Diana Gaspar

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities(21), Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior(10), Biochemical and Structural Characterization(9), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery(5), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research(4)

Publications41 total

The antimetastatic breast cancer activity of the viral protein‐derived peptide vCPP2319 as revealed by cellular biomechanics
FEBS Journal·2021· 7 citedOpen Access
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2021
Protonectin peptides target lipids, act at the interface and selectively kill metastatic breast cancer cells while preserving morphological integrity
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·2021· 2 citedOpen Access
Scalable Production of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Under Serum-/Xeno-Free Conditions in a Microcarrier-Based Bioreactor Culture System
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology·2020· 166 citedOpen Access
Synthesis, Structure, and Activity of the Antifungal Plant Defensin <i>Pv</i>D<sub>1</sub>
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·2020· 21 cited
Scalable Production of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cell (MSC)-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Microcarrier-based Bioreactors under Xeno(geneic)-free Conditions
Cytotherapy·2020· 1 cited
The Effect of Different Fluorophores on Fluorescence-Based Techniques
Biophysical Journal·2020Open Access
Antibodies for the Treatment of Brain Metastases, a Dream or a Reality?
Pharmaceutics·2020· 55 citedOpen Access
Cell Membrane Composition Drives Selectivity and Toxicity of Designed Cyclic Helix–Loop–Helix Peptides with Cell Penetrating and Tumor Suppressor Properties
ACS Chemical Biology·2019· 21 cited
Lidocaine turns the surface charge of biological membranes more positive and changes the permeability of blood-brain barrier culture models
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes·2019· 40 citedOpen Access
Bacteriocins as Anticancer Peptides: A Biophysical Approach
2019
Plant defensin <i>Pv</i>D<sub>1</sub> modulates the membrane composition of breast tumour-derived exosomes
Nanoscale·2019· 17 citedOpen Access
Structure–Stability–Function Mechanistic Links in the Anti-Measles Virus Action of Tocopherol-Derivatized Peptide Nanoparticles
ACS Nano·2018· 18 citedOpen Access
Novel downstream process and analytical tools developed for Influenza VLP vaccine
2018
Mechanisms of bacterial membrane permeabilization of snake venom-derived peptides crotalicidin (Ctn) and Ctn[15-34]
Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland)·2018
Mechanisms of bacterial membrane permeabilization by crotalicidin (Ctn) and its fragment Ctn(15–34), antimicrobial peptides from rattlesnake venom
Journal of Biological Chemistry·2017· 113 citedOpen Access
New Potent Membrane-Targeting Antibacterial Peptides from Viral Capsid Proteins
Frontiers in Microbiology·2017· 44 citedOpen Access
Novel Peptides Derived from Dengue Virus Capsid Protein Translocate Reversibly the Blood–Brain Barrier through a Receptor-Free Mechanism
ACS Chemical Biology·2017· 53 cited
Challenging metastatic breast cancer with the natural defensin<i>Pv</i>D<sub>1</sub>
Nanoscale·2017· 23 citedOpen Access
Bioorthogonal Strategy for Bioprocessing of Specific-Site-Functionalized Enveloped Influenza-Virus-Like Particles
Bioconjugate Chemistry·2016· 23 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Miguel A. R. B. Castanho(31), Ana Salomé Veiga(12), Filipa D. Oliveira(8), João M. Freire(8), Sónia Troeira Henriques(7), David Andreu(7), Marlene Lúcio(6), José L. F. C. Lima(6), Salette Reis(6), David J. Craik(5), Vera Neves(5), Tiago N. Figueira(5), Henri G. Franquelim(4), Marco Cavaco(4), Chomdao Sinthuvanich(3), Joel P. Schneider(3), Yen‐Hua Huang(3), Clara Pérez‐Peinado(3), Susana A. Dias(3), Marco M. Domingues(3)