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  1. Repurposing anti-cancer porphyrin derivative drugs to target SARS-CoV-2 envelope

    Article • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, July 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  2. Targeting Zika Virus with New Brain- and Placenta-Crossing Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates

    Article • Pharmaceutics, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Marco Cavaco, Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  3. Penetrating the Blood-Brain Barrier with New Peptide–Porphyrin Conjugates Having anti-HIV Activity

    Article • Bioconjugate Chemistry, May 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Miguel Castanho, Marco Cavaco, Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  4. Dynamics of Zika Virus Capsid Protein in Solution: The Properties and Exposure of the Hydrophobic Cleft Are Controlled by the α-Helix 1 Sequence

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2019, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  5. Co-protoporphyrin IX and Sn-protoporphyrin IX inactivate Zika, Chikungunya and other arboviruses by targeting the viral envelope

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  6. Mechanisms of Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Inactivation by Protoporphyrin IX, Zinc-Protoporphyrin IX, and Mesoporphyrin IX

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira, Miguel Castanho

  7. Inactivation of Dengue and Yellow Fever viruses by heme, cobalt-protoporphyrin IX and tin-protoporphyrin IX

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  8. Receptors and routes of dengue virus entry into the host cells

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira, Miguel Castanho

  9. Molecular Mechanisms Involved in the Pathogenesis of Alphavirus-Induced Arthritis

    Article • BioMed Research International, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira

  10. A heme-degradation pathway in a blood-sucking insect

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Christine Cruz-Oliveira