Sara Pinto

University of Lisbon — Portugal

Neuroscience · Life Sciences

7h-index584citations15works3.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms(7), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments(5), Extracellular vesicles in disease(4), MicroRNA in disease regulation(3), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research(3)

Publications15 total

Enhancing microglial antioxidant capacity via the ascorbate transporter SVCT2 delays onset and modifies disease progression in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease
Redox Biology·2025Open Access
Adenosine receptors are the on‐and‐off switch of astrocytic cannabinoid type 1 (<scp>CB1)</scp> receptor effect upon synaptic plasticity in the medial prefrontal cortex
Glia·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Increasing the vitamin C transporter SVCT2 in microglia improves synaptic plasticity and restrains memory impairments in Alzheimer’s disease models
2024Open Access
Communication defects with astroglia contribute to early impairments in the motor cortex plasticity of SOD1G93A mice
Neurobiology of Disease·2024· 9 citedOpen Access
ASTROGLIAL CB1R-A1R AND CB1R-A2AR HETEROMERS INFLUENCE MPFC SYNAPTIC FUNCTION
IBRO Neuroscience Reports·2023Open Access
Emerging Role of miR-21-5p in Neuron–Glia Dysregulation and Exosome Transfer Using Multiple Models of Alzheimer’s Disease
Cells·2022· 43 citedOpen Access
Neuronal Dynamics and miRNA Signaling Differ between SH-SY5Y APPSwe and PSEN1 Mutant iPSC-Derived AD Models upon Modulation with miR-124 Mimic and Inhibitor
Cells·2021· 36 citedOpen Access
Astrocytes in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis·2021· 21 citedOpen Access
Astrocytes are implicated in BDNF-mediated enhancement of hippocampal long-term potentiation
2021· 1 citedOpen Access
Going the Extra (Synaptic) Mile: Excitotoxicity as the Road Toward Neurodegenerative Diseases
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2020· 284 citedOpen Access
Phenotypic Effects of Wild-Type and Mutant SOD1 Expression in N9 Murine Microglia at Steady State, Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory Conditions
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2019· 51 citedOpen Access
A1 polarized IPSCs-derived astrocytes with the PSEN1EΔ9 mutation show deregulated inflammatory dynamics
Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience·2019Open Access
Human iPSC-derived neurons and astrocytes as models of neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and vesicular trafficking in Alzheimer's disease
Free Radical Biology and Medicine·2018· 2 cited
Exosomes from NSC-34 Cells Transfected with hSOD1-G93A Are Enriched in miR-124 and Drive Alterations in Microglia Phenotype
Frontiers in Neuroscience·2017· 132 citedOpen Access
ALS pathogenesis: role of motor neuron-derived exosomes in microglia activation and dysfunction
Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT)·2016Open Access

Frequent Co-authors

Sandra H. Vaz(8), Dora Brites(7), Ana M. Sebastião(6), Joana Gonçalves‐Ribeiro(5), Ana Rita Vaz(4), Adelaide Fernandes(4), Jari Koıstınaho(4), Joana I. Gomes(3), Carolina Cunha(3), Gonçalo Garcia(3), Sofia Ferreira(3), Joana Tedim-Moreira(3), Renato Socodato(3), João B. Relvas(3), Adam Armada‐Moreira(2), Carolina Campos Pina(2), Oksana K. Savchak(2), Alejandro Lillo(2), Rafael Franco(2), Filipa Moreira(2)