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Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing
Technical Writing,
Creative Writing
Research
Scientific and Technical Research,
Systematic Literature Review
Consulting
Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI
Statistical Analysis,
Data Visualization
Product Development
Product Validation
Work Experience
Researcher
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable
July 2024 - December 2024 
PhD Student
Federal University of Bahia
March 2020 - April 2024
Researcher
University of Portsmouth
February 2022 - December 2022
CTGA
May 2019 - February 2020
Scientific Training
University of Coimbra
September 2017 - January 2019
Education
PhD Student (Institute of Health Sciences)
Federal University of Bahia
March 2020 - April 2024
Ph.D. sandwich (School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences)
University of Portsmouth
February 2022 - December 2022
Master degree (FCT)
University of Coimbra
August 2016 - January 2019
Bachelor´s degree in Biology (Faculty of Sciences and Technology)
University of Coimbra
September 2013 - July 2016
Certifications
- Certification details not provided.
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Teixeira, J., Benfeito, S., Carreira, R., Barbosa, A., Amorim, R., Tavares, L.C., Jones, J.G., Raimundo, N., Cagide, F., Oliveira, C., et al.(2025). The mitochondriotropic antioxidants AntiOxBEN<sub>2</sub> and AntiOxCIN<sub>4</sub> are structurally-similar but differentially alter energy homeostasis in human skin fibroblasts . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1866. (2).
Rodrigo Barreto Carreira, Cleonice Creusa dos Santos, Juciele Valeria Ribeiro de Oliveira, Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva, Jorge Maurício David, Arthur Morgan Butt, Silvia Lima Costa (2024). Neuroprotective Effect of Flavonoid Agathisflavone in the Ex Vivo Cerebellar Slice Neonatal Ischemia . Molecules.
Carreira, Bodrigo Barreto, Cleonice Creusa dos Santos, Juciele Valeria Ribeiro de Oliveira, Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva, Jorge David, Arthur Butt, Silvia Lima Costa (2024). Neuroprotective Effect of Flavonoid Agathisflavone in the Ex Vivo Cerebellar Slice Neonatal Ischemia . Molecules.
Carreira, R.B., dos Santos, C.C., de Oliveira, J.V.R., da Silva, V.D.A., David, J.M., Butt, A.M., Costa, S.L.(2024). Neuroprotective Effect of Flavonoid Agathisflavone in the Ex Vivo Cerebellar Slice Neonatal Ischemia . Molecules. 29. (17).
de Oliveira, L.M.G., Carreira, R.B., de Oliveira, J.V.R., do Nascimento, R.P., dos Santos Souza, C., Trias, E., da Silva, V.D.A., Costa, S.L.(2023). Impact of Plant-Derived Compounds on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis . Neurotoxicity Research. 41. (3). p. 288-309.
CONFERENCE ABSTRACT
The flavonoids agathisflavone and apigenin avoid the degeneration of oligodendrocytes' processes in a simulation of ischemic injury @inproceedings {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo and Cleonice Creusa dos Santos and de Oliveira, Juciele Valeria Ribeiro and da Silva, Victor Diogenes Amaral and Butt, Arthur Morgan and Costa, Silvia Lima},
title = {The flavonoids agathisflavone and apigenin avoid the degeneration of oligodendrocytes' processes in a simulation of ischemic injury},
address = {Salvador},
year = {2025}
}. VIII INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEUROCHEMISTRY AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE GLIAL CELL.
The flavonoids agathisflavone and apigenin previne oligodendrocytes process loss in a model of ischemic damage @inproceedings {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo and Cleonice Creuza Santos and de Oliveira, Juciele Valeria Ribeiro and da Silva, Victor Diogenes Amaral and Butt, Arthur Morgan and Costa, Silvia Lima and Autor correspondente: Costa, Silvia Lima.},
title = {The flavonoids agathisflavone and apigenin previne oligodendrocytes process loss in a model of ischemic damage},
address = {Maceió},
pages = {132--132},
year = {2023},
month = {nov}
}. XV Reunião Regional da Sociedade Brasileira de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular.
Evaluation of the neuroprotector potential of flavonoids bis-apigenin and apigenin on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models @inproceedings {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva and Ravena Pereira Nascimento and Lucas Matheus Gonçalves de Oliveira and Ellen Cristina Vale Silva and Clarissa Schitine and Maria de Fátima Dias Costa and et al.},
title = {Evaluation of the neuroprotector potential of flavonoids bis-apigenin and apigenin on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models},
address = {Salvador},
number = {2},
volume = {19},
pages = {218--218},
year = {2021}
}. XX ExpoPPGIm.
Metabolic remodeling of dermal fibroblasts by a novel mitochondria-targeted hydroxybenzoic acid derivative @inproceedings {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Ricardo Amorim and Catarina Oliveira and Fernando Cagide and Paulo J. Oliveira and José Carlos Santos Teixeira},
title = {Metabolic remodeling of dermal fibroblasts by a novel mitochondria-targeted hydroxybenzoic acid derivative},
address = {Coimbra},
number = {S1},
volume = {49},
pages = {108--109},
year = {2019},
month = {apr}
}. 53rd Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation The Clocks of Metabolism and Disease.
Effect of multi-functional mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in human skin fibroblasts @inproceedings {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Ricardo Amorim and Sofia Benfeito and Fernando Cagide and Fernanda Borges and Paulo J. Oliveira and José Carlos Santos Teixeira},
title = {Effect of multi-functional mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in human skin fibroblasts},
address = {Porto},
pages = {53--53},
year = {2018},
month = {jul},
keywords = {Mitochondria; mitochondria-targeted antioxidant; hormesis; redox signaling}
}. MitoPorto: Mitochondrial Evolution, Metabolism and Disease International Symposium.
"Effects of multi-operational mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in human hepatic cells: promising drugs for liver disease" @inproceedings {
author = {José Carlos Santos Teixeira and Ricardo Amorim and Carreira, R. and Fernando Cagide and Sofia Benfeito and Fernanda Borges and Paulo J. Oliveira},
title = { "Effects of multi-operational mitochondria-targeted antioxidants in human hepatic cells: promising drugs for liver disease"},
address = {Barcelona},
volume = {48},
pages = {85--86},
year = {2018},
month = {may}
}. 52th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Clinical Investigation “Precision Medicine for Healthy Ageing".
Skin mitohormesis by targeting hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives to mitochondria @inproceedings {
author = {José Carlos Santos Teixeira and Farhan Basit and Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Paulo J. Oliveira and Peter H.G.M. Willems and Jori Joosten-Wagenaars and Cagide, Fernando and et al.},
title = {Skin mitohormesis by targeting hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives to mitochondria},
address = {Porto},
pages = {14--14},
year = {2018},
month = {feb}
}. 9th International Conference on Skin Ageing & Challenges.
OTHER
Teixeira, J.C., Benfeito, S., Carreira, R., Barbosa, A., Amorim, R., Tavares, L.C., Jones, J.G., Raimundo, N., Cagide, F., Oliveira, C., et al.(2024). The Mitochondriotropic Antioxidants Antioxben2 And Antioxcin4 Are Structurally-Similar But Differentially Alter Energy Homeostasis in Human Skin Fibroblasts . SSRN.
DISSERTATION THESIS
EFEITOS NEUROPROTETORES DOS FLAVONOIDES AGATISFLAVONA (BIS-APIGENINA) E APIGENINA RELACIONADOS A PLASTICIDADE OLIGODENDROGLIAL EM CONDIÇÕES DE DANO ISQUÊMICO @phdthesis {
title = {EFEITOS NEUROPROTETORES DOS FLAVONOIDES AGATISFLAVONA (BIS-APIGENINA) E APIGENINA RELACIONADOS A PLASTICIDADE OLIGODENDROGLIAL EM CONDIÇÕES DE DANO ISQUÊMICO},
year = {2024},
school = {Universidade Federal da Bahia Instituto de Ciências da Saúde; University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences},
keywords = {Isquemia; Flavonoides; Astrócitos; Oligodendrócitos; Neuroproteção}
}. Universidade Federal da Bahia Instituto de Ciências da Saúde; University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences.
BOOK CHAPTER
Neuroprotection induced by apigenin @inbook {
author = {dos Santos, Cleonice Creusa and Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Dourado, Naiara Silva and de Araújo, Fillipe Mendes and de Almeida, Monique Marylin Alves and de Souza, Veronica Moreira and Soares, Janaina Ribeiro Pereira and et al.},
title = {Neuroprotection induced by apigenin},
pages = {1241--1262},
publisher = {Elsevier},
year = {2024},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-443-23763-8.00025-7},
doi = {10.1016/b978-0-443-23763-8.00025-7}
} . Natural Molecules in Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity.
dos Santos, C.C., Carreira, R.B., Dourado, N.S., de Araújo, F.M., de Almeida, M.M.A., de Souza, V.M., Soares, J.R.P., do Nascimento, R.P., de Oliveira, J.V.R., Victor, M.M., et al.(2024). Neuroprotection induced by apigenin . Natural Molecules in Neuroprotection and Neurotoxicity. p. 1241-1262.
CONFERENCE POSTER
Mitochondriatargeted phenolic antioxidants AntiOxBEN2 and AntiOxCIN4 differentially impact energy metabolism in human dermal fibroblasts. @misc {
author = {Teixeira, José and Ester Sofia Teixeira Benfeito and Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and André Barbosa and Amorim, Ricardo and Ludgero C. Tavares and John G. Jones and et al.},
title = {Mitochondriatargeted phenolic antioxidants AntiOxBEN2 and AntiOxCIN4 differentially impact energy metabolism in human dermal fibroblasts.},
year = {2023},
month = {may}
}. In MitoPorto Mitochondrial physiology, redox biology, and genetics.
Análise do potencial neuroprotetor dos flavonoides agathisflavona (bis-apigenina) e apigenina em modelos de estudo de Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica @misc {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto and Sílvia Lima Costa and Victor Diogenes Amaral da Silva},
title = {Análise do potencial neuroprotetor dos flavonoides agathisflavona (bis-apigenina) e apigenina em modelos de estudo de Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica },
year = {2021},
month = {feb}
}. CONGRESSO VIRTUAL DA UFBA UNIVERSIDADE EM MOVIMENTO 2021.
Evaluation of the neuroprotector potential of flavonoids bis-apigenin and apigenin on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models @misc {
author = {Carreira, Rodrigo Barreto },
title = {Evaluation of the neuroprotector potential of flavonoids bis-apigenin and apigenin on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models},
year = {2020},
month = {sep},
keywords = {"Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis"; "Aghatisflavone"; "Apigenin"; "Neuroprotection"; "Immunomodulation"}
}. XX ExpoPPGIm.
Mitochondria-targeted cinnamic antioxidants incresae celular stress response through modulation of mitochondria function/activity @misc {
author = {José Teixeira and Ricardo Amorim and Carreira, Rodrigo and Sofia Benfeito and Fernando Cagide and Paulo J. Oliveira and Fernanda Borges},
title = {Mitochondria-targeted cinnamic antioxidants incresae celular stress response through modulation of mitochondria function/activity},
year = {2018},
month = {mar}
}. MuTaLig COST action, Universidad de la Laguna.
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