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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Ana Catarina Honrado Ginete
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Ginete, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
8715-F62E-1E0F
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2334-782X

Email addresses

  • catarina.ginete@estesl.ipl.pt (Professional)

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2023/11 - 2027/11
Ongoing
Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
2021/03 - 2021/07
Concluded
Avanços em Oncobiologia Molecular Aplicada ao Diagnóstico e Terapêutica (Pós-Graduação)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09 - 2020/05
Concluded
Tecnologias Moleculares em Saúde (Mestrado)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
"Genética da Obesidade. Estudo de Marcadores Moleculares." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2002/09 - 2006/12
Concluded
Análises Clínicas e de Saúde Pública (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Escola Superior de Tecnologia da Saúde de Lisboa, Portugal
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2020/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC), Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC), Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution
Employer
2007/05/01 - 2020/09/30 Biomedical Laboratory Scientist Laboratório de Análises Clínicas Dr. J. Leitão Santos, Lda., Portugal
2006/02 - 2012/12 Biomedical Laboratory Scientist Laboratório de Análises Clínicas Dra. Mª Antonieta da Cruz Sampaio, Lda., Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2023/09 - 2023/09 HelmintAsma - Relação epidemiológica entre a prevalência de helmintoses e a prevalência de asma e atopia em crianças na Província do Bengo, Angola
HelmintAsma
Research Fellow
2022/10/01 - 2022/12/31 INTEGRATE - Helminth infections and allergic respiratory diseases. Does a neglected tropical disease influence a non-communicable disease?
IPL/2022/INTEGRATE_ESTESL
Research Fellow
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ongoing
2020/10/01 - 2022/03/31 Sickle Cell Anemia and Fetal Hemoglobin. Genetic modifiers in an Angolan Children Cohort
330842553/SCAFfoldChild
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa - Health & Technology Research Center (H&TRC), Portugal
Aga Khan Foundation
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Ribeiro, Edna; Oliveira, Ketlyn; Dias, Marta; Gomes, Bianca; Pimenta, Raquel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; et al. "Towards an Integrated Approach on Occupational Health to Tackle COVID19 Pandemic". In Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health V, 265-284. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.
    10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_22
Conference poster
  1. Brito, Miguel; Ginete, Catarina; Manuela Mendes; Afonso, Roberto; Siatembo, Adriano; Inusa, Baba; de Vasconcelos, Jocelyne Neto. "Newborn screening for Sickle Cell Disease implementation at the Hospital Materno Infantil Dr Manuel Pedro Azancot de Menezes, Angola - an update". 2024.
  2. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Vasconcelos, Jocelyne; Brito, Miguel. "Impacto dos parasitas intestinais no microbioma de crianças angolanas com anemia falciforme". Paper presented in XXIX JORNADAS DE PEDIATRIA (HSM), 2024.
  3. Delgadinho, M.; Ginete, Catarina; Brígida Santos; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Arez, Ana Paula; Brito, Miguel. "The Impact of Gut Microbiome and Parasitic Infections in a Population of Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Disease". Paper presented in XIV Jornadas Científicas IHMT-NOVA, 2023.
  4. Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Brígida Santos; Armandina Miranda; Carina Silva; Paulo Guerreiro; Emile Chimusa; Brito, Miguel. "Genetic modifiers of Sickle Cell Anemia severity, in an angolan cohort". Paper presented in 27ª Reunião Anual SPGH, 2023.
  5. Filipa Jacques; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Mário Gomes; Edna Ribeiro; Brito, Miguel; Gomes, Anita. "Effects of the methanolic and aqueous extracts of Carica Papaya leaf on miRNA-mediated transcriptional regulation of fetal hemoglobin". Paper presented in 27th Annual Meeting of SPGH, 2023.
  6. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Brígida Santos; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Brito, Miguel. "Investigating the Gut Microbiome and Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Population of Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Disease". Paper presented in V Bootcamp H&TRC, 2023.
  7. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Brígida Santos; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Ana Paula Arez; Brito, Miguel. "Exploring the association between hydroxyurea and gut microbiome in an Angolan population with Sickle Cell Disease". Paper presented in XIII Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2022.
  8. Tonin, Fernanda S.; Ginete, Catarina; Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; Delgadinho, Mariana; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando ; Brito, Miguel. "Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions managing sickle cell disease complications in children and adolescents: a systematic review with network meta-analyses". 2022.
  9. Brito, Miguel; Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Cruz Sebastião; Manuela Mendes; Francisco Quintino; et al. "Sickle cell disease in Angola. A public health problem. Genetic variability and disease severity in a cohort of pregnant women". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), 2022.
  10. Brito, Miguel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Jocelyne Vasconcelos. "Assessment of gut microbiome in Angolan sickle cell disease children. Effect of hydroxyurea treatment". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH), 2022.
  11. Brito, Miguel; Ginete, Catarina; Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; Delgadinho, Mariana; Manuela Mendes; F. Quinto; F. Simões; F. Fernandes; Jocelyne Vasconcelos. "Preliminary findings from the follow-up of pregnant Sickle Cell Disease patients in Luanda, Angola". Paper presented in 17th Annual Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Conference, 2022.
  12. Tonin, Fernanda S.; Ginete, Catarina; Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; Delgadinho, M.; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando ; Brito, Miguel. "Comparative efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for sickle cell disease complications in children and adolescents: a network meta-analysis". Paper presented in 17th Annual Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Conference, 2022.
  13. M. Paiva; R. Marques; C.L. Matos; Ginete, Catarina; Sofia Nolasco; H.S. Marinho; L. Veiga; et al. "Thioredoxin reductase 1 translocation to the nucleus in response to increased glucose levels is affected by cilia assembly". Paper presented in Cilia 2022 - 5th European Cilia Conference, 2022.
  14. Delgadinho, M.; Ginete, Catarina; Fernandes, Carolina ; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Brígida Santos; Brito, Miguel. "The Effect of Hydroxyurea in the Gut Microbiome of Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Disease". Paper presented in 4th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, 2022.
  15. M. Mendes; B. Canteiro; Delgadinho, Mariana; Oliveira, Ketlyn; Ginete, Catarina; Gomes, Mário; Brito, Miguel; Ribeiro, Edna; A. Gomes. "Effects of Carica Papaya leaf extracts in transcriptional regulation of fetal hemoglobin". Paper presented in 4th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, 2022.
  16. B. Canteiro; M. Mendes; Delgadinho, Mariana; Oliveira, Ketlyn; Ginete, Catarina; Gomes, Mário; Brito, Miguel; Gomes, Anita; Ribeiro, Edna. "Effects of Quercetin in transcriptional regulation of fetal hemoglobin". Paper presented in 4th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, 2022.
  17. Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; I. Capriello; Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Cruz dos Santos Sebastião; Manuela Mendes; Francisco Quinto; et al. "Genetic variability and disease severity in a cohort of Angolan Sickle Cell Disease patients". Paper presented in 4th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, 2022.
  18. Brito, Miguel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Santos, Brígida. "Changes in the gut microbiome in Angolan children with sickle cell disease". Paper presented in 2021 Anual Meeting of the The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2021.
  19. Delgadinho, Mariana; Veiga, Luisa; Ginete, Catarina; Pádua, Mário; Jocelyne Vasconcelos; Santos, Brígida; Brito, Miguel. "Gut microbiome of Angolan children with sickle cell disease". Paper presented in NOVAhealth Chronic Disease and Infection: Microbiota and Health Conference, 2021.
  20. Brito, Miguel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida. "BGLT3 and BCL11A variants associated with sickle cell disease phenotype in Angolan children". Paper presented in European Human Genetics Virtual Conference 2021, 2021.
  21. Brito, Miguel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida. "HBB Haplotypes and HBG2, BCL11A, HBS1L-MYB and BGLT3 SNPs in SCD Children from Angola". Paper presented in 15th Annual Sickle Cell Disease Research & Educational Symposium and 44th National Sickle Cell Disease Scientific Meeting, 2021.
  22. Ana Maria Almeida; Renato Abreu; Marta Dias; Oliveira, Ketlyn; Mariana Delgadinho; Ginete, Catarina; Maria Leitão; Edna Ribeiro. "Immunized SARS-CoV-2 mild/asymptomatic patients present altered hematological parameters". Paper presented in LabRoots - Coronavirus Virtual Event Series, 2021.
  23. Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Santos, Brígida; Brito, Miguel. "Sickle Cell Anemia: genetic determinants of disease severity in children from Angola". Paper presented in 2nd Translational Research E-Conference: Erythropoiesis Control and Ineffective Erythropoiesis – From Bench to Bedside, 2021.
  24. Santos, Brígida; Germano, Isabel; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Arez, Ana Paula; Brito, Miguel; Faustino, Paula. "Biomarcadores e moduladores genéticos da Anemia Falciforme numa coorte de crianças angolanas com anemia falciforme". Paper presented in XI Jornadas Científicas do IHMT, 2020.
  25. Guerreiro, Ana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Gizela; Lago, João; Lourenço, Renato. "Seasonal variation in serum potassium concentration". Paper presented in 9ª Reunião Científica da Sociedade Portuguesa de Medicina Laboratorial, 2017.
Journal article
  1. Camacho, Pedro; Ribeiro, Edna; Pereira, Bruno; Nascimento, João; Caldeira Rosa, Paulo; Henriques, José; Barrão, Sandra; et al. "DNA Methyltransferase Expression (DNMT1, DNMT3a, and DNMT3b) as a Potential Biomarker in Age-Related Macular Degeneration". Journal of Clinical Medicine 14 2 (2025): 559. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14020559.
