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Rita Costa

- Verified email at helmholtz-muenchen.de - Cited by 1957

Rita Damasceno Costa

- Verified email at worldbank.org - Cited by 465

Interleukins (from IL-1 to IL-38), interferons, transforming growth factor β, and TNF-α: Receptors, functions, and roles in diseases

…, A Aab, C Altunbulakli, K Azkur, RA Costa… - Journal of Allergy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
There have been extensive developments on cellular and molecular mechanisms of
immune regulation in allergy, asthma, autoimmune diseases, tumor development, organ …

Optimization and characterization of biosurfactant production by Bacillus subtilis isolates towards microbial enhanced oil recovery applications

JFB Pereira, EJ Gudiña, R Costa, R Vitorino… - Fuel, 2013 - Elsevier
Biosurfactant production by three Bacillus subtilis strains (#309, #311 and #573) isolated
from Brazilian crude oils was optimized based on different carbon and nitrogen sources. The …

Senolytic drugs target alveolar epithelial cell function and attenuate experimental lung fibrosis ex vivo

…, HN Alsafadi, C Ota, R Costa… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disease with poor prognosis and
limited therapeutic options. The incidence of IPF increases with age, and ageing-related …

Gender and rural non-farm entrepreneurship

B Rijkers, R Costa - World development, 2012 - Elsevier
Using matched household-enterprise-community datasets from Bangladesh, Ethiopia,
Indonesia and Sri Lanka, this paper analyzes gender differences in rural non-farm …

[HTML][HTML] Lung ageing and COPD: is there a role for ageing in abnormal tissue repair?

CA Brandsma, M de Vries, R Costa… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth leading cause of death
worldwide, with increasing prevalence, in particular in the elderly. COPD is characterised by …

Biosurfactant-producing and oil-degrading Bacillus subtilis strains enhance oil recovery in laboratory sand-pack columns

EJ Gudina, JFB Pereira, R Costa, JAP Coutinho… - Journal of hazardous …, 2013 - Elsevier
Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery (MEOR) technology uses microorganisms and their metabolites
to retrieve unrecoverable oil from mature reservoirs. In situ stimulation of biosurfactant-…

Preclinical validation and imaging of Wnt-induced repair in human 3D lung tissue cultures

…, DE Wagner, G Burgstaller, R Costa… - European …, 2015 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by a progressive loss of
lung tissue. Inducing repair processes within the adult diseased lung is of major interest and …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of RAPD, ISSR, and AFLP Molecular Markers to Reveal and Classify Orchardgrass (Dactylis glomerata L.) Germplasm Variations

R Costa, G Pereira, I Garrido, MM Tavares-de-Sousa… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Three different DNA-based techniques, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD), Inter
Simple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) and Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) …

[HTML][HTML] Transthyretin protects against A-beta peptide toxicity by proteolytic cleavage of the peptide: a mechanism sensitive to the Kunitz protease inhibitor

R Costa, F Ferreira-da-Silva, MJ Saraiva, I Cardoso - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the deposition of
amyloid β-peptide (A-Beta) in the brain. Transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric protein of about …

Reduced frizzled receptor 4 expression prevents WNT/β-catenin–driven alveolar lung repair in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

…, HN Alsafadi, M Lehmann, R Costa… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in particular emphysema, is
characterized by loss of parenchymal alveolar tissue and impaired tissue repair. Wingless and …