Where Ideas Grow
Mafalda Gonçalves
Junior Researcher

Selected Publications

Bessa-Gonçalves M., Silva A.M., Brás J.P., Helmholz H., Luthringer-Feyerabend B.J.C., Willumeit-Römer R., Barbosa M.A., Santos S.G.,
Fibrinogen and magnesium combination biomaterials modulate macrophage phenotype, NF-kB signaling and crosstalk with mesenchymal stem/stromal cells. Acta Biomaterialia114:471-484, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 39] [IF: 8,9]
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.07.028 SCOPUS: 85088809179.


Almeida A.R., Bessa-Gonçalves M., Vasconcelos D.M., Barbosa M.A., Santos S.G.,
Osteoclasts degrade fibrinogen scaffolds and induce mesenchymal stem/stromal osteogenic differentiation. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A108(4):851-862, 2020. [Journal: Article] [CI: 8] [IF: 4,4]
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36863 SCOPUS: 85076907993.


Teixeira J.H., Silva A.M., Almeida M.I., Bessa-Gonçalves M., Cunha C., Barbosa M.A., Santos S.G.,
The systemic immune response to collagen-induced arthritis and the impact of bone injury in inflammatory conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences20(21):, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 12] [IF: 4,6]
DOI: 10.3390/ijms20215436 SCOPUS: 85074488952.


Silva A.J., Ferreira J.R., Cunha C., Corte-Real J.V., Bessa-Gonçalves M., Barbosa M.A., Santos S.G., Gonçalves R.M.,
Macrophages down-regulate gene expression of intervertebral disc degenerative markers under a proinflammatory microenvironment. Frontiers in Immunology10(JUL):, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 50] [IF: 5,1]
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.01508 SCOPUS: 85069037178.