara; Padrão, Jorge; Rodrigues, Inês Patrício; Silva, João Pedro; Sencadas, Vítor; Lanceros-Mendez, Senentxu; Girão, Henrique; Dourado, Fernando; Rodrigues, Lígia R.. "Bacterial Cellulose As a Support for the Growth of Retinal Pigment Epithelium". Biomacromolecules 16 4 (2015): 1341-1351.
  84. Santos-Almeida, Fernanda Machado; Girão, Henrique; da Silva, Carlos Alberto Aguiar; Salgado, Helio Cesar; Fazan, Rubens. "Cholinergic stimulation with pyridostigmine protects myocardial infarcted rats against ischemic-induced arrhythmias and preserves connexin43 protein". American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 308 2 (2015): H101-H107.
  85. Lourenço, Leandro M. O.; Iglesias, Bernardo A.; Pereira, Patrícia M. R.; Girão, Henrique; Fernandes, Rosa; Neves, Maria G. P. M. S.; Cavaleiro, José A. S.; Tomé, João P. C.. "Synthesis, characterization and biomolecule-binding properties of novel tetra-platinum(ii)-thiopyridylporphyrins". Dalton Transactions 44 2 (2015): 530-538.
  86. Liberal, Joana; Francisco, Vera; Costa, Gustavo; Figueirinha, Artur; Amaral, Maria Teresa; Marques, Carla; Girão, Henrique; et al. "Bioactivity of Fragaria vesca leaves through inflammation, proteasome and autophagy modulation". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 158 (2014): 113-122.
  87. Liberal, J; Costa, G; Marques, C; Girão, H; Vitorino, R; Domingues, R; Domingues, P; Cruz, MT; Batista, MT. "iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of ellagitannins-enriched fraction from Fragaria vesca leaves on HepG2 cells". Planta Medica 80 16 (2014): 1438-1438.
  88. Ribeiro-Rodrigues, Teresa M.; Catarino, Steve; Marques, Carla; Ferreira, João V.; Martins-Marques, Tânia; Pereira, Paulo; Girão, Henrique. "AMSH-mediated deubiquitination of Cx43 regulates internalization and degradation of gap junctions". The FASEB Journal 28 11 (2014): 4629-4641.
  89. Simões-Correia, Joana; Silva, Diana I.; Melo, Soraia; Figueiredo, Joana; Caldeira, Joana; Pinto, Marta T.; Girão, Henrique; Pereira, Paulo; Seruca, Raquel. "DNAJB4 molecular chaperone distinguishes WT from mutant E-cadherin, determining their fate in vitro and in vivo". Human Molecular Genetics 23 8 (2013): 2094-2105.
  90. Ferreira, J.V.; Fofo, H.; Bejarano, E.; Bento, C.F.; Ramalho, J.S.; Girao, H.; Pereira, P.. "STUB1/CHIP is required for HIF1A degradation by chaperone-mediated autophagy". Autophagy 9 9 (2013): 1349-1366.
  91. Bejarano, E.; Girao, H.; Yuste, A.; Patel, B.; Marques, C.; Spray, D.C.; Pereira, P.; Cuervo, A.M.. "Autophagy modulates dynamics of connexins at the plasma membrane in a ubiquitin-dependent manner". Molecular Biology of the Cell 23 11 (2012): 2156-2169.
  92. Catarino, S.; Ramalho, J.S.; Marques, C.; Pereira, P.; Girão, H.. "Ubiquitin-mediated internalization of connexin43 is independent of the canonical endocytic tyrosine-sorting signal". Biochemical Journal 437 2 (2011): 255-267.
  93. Girão, H.; Catarino, S.; Pereira, P.. "Eps15 interacts with ubiquitinated Cx43 and mediates its internalization". Experimental Cell Research 315 20 (2009): 3587-3597.
