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Rego, A. Cristina
 
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Rego, A. Cristina
 
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Rego, Ana Cristina
Rego, A. C.
 
 
 
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Biography
Ana Cristina Rego (Ph.D.) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra (FMUC), lecturing classes of Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Neurobiology, and is head of the research group ‘Mitochondria and Neurodegenerative Disorders’ (current designation) at the Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), Univ. Coimbra (UC), since 2003. AC Rego initiated as Teaching Assistant in 1997 at FMUC, was Assistant Professor since 1999, and received the Tenure positition in 2004 and the 'Agregação' degree in 2010. AC Rego obtained the Master degree in Cell Biology in 1994 and the Ph.D. in Cell Biology in 1999 at UC, under the supervision of Prof. Catarina R. Oliveira, and was postdoctoral researcher in the Lab of Prof. David G. Nicholls, at the Univ. Dundee, Scotland, UK, and visiting researcher at the Buck Institute, Novato, CA, USA (David Nicholls Lab), from 1998-2000. In 2004-05 AC Rego was the coordinator of the BEB PhD Programme at CNC. The research group coordinated by AC Rego at CNC-UC investigates molecular mechanisms of familial and age-related neurodegenerative disorders, including Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, focusing on changes in mitochondrial function, dynamics and biogenesis and metabolic deregulation, glutamatergic postsynaptic dysfunction, and related exosomal content. Funding has been garnered by HighQ Foundation (USA), Lundbeck Foundation, ‘Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar’ (IIIUC), ‘Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia’ (FCT) and EHDN-European Huntington Disease Network projects, two 1st edition major‘prizes/awards promoted by Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa’ (SCML) and ‘Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento’ (FLAD) , as well as through industry contracts (e.g. TEVA, Sigma-Tau, Mycology Lab). AC Rego holds a H-factor of 44 (i10=98, at Google Scholar) and ~6400 citations, published 117 peer-reviewed articles (92 original publications), 23 book chapters (11 in portuguese) and more than 110 abstracts in research meetings. AC Rego also supervised/co-supervised the work of several post-doctoral fellows and a 'Ciência-FCT' researcher, 18 Ph.D. students and 37 Master students (concluded degrees). AC Rego acts as a reviewer for scientific journals and funding bodies, including Parkinson's UK, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Telethon Fondazione, Israel Science Foundation, Wellcome Trust and Alzheimer’s Association. ACR is member of the ERA-Chair recruitment and monitoring team ERAatUC, at University of Coimbra, member of the board of CNC-UC, Vice-President of the Portuguese Brain Council and President of the Portuguese Society for Neuroscience (SPN).
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1Feb-2015Activation of IGF-1 and Insulin Signaling Pathways Ameliorate Mitochondrial Function and Energy Metabolism in Huntington’s Disease Human LymphoblastsNaia, Luana ; Ferreira, I. Luísa ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Duarte, Ana I. ; Ribeiro, Márcio ; Rosenstock, Tatiana R. ; Laço, Mário N. ; Ribeiro, Maria J. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Saudou, Frédéric ; Humbert, Sandrine ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
22007Adaptation to oxidative stress in the chronic effects of cocaine and amphetamineCunha-Oliveira, T. ; Rego, A. C. ; Macedo, T. ; Oliveira, C. R. articleopenAccess
32000Adenosine A2AReceptors Regulate the Extracellular Accumulation of Excitatory Amino Acids upon Metabolic Dysfunction in Chick Cultured Retinal CellsRego, Ana Cristina ; Agostinho, Paula ; Melo, Joana ; Cunha, Rodrigo A. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
42001Antioxidant effect of flavonoids after ascorbate/Fe2+-induced oxidative stress in cultured retinal cellsAreias, Filipe Miguel ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Seabra, Rosa Maria articleopenAccess
51-Jan-2023Apoe4 and Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis-Mitochondrial Deregulation and Targeted Therapeutic StrategiesPires, Mariana ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
6Feb-2015Aβ and NMDAR activation cause mitochondrial dysfunction involving ER calcium releaseFerreira, Ildete Luísa ; Ferreiro, Elisabete ; Schmidt, Jeannette ; Cardoso, João M. ; Pereira, Cláudia M. F. ; Carvalho, Ana Luísa ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
72009BDNF regulates BIM expression levels in 3-nitropropionic acid-treated cortical neuronsAlmeida, S. ; Laço, M. ; Cunha-Oliveira, T. ; Oliveira, C. R. ; Rego, A. C. articleopenAccess
8Sep-2011Bioenergetic dysfunction in Huntington's disease human cybridsFerreira, I. Luísa ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Nascimento, Maria V. ; Ribeiro, Márcio ; Proença, M. Teresa ; Januário, Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
92021Boldine Attenuates Synaptic Failure and Mitochondrial Deregulation in Cellular Models of Alzheimer's DiseaseToledo, Juan P.; Fernández-Pérez, Eduardo J.; Ferreira, Ildete L. ; Marinho, Daniela ; Riffo-Lepe, Nicolas O.; Pineda-Cuevas, Benjamin N.; Pinochet-Pino, Luis F.; Burgos, Carlos F.; Rego, A. Cristina ; Aguayo, Luis G.articleopenAccess
107-Feb-2020Calcium Signaling in Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases 2019Cortes, Luísa ; Malva, João ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Pereira, Cláudia F. articleopenAccess
112006Caspase-dependent and -independent cell death induced by 3-nitropropionic acid in rat cortical neuronsAlmeida, Sandra ; Brett, Ana C. ; Góis, Inês N. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
122008Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the neurotoxicity of opioid and psychostimulant drugsCunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
1326-Apr-2019Chronic stress triggers divergent dendritic alterations in immature neurons of the adult hippocampus, depending on their ultimate terminal fieldsDioli, Chrysoula; Patrício, Patrícia; Sousa, Nuno; Kokras, Nikolaos; Dalla, Christina; Guerreiro, Sara ; Santos-Silva, Miguel A.; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Pinto, Luísa ; Ferreiro, Elisabete ; Sotiropoulos, IoannisarticleopenAccess
1431-Aug-2018Coriolus versicolor biomass increases dendritic arborization of newly-generated neurons in mouse hippocampal dentate gyrusFerreiro, Elisabete ; Pita, Inês R. ; Mota, Sandra ; Valero, Jorge ; Ferreira, Nuno R. ; Fernandes, Tito; Calabrese, Vittorio; Fontes-Ribeiro, Carlos A. ; Pereira, Frederico C. ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
152003Cytosolic and mitochondrial ROS in staurosporine-induced retinal cell apoptosisGil, Joana ; Almeida, Sandra ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
162006Differential cytotoxic responses of PC12 cells chronically exposed to psychostimulants or to hydrogen peroxideCunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Morgadinho, Maria Teresa ; Macedo, Tice ; Oliveira, Catarina Resende articleopenAccess
17Sep-2012Disruption of striatal glutamatergic/GABAergic homeostasis following acute methamphetamine in micePereira, Frederico ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Viana, Sofia ; Travassos, Ana Sofia ; Nunes, Sara ; Silva, Carlos ; Prediger, Rui ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Ali, Syed ; Fontes Ribeiro, Carlos Alberto articleclosedAccess
181999Distinct Glycolysis Inhibitors Determine Retinal Cell Sensitivity to Glutamate-Mediated InjuryRego, Ana Cristina ; Areias, Filipe ; Santos, Maria Sancha ; Oliveira, Catarina articleopenAccess
192016Dominant-Negative Effects of Adult-Onset Huntingtin Mutations Alter the Division of Human Embryonic Stem Cells-Derived Neural CellsLopes, Carla ; Aubert, Sophie ; Bourgois-Rocha, Fany ; Barnat, Monia ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Déglon, Nicole ; Perrier, Anselme L. ; Humbert, Sandrine articleopenAccess
208-Mar-2012Drugs of abuse induce apoptotic features in PC12 cells.Oliveira, M. Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Macedo, Tice R. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
21Jan-2014Dysfunctional synapse in Alzheimer’s disease – a focus on NMDA receptorsMota, Sandra I. ; Ferreira, Ildete L. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
222009Dysregulation of CREB Activation and Histone Acetylation in 3-Nitropropionic Acid-Treated Cortical Neurons: Prevention by BDNF and NGFAlmeida, Sandra ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Laço, Mário ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
239-Mar-2012Efeito crónico da heroína e do peróxido de hidrogénio em células PC12Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Morgadinho, M. Teresa ; Macedo, Tice R. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
242002Effect of amyloid beta-peptide on permeability transition pore: A comparative studyMoreira, Paula I. ; Santos, Maria S. ; Moreno, António ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina articleopenAccess
251998Effect of Glucose Deprivation and Acute Glutamate Exposure in Cultured Retinal CellsRego, Ana Cristina ; Areias, Filipe Miguel ; Santos, Maria Sancha ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
268-Mar-2012Expression of NR1/NR2B N-Methyl-d-Aspartate Receptors Enhances Heroin Toxicity in HEK293 CellsDomingues, António ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Laço, Mário L. N. ; Macedo, Tice ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
272023Extracellular vesicles improve GABAergic transmission in Huntington's disease iPSC-derived neuronsBeatriz, Margarida ; Rodrigues, Ricardo J. ; Vilaça, Rita ; Egas, Conceição ; Pinheiro, Paulo S. ; Daley, George Q.; Schlaeger, Thorsten M.; Raimundo, Nuno ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Lopes, Carla articleopenAccess
282004FK506 prevents mitochondrial-dependent apoptotic cell death induced by 3-nitropropionic acid in rat primary cortical culturesAlmeida, Sandra ; Domingues, António ; Rodrigues, Luís ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
292001Glutamate regulates the viability of retinal cells in cultureRego, A. Cristina ; Santos, Maria Sancha ; Areias, Filipe ; Proença, Teresa ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
301999Glutamate-mediated inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation in cultured retinal cellsRego, Ana Cristina ; Sancha Santos, Maria ; Oliveira, Catarina Resende articleopenAccess
3115-Nov-2012Glutathione redox cycle dysregulation in Huntington’s disease knock-in striatal cellsRibeiro, Márcio ; Rosenstock, Tatiana ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Ferreira, Ildete ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
322005Heroin-induced degeneration of cortical neurons involves mitochondria-dependent apoptosisCunha-Oliveira, T. ; Rego, A. C. ; Macedo, T. ; Oliveira, C. R. articleopenAccess
338-Mar-2017Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Protect Against Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Dysfunction in Huntington's DiseaseNaia, Luana ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rodrigues, Joana ; Rosenstock, Tatiana R. ; Oliveira, Ana ; Ribeiro, Márcio ; Carmo, Catarina ; Oliveira-Sousa, Sofia I. ; Duarte, Ana I. ; Hayden, Michael R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
341999Influence of the antioxidants vitamin E and idebenone on retinal cell injury mediated by chemical ischemia, hypoglycemia, or oxidative stressRego, Ana Cristina ; Santos, Maria Sancha ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
351998Influence of vitamin E succinate on retinal cell survivalRego, Ana Cristina ; Santos, Maria Sancha ; Proença, Maria Teresa ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
36Sep-2014Insulin and IGF-1 improve mitochondrial function in a PI-3K/Akt-dependent manner and reduce mitochondrial generation of reactive oxygen species in Huntington’s disease knock-in striatal cellsRibeiro, Márcio ; Rosenstock, Tatiana R. ; Oliveira, Ana M. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
37Oct-2006Insulin restores metabolic function in cultured cortical neurons subjected to oxidative stressDuarte, Ana I. ; Proença, Teresa ; Oliveira, Catarina R. ; Santos, Maria S. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
382015Limited Effect of Chronic Valproic Acid Treatment in a Mouse Model of Machado-Joseph DiseaseEsteves, Sofia; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Naia, Luana ; Neves-Carvalho, Andreia; Teixeira-Castro, Andreia ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Silva-Fernandes, Anabela; Maciel, Patrícia articleopenAccess
395-Nov-2021Macroautophagy and Mitophagy in Neurodegenerative Disorders: Focus on Therapeutic InterventionsMagalhães, João Duarte; Fão, Lígia ; Vilaça, Rita ; Cardoso, Sandra Morais ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
402008Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Huntington's diseaseGil, Joana M. ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
415-Nov-2020Microbial BMAA elicits mitochondrial dysfunction, innate immunity activation, and Alzheimer's disease features in cortical neuronsSilva, Diana F. ; Candeias, Emanuel ; Esteves, Ana Raquel Fernandes ; Magalhães, João Duarte ; Ferreira, I. Luísa ; Nunes-Costa, Daniela ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Empadinhas, Nuno ; Cardoso, Sandra M. articleopenAccess
4218-Jan-2023Mitochondrial and Redox Changes in Periodontitis and Type 2 Diabetes Human Blood Mononuclear CellsFerreira, Ildete L. ; Costa, Solange ; Moraes, Bruno; Costa, Ana ; Fokt, Olga ; Marinho, Daniela ; Alves, Vera ; Baptista, Isabel P. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
432020Mitochondrial and Redox Modifications in Huntington Disease Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Rescued by CRISPR/Cas9 CAGs TargetingLopes, Carla ; Tang, Yang; Anjo, Sandra I. ; Manadas, Bruno ; Onofre, Isabel ; Almeida, Luís P. de ; Daley, George Q; Schlaeger, Thorsten M; Rego, Ana Cristina Carvalho articleopenAccess
444-Jun-2020Mitochondrial and redox-based therapeutic strategies in Huntington's diseaseFão, Lígia ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
452003Mitochondrial apoptotic cell death and moderate superoxide generation upon selective activation of non-desensitizing AMPA receptors in hippocampal culturesRego, A. Cristina ; Monteiro, Nuno M. ; Silva, Ana P. ; Gil, Joana ; Malva, João O. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
462006Mitochondrial dysfunction and caspase activation in rat cortical neurons treated with cocaine or amphetamineCunha-Oliveira, T. ; Rego, A. C. ; Cardoso, S. M. ; Borges, F. ; Swerdlow, R. ; Macedo, T. ; Oliveira, C. R. articleopenAccess
473-Oct-2023Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Decreased Cytochrome c in Cell and Animal Models of Machado-Joseph DiseaseAlmeida, Filipa ; Ferreira, Ildete L. ; Naia, Luana ; Marinho, Daniela ; Vilaça-Ferreira, Ana Catarina; Costa, Marta D.; Duarte-Silva, Sara; Maciel, Patrícia ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
482003Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Reactive Oxygen Species in Excitotoxicity and Apoptosis: Implications for the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative DiseasesRego, A. Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
492012Mitochondrial- and endoplasmic reticulum-associated oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease: from pathogenesis to biomarkersFerreiro, E. ; Baldeiras, I. ; Ferreira, I. L. ; Costa, R. O. ; Rego, A. C. ; Pereira, C. F. ; Oliveira, C. R. articleopenAccess
502021MPV17 Mutations Are Associated With a Quiescent Energetic Metabolic ProfileJacinto, Sandra; Guerreiro, Patrícia; Oliveira, Rita Machado de; Oliveira, Teresa Cunha ; Santos, Maria João ; Grazina, Manuela ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Outeiro, Tiago F. articleopenAccess
