Bárbara B. Mendes

ORCID: 0000-0001-8630-1119
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Research Areas
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications
  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Hemostasis and retained surgical items
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Wound Healing and Treatments
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Universidade Nova de Lisboa
2021-2025

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
2024

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
2024

University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2024

Faculdades Oswaldo Cruz
2024

Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros
2024

Population Council
2024

Universitario Francisco de Asís
2024

Universidade de Franca
2024

University of Minho
2017-2021

Photodynamic therapy (PDT), an emergent noninvasive cancer treatment, is largely dependent on the presence of efficient photosensitizers (PSs) and a sufficient oxygen supply. However, therapeutic efficacy PSs greatly compromised by poor solubility, aggregation tendency, depletion within solid tumors during PDT in hypoxic microenvironments. Despite potential PS-based metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), addressing hypoxia remains challenging. Boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) chromophores, with...

10.1021/jacs.3c12416 article EN cc-by Journal of the American Chemical Society 2024-01-04

Abstract Despite improvements in cancer survival rates, metastatic and surgery‐resistant cancers, such as pancreatic cancer, remain challenging, with poor prognoses limited treatment options. Enhancing drug bioavailability tumors, while minimizing off‐target effects, is crucial. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged promising delivery vehicles owing to their high loading capacity, biocompatibility, functional tunability. However, the vast chemical diversity of MOFs complicates...

10.1002/adma.202412757 article EN cc-by Advanced Materials 2025-02-02

Nanoparticle formulations blending optical imaging contrast agents and therapeutics have been a cornerstone of preclinical theranostic applications. However, nanoparticle-based theranostics clinical translation faces challenges on reproducibility, brightness, photostability, biocompatibility, selective tumor targeting penetration. In this study, we integrate multimodal within cancer cell-derived nanovesicles, leading to biomimetic bright optotheranostics for monitoring metastasis. Upon NIR...

10.1016/j.jconrel.2024.01.056 article EN cc-by Journal of Controlled Release 2024-01-30

Injectable hydrogels are particularly interesting for applications in minimally invasive tissue engineering and regenerative medicine strategies. However, the typical isotropic microstructure of these biomaterials limits their potential regeneration ordered tissues. In present work, we decorated rod-shaped cellulose nanocrystals with magnetic nanoparticles coated polydopamine polyethylene glycol polymer brushes to obtain chemical colloidal stable nanoparticles. Then, (0.1–0.5 wt %) were...

10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01179 article EN ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering 2019-02-06

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting holds the promise to fabricate tissue and organ substitutes for regenerative medicine. However, lack of bioactive inks support functional living constructs is one main limitations hindering progress this technology. In study, a biofunctional human-based nanocomposite bioink (HUink) composed platelet lysate hydrogels reinforced by cellulose nanocrystals reported. When combined with suspended technologies, HUink allows biofabrication 3D freeform high...

10.1088/1758-5090/ab33e8 article EN Biofabrication 2019-07-19

The currently used hemostatic agents are highly effective in stopping hemorrhages but have a limited role the modulation of wound-healing environment. Herein, we propose an intrinsically bioactive cryogel based on platelet lysate (PL) and aldehyde-functionalized cellulose nanocrystals (a-CNCs). PL has attracted great attention as inexpensive milieu therapeutically relevant proteins; however, its application agent exhibits serious constraints (e.g., structural integrity short shelf-life)....

10.1021/acs.biomac.0c00787 article EN Biomacromolecules 2020-07-30

Injectable human-based nanocomposite hydrogels enable the modulation of multiple parameters physical and biological 3D cell microenvironment to guide fate.

10.1039/c8nr04273j article EN Nanoscale 2018-01-01

Bioinspired cell-membrane-camouflaged nanohybrids have been proposed to enhance tumor targeting by harnessing their immune escape and self-recognition abilities. In this study, we introduce cancer-cell-derived membrane nanovesicles (CCMVs) integrated with gold nanorods (AuVNRs) in addition therapeutic imaging cargos such as doxorubicin indocyanine green. This approach enhances targeted enables synergistic chemo-phototherapeutics for solid tumors. CCMVs demonstrate significant penetration...

10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101648 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cell Reports Physical Science 2023-10-18

Abstract Metallic implants are widely used in diverse clinical applications to aid recovery from lesions or replace native hard tissues. However, the lack of integration metallic surfaces with soft tissue interfaces causes occurrence biomaterial‐associated infections, which can trigger a complicated inflammatory response and, ultimately, implant failure. Here, multifunctional surface showing nanoscale anisotropy, based on controlled deposition cellulose nanocrystals (CNC), and biological...

10.1002/adhm.202001985 article EN Advanced Healthcare Materials 2021-02-18
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