creating a
healthier future
Tiago Duarte
Junior Researcher
TL Duarte graduated in Biology by the University of Lisbon in 2000. In 2007, TL Duarte obtained his PhD from the University of Leicester (UK), for investigating the so-called ?non-antioxidant? roles of vitamin C. Since becoming an independently funded researcher at IBMC in 2009, his research interests focused on the search for modifiers of iron overload-related liver disease. TL Duarte demonstrated the crucial hepatoprotectant role of transcription factor NRF2 against iron toxicity in mice, and more recently the ability of NRF2 to sense toxic iron and regulate BMP6/hepcidin signalling.

Selected Publications

Duarte T.L., Lopes M., Oliveira M., Santos A.G., Vasco C., Reis J.P., Antunes A.R., Gonçalves A., Chacim S., Oliveira C., Porto B., Teles M.J., Moreira A.C., Silva A.M.N., Schwessinger R., Drakesmith H., Henrique R., Porto G., Duarte D.
Iron overload induces dysplastic erythropoiesis and features of myelodysplasia in Nrf2-deficient mice. Leukemia:, 2023. [Journal: Article] [CI: 2] [IF: 12.8]
DOI: 10.1038/s41375-023-02067-9 SCOPUS: 85174512949

Wideman S.K., Frost J.N., Richter F.C., Naylor C., Lopes J.M., Viveiros N., Teh M.R., Preston A.E., White N., Yusuf S., Draper S.J., Armitage A.E., Duarte T.L., Drakesmith H.
Cellular iron governs the host response to malaria. PLoS Pathogens19(10 October):, 2023. [Journal: Article] [CI: 5] [IF: 5.5]
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011679 SCOPUS: 85174408959

Estêvão D., da Cruz-Ribeiro M., Cardoso A.P., Costa Â.M., Oliveira M.J., Duarte T.L., da Cruz T.B.
Iron metabolism in colorectal cancer: a balancing act. Cellular Oncology46(6):1545-1558, 2023. [Journal: Review] [CI: 13] [IF: 4.9]
DOI: 10.1007/s13402-023-00828-3 SCOPUS: 85160838783

Lopes M., Duarte T.L., Teles M.J., Mosteo L., Chacim S., Aguiar E., Pereira-Reis J., Oliveira M., Silva A.M.N., Goncalves N., Martins G., Kong I.Y., Zethoven M., Vervoort S., Martins S., Quintela M., Hawkins E.D., Trigo F., Guimaraes J.T., Mariz J.M., Porto G., Duarte D.
Loss of erythroblasts in acute myeloid leukemia causes iron redistribution with clinical implications. Blood Advances5(16):3102-3112, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 9] [IF: 7,6]
DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021004373 SCOPUS: 85113994709

Duarte T.L., Talbot N.P., Drakesmith H.
NRF2 and Hypoxia-Inducible Factors: Key Players in the Redox Control of Systemic Iron Homeostasis. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling35(6):433-452, 2021. [Journal: Review] [CI: 53] [IF: 7,5]
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2020.8148 SCOPUS: 85111760761

Frost J.N., Tan T.K., Abbas M., Wideman S.K., Bonadonna M., Stoffel N.U., Wray K., Kronsteiner B., Smits G., Campagna D.R., Duarte T.L., Lopes J.M., Shah A., Armitage A.E., Arezes J., Lim P.J., Preston A.E., Ahern D., Teh M., Naylor C., Salio M., Gileadi U., Andrews S.C., Dunachie S.J., Zimmermann M.B., van der Klis F.R.M., Cerundolo V., Bannard O., Draper S.J., Townsend A.R.M., Galy B., Fleming M.D., Lewis M.C., Drakesmith H.
Hepcidin-Mediated Hypoferremia Disrupts Immune Responses to Vaccination and Infection. Med2(2):164-179.e12, 2021. [Journal: Article] [CI: 71]
DOI: 10.1016/j.medj.2020.10.004 SCOPUS: 85103960664

Lim P.J., Duarte T.L., Arezes J., Garcia-Santos D., Hamdi A., Pasricha S.R., Armitage A.E., Mehta H., Wideman S., Santos A.G., Santos-Gonçalves A., Morovat A., Hughes J.R., Soilleux E., Wang C.Y., Bayer A.L., Klenerman P., Willberg C.B., Hartley R.C., Murphy M.P., Babitt J.L., Ponka P., Porto G., Drakesmith H.
Nrf2 controls iron homoeostasis in haemochromatosis and thalassaemia via Bmp6 and hepcidin. Nature Metabolism1(5):519-531, 2019. [Journal: Article] [CI: 106]
DOI: 10.1038/s42255-019-0063-6 SCOPUS: 85071448817

Pasricha S.R., Lim P.J., Duarte T.L., Casu C., Oosterhuis D., Mleczko-Sanecka K., Suciu M., Da Silva A.R., Al-Hourani K., Arezes J., McHugh K., Gooding S., Frost J.N., Wray K., Santos A., Porto G., Repapi E., Gray N., Draper S.J., Ashley N., Soilleux E., Olinga P., Muckenthaler M.U., Hughes J.R., Rivella S., Milne T.A., Armitage A.E., Drakesmith H.
Hepcidin is regulated by promoter-associated histone acetylation and HDAC3. Nature Communications8(1):, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 46] [IF: 12,4]
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00500-z SCOPUS: 85028636590

Duarte T.L., Caldas C., Santos A.G., Silva-Gomes S., Santos-Gonçalves A., Martins M.J., Porto G., Lopes J.M.
Genetic disruption of NRF2 promotes the development of necroinflammation and liver fibrosis in a mouse model of HFE-hereditary hemochromatosis. Redox Biology11:157-169, 2017. [Journal: Article] [CI: 37] [IF: 7,1]
DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2016.11.013 SCOPUS: 85002982394

Silva-Gomes S., Santos A.G., Caldas C., Silva C.M., Neves J.V., Lopes J., Carneiro F., Rodrigues P.N., Duarte T.L.
Transcription factor NRF2 protects mice against dietary iron-induced liver injury by preventing hepatocytic cell death. Journal of Hepatology60(2):354-361, 2014. [Journal: Article] [CI: 50] [IF: 11,3]
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2013.09.004 SCOPUS: 84892559263