5124-Mar-2021Neuronal cell-based high-throughput screen for enhancers of mitochondrial function reveals luteolin as a modulator of mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum couplingNaia, Luana Carvalho ; Pinho, Catarina M.; Dentoni, Giacomo; Liu, Jianping; Leal, Nuno Santos; Ferreira, Duarte M. S.; Schreiner, Bernadette; Filadi, Riccardo; Fão, Lígia ; Connolly, Niamh M. C.; Forsell, Pontus; Nordvall, Gunnar; Shimozawa, Makoto; Greotti, Elisa; Basso, Emy; Theurey, Pierre; Gioran, Anna; Joselin, Alvin; Arsenian-Henriksson, Marie; Nilsson, Per; Rego, A. Cristina ; Ruas, Jorge L.; Park, David; Bano, Daniele; Pizzo, Paola; Prehn, Jochen H. M.; Ankarcrona, MariaarticleopenAccess
529-Nov-2021Neuroprotection of retinal ganglion cells by the sigma-1 receptor agonist pridopidine in models of experimental glaucomaGeva, Michal; Gershoni-Emek, Noga; Naia, Luana ; Ly, Philip; Mota, Sandra ; Rego, Ana Cristina ; Hayden, Michael R. ; Levin, Leonard A.articleopenAccess
538-Mar-2012Neurotoxicity of heroin-cocaine combinations in rat cortical neuronsCunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Garrido, Jorge ; Borges, Fernanda ; Macedo, Tice ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
5428-Aug-2014Oxidative Stress and Drugs of Abuse: An UpdateCunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
5530-Apr-2009The R6 lines of transgenic mice: A model for screening new therapies for Huntington's diseaseGil, Joana M. ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
56Aug-2023Reduction of class I histone deacetylases ameliorates ER-mitochondria cross-talk in Alzheimer's diseaseMarinho, Daniela ; Ferreira, Ildete L. ; Lorenzoni, Ricardo ; Cardoso, Sandra M. ; Santana, Isabel ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
57Sep-2013Reprint of: Revisiting oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease—resemblance to the effect of amphetamine drugs of abusePerfeito, Rita ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
581-Nov-2012Revisiting oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in the pathogenesis of Parkinson disease-resemblance to the effect of amphetamine drugs of abusePerfeito, Rita ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
59Sep-2019Shaping the Nrf2-ARE-related pathways in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseasesFão, Lígia ; Mota, Sandra ; Rego, Ana Cristina articleopenAccess
602022Simultaneous Alteration of the Circadian Variation of Memory, Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity, and Metabolism in a Triple Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's DiseaseCarvalho da Silva, António M ; Lemos, Cristina ; Silva, Henrique Bernardo ; Ferreira, Ildete L. ; Tomé, Ângelo R.; Rego, A. Cristina ; Cunha, Rodrigo A. articleopenAccess
612007Street heroin induces mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in rat cortical neuronsCunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Garrido, Jorge ; Borges, Fernanda ; Macedo, Tice ; Oliveira, Catarina Resende articleopenAccess
62Oct-2006Synthesis and Cytotoxic Profile of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (“Ecstasy”) and Its Metabolites on Undifferentiated PC12 Cells: A Putative Structure−Toxicity RelationshipMilhazes, Nuno ; Cunha-Oliveira, Teresa ; Martins, Pedro ; Garrido, Jorge ; Oliveira, Catarina ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Borges, Fernanda articleopenAccess
638-Mar-2012Toxic Effects of Opioid and Stimulant Drugs on Undifferentiated PC12 CellsOliveira, M. Teresa ; Rego, A. Cristina ; Morgadinho, M. Teresa ; Macedo, Tice R. ; Oliveira, Catarina R. articleopenAccess
6416-Sep-2023Uncovering the Early Events Associated with Oligomeric Aβ-Induced Src ActivationMota, Sandra ; Fão, Lígia ; Coelho, Patrícia Silva ; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess
652012Valosin-containing protein (VCP/p97) is an activator of wild-type ataxin-3Laço, Mário N. ; Cortes, Luísa ; Travis, Sue M.; Paulson, Henry L.; Rego, A. Cristina articleopenAccess