  94. Girao, H.; Geli, M.-I.; Idrissi, F.-Z.. "Actin in the endocytic pathway: From yeast to mammals". FEBS Letters 582 14 (2008): 2112-2119.
  95. Girão, Henrique; Pereira, Paulo; Girao, H.; Pereira, P.. "The proteasome regulates the interaction between Cx43 and ZO-1". Journal of Cellular Biochemistry 102 3 (2007): 719-728.
  96. Girão, Henrique; Pereira, Paulo; Taylor, Allen; Shang, Fu; Girão, H.; Pereira, P.; Taylor, A.; Shang, F.. "Subcellular redistribution of components of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway during lens differentiation and maturation". Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science 46 4 (2005): 1386-1392.
  97. Girão, Henrique; Catarino, Steve; Pereira, Paulo. "7-Ketocholesterol Modulates Intercellular Communication Through Gap-Junction in Bovine Lens Epithelial Cells". Cell Communication and Signaling 2 1 (2004): 2.
  98. Fernandes, Rosa; Girão, Henrique; Pereira, Paulo; Fernandes, R.; Girão, H.; Pereira, P.. "High glucose down-regulates intercellular communication in retinal endothelial cells by enhancing degradation of connexin 43 by a proteasome-dependent mechanism". Journal of Biological Chemistry 279 26 (2004): 27219-27224.
  99. Pereira, P.; Shang, F.; Hobbs, M.; Girão, H.; Taylor, A.; Pereira, Paulo; Shang, Fu; et al. "Lens fibers have a fully functional ubiquitin-proteasome pathway". Experimental Eye Research 76 5 (2003): 623-631.
  100. Girão, H.; Shang, F.; Pereira, P.. "7-Ketocholesterol stimulates differentiation of lens epithelial cells". Molecular Vision 9 (2003): 497-501.
  101. Girão, H.; Pereira, P.; Ramalho, J.; Quinlan, R.; Prescott, A.. "Cholesterol oxides mediated changes in cytoskeletal organisation involves Rho GTPases". Experimental Cell Research 291 2 (2003): 502-513.
  102. Henrique Girao; Paulo Pereira. "Phosphorylation of connexin 43 acts as a stimuli for proteasome-dependent degradation of the protein in lens epithelial cells". Molecular Vision 9 (2003): 24-30.
  103. Girao, Henrique; Paulo, P.. "Effect of cholesterol oxides in ubiquitin conjugation in the lens". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (2001):
  104. Paulo Pereira; Girao, Henrique. "Degradation of connexin 43 by ubiquitin-proteasome pathway in the lens". Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science 42 suppl S (2001):
  105. Girao, H.; Mota, C.; Pereira, P.. "Cholesterol may act as an antioxidant in lens membranes". Current Eye Research 18 6 (1999): 448-454.
  106. Girão, H.; Mota, M.C.; Ramalho, J.; Pereira, P.. "Cholesterol oxides accumulate in human cataracts". Experimental Eye Research 66 5 (1998): 645-652.
  107. Girao, Henrique; Pereira, P.; Ramalho, JS; Mota, MC. "Cholesterol may cooperate with vitamin E in the antioxidant protection of human lenses". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (1997):
  108. Girao, Henrique; Paulo Pereira; JS Ramalho; MC Mota. "Cholesterol oxidation in lens membranes: Implications on cataract development". Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (1996):
  109. Girao, H; Pereira, P.; Ramalho, JS; Mota, MC. "Cholesterol may modulate membrane susceptibility to oxidation in cataractous lens". Vision Research 35 1 (1995): S141.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Girao, Henrique. "Alvos em movimento: contribuição para o estudo da degradação proteica em sistemas visuais". PhD, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, 2006.
  2. Girao, Henrique. "Implicações da oxidação do colesterol no desenvolvimento da catarata". Master, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, 1998.
Distinctions

Award

2021 Best Paper in Cardiovascular Sciences - AIDFM-CETERA 2020 (1st Place)
2019 FMUC Best Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal