Where Ideas Grow
Filipe Monteiro
Junior Researcher
Research experience - Post Doctoral Researcher at Deolinda Lima Research Group, Department of Experimental Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal - Sept 2010 to present. - Post Doctoral Fellow (SFRH/BPD/26643/2006) ? ?Molecular pathways regulated by Prrxl1/DRG11 in nociceptive system development? - Supervisor: Deolinda Lima - Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal - Nov 2006 to Aug 2010. - PhD Fellow (SFRH/BD/4563/2001) ? ?Signal transduction pathways involved in FAP neurodegeneration? - Supervisor: Maria João Saraiva - Lab. of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), Porto, Portugal - Nov 2001 to Oct 2005. - Luso-American Development Foundation Fellow - Supervisors: David Stern and Maria João Saraiva - College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA - Feb 2001 to Jul 2001. - Young Research Scientist Fellow - Supervisor: Maria João Saraiva - Lab. of Molecular Neurobiology, IBMC, Porto, Portugal - Sep 2000 to Aug 2001. - Undergraduate student (dissertation thesis) - ?Genetic analysis of the replication of the polydnavirus ccpdv in the ovaries of the parasitoid wasp Cotesia congregate? - Supervisor: Jean-Michel Drezen - Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l?Insect, Fac. des Sciences, Univ. François Rabelais, Tours, France - Mar 2000 to Jul 2000. Academic Positions Undergraduate teaching - Invited Auxiliary Professor of Department of Experimental Biology (at 100%), Curricular units: Molecular and Cell Biology I and II / Biologia Celular e Molecular I e II. After curriculum reform: Molecular Structure of the Cell / Estrutura Molecular da Célula, Molecular Genetics / Genética Molecular and Molecular Dynamics of the Cell / Dinâmica Molecular da Célula; Medical Doctor Curriculum - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal ? Sep 2010-current - Invited Auxiliary Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology I and II / Biologia Celular e Molecular I e II (at 20%), Medical Doctor Curriculum - Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Portugal ? Sep 2007-Sep 2010

Selected Publications

Monteiro C.B., Midão L., Rebelo S., Reguenga C., Lima D., Monteiro F.A.,
Zinc finger transcription factor Casz1 expression is regulated by homeodomain transcription factor Prrxl1 in embryonic spinal dorsal horn late-born excitatory interneurons. European Journal of Neuroscience43(11):1449-1459, 2016. [Journal: Article] [CI: 6] [IF: 2,9]
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13214 SCOPUS: 84960977317.


Soares-Dos-Reis R., Pessoa A.S., Matos M.R., Falcão M., Mendes V.M., Manadas B., Monteiro F.A., Lima D., Reguenga C.,
Ser119 phosphorylation modulates the activity and conformation of PRRXL1, a homeodomain transcription factor. Biochemical Journal459(3):441-453, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 7] [IF: 4,4]
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131014 SCOPUS: 84898656809.


Regadas I., Soares-dos-Reis R., Falcão M., Matos M.R., Monteiro F.A., Lima D., Reguenga C.,
Dual role of Tlx3 as modulator of Prrxl1 transcription and phosphorylation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms1839(11):1121-1131, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 3] [IF: 6,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.08.007 SCOPUS: 84907484335.


Monteiro C.B., Costa M.F., Reguenga C., Lima D., Castro D.S., Monteiro F.A.,
Paired related homeobox protein-like 1 (Prrxl1) controls its own expression by a transcriptional autorepression mechanism. FEBS Letters588(18):3475-3482, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 8] [IF: 3,2]
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.08.006 SCOPUS: 84908691391.


Regadas I., Matos M.R., Monteiro F.A., Gömez-Skarmeta J.L., Lima D., Bessa J., Casares F., Reguenga C.,
Several Cis-regulatory Elements Control mRNA Stability, Translation Efficiency, and Expression Pattern of Prrxl1(Paired Related Homeobox Protein-like 1). Journal of Biological Chemistry288(51):36285-36301, 2013. [Journal: Article] [CI: 9] [IF: 4,6]
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.491993 SCOPUS: 84890912110.


Monteiro F.A., Miranda R.M., Samina M.C., Dias A.F., Raposo A.A.S.F., Oliveira P., Reguenga C., Castro D.S., Lima D.,
Tlx3 Exerts Direct Control in Specifying Excitatory Over Inhibitory Neurons in the Dorsal Spinal Cord. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology9:, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 4] [IF: 6,1]
DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.642697 SCOPUS: 85105958760.