    10.3390/jcm14020559
  2. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; de Vasconcelos, Jocelyne Neto; Arez, Ana Paula; Brito, Miguel. "Sickle Cell Disease and Gut Health: The Influence of Intestinal Parasites and the Microbiome on Angolan Children". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25 13 (2024): 7258. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25137258.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms25137258
  3. Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Santos, Brígida; Miranda, Armandina; Silva, Carina; Guerreiro, Paulo; Chimusa, Emile R.; Brito, Miguel. "Genetic Modifiers of Sickle Cell Anemia Phenotype in a Cohort of Angolan Children". Genes 15 4 (2024): 469. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes15040469.
    10.3390/genes15040469
  4. Gonçalves-Nobre, J. Guilherme; Matos, Andreia; Carreira, Mariana; Santos, Ana Carolina; Veiga, Luisa Carvalho; Ginete, Catarina; Brito, Miguel; et al. "The interplay between HPV, other Sexually Transmissible Infections and genital microbiome on cervical microenvironment (MicroCervixHPV study)". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 13 (2024): https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2023.1251913.
    10.3389/fcimb.2023.1251913
  5. Santos, Brígida; Ginete, Catarina; Gonçalves, Elisângela; Delgadinho, Mariana; Miranda, Armandina; Faustino, Paula; Arez, Ana Paula; Brito, Miguel. "Characterization of a cohort of Angolan children with sickle cell anemia treated with hydroxyurea". Blood Cells, Molecules, and Diseases 105 (2024): 102822. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bcmd.2023.102822.
    10.1016/j.bcmd.2023.102822
  6. Lugthart, Sanne; Ginete, Catarina; Kuona, Patience; Brito, Miguel; Inusa, Baba Psalm Duniya. "An update review of new therapies in sickle cell disease: the prospects for drug combinations". Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy 25 2 (2024): 157-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/14656566.2024.2317336.
    10.1080/14656566.2024.2317336
  7. Delgadinho, Mariana; Veiga, Luísa; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Miranda, Armandina; de Vasconcelos, Jocelyne Neto; Brito, Miguel. "Differential expression of adhesion molecules in sickle cell anemia and gut microbiome effect". Annals of Hematology 103 2 (2023): 409-419. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00277-023-05589-5.
    10.1007/s00277-023-05589-5
  8. Ginete, Catarina; Delgadinho, Mariana; Santos, Brígida; Pinto, Vera; Silva, Carina; Miranda, Armandina; Brito, Miguel. "Are Genetic Modifiers the Answer to Different Responses to Hydroxyurea Treatment?—A Pharmacogenetic Study in Sickle Cell Anemia Angolan Children". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24 10 (2023): 8792. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24108792.
    Published • 10.3390/ijms24108792
  9. Tonin, Fernanda S; Ginete, Catarina; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando; Ferreira, Joana; Delgadinho, Mariana; Brito, Miguel. "Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for managing sickle cell disease in children and adolescents: protocol for a systematic review with network meta-analysis". BMJ Open 13 2 (2023): e064872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064872.
    10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064872
  10. Tonin, Fernanda S.; Ginete, Catarina; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando ; Joana Alexandra Gomes Ferreira; Delgadinho, Mariana; Brito, Miguel. "Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for managing sickle cell disease complications in children and adolescents: systematic review with network meta-analysis". Pediatrics Blood&Cancer (2023): https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.30294..
    Published • 10.1002/pbc. 30294
  11. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Mendes, Joana; Miranda, Armandina; Vasconcelos, Jocelyne; Brito, Miguel. "Microbial gut evaluation in an angolan paediatric population with sickle cell disease". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 26 21 (2022): 5360-5368. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.17402.
    Published • 10.1111/jcmm.17402
  12. Germano, Isabel; Santos, Brígida; Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Lopes, Pedro; Arez, Ana Paula; Brito, Miguel; Faustino, Paula. "Genetic modulation of anemia severity, hemolysis level, and hospitalization rate in Angolan children with Sickle Cell Anemia". Molecular Biology Reports (2022): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-07831-1.
    Published • 10.1007/s11033-022-07831-1
  13. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Fernandes, Carolina; Silva, Carina; Miranda, Armandina; Vasconcelos, Jocelyne Neto de; Brito, Miguel. "How Hydroxyurea Alters the Gut Microbiome: A Longitudinal Study Involving Angolan Children with Sickle Cell Anemia". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 16 (2022): 9061. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23169061.
    Open access • 10.3390/ijms23169061
  14. Delgadinho, Mariana; Ginete, Catarina; Santos, Brígida; Miranda, Armandina; Brito, Miguel. "Genotypic diversity among Angolan children with Sickle Cell Anemia". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18105417.
    Published • 10.3390/ ijerph18105417
  15. Ginete, Catarina; Serrasqueiro, Bernardo; Silva-Nunes, José; Veiga, Luisa; Brito, Miguel. "Identification of Genetic Variants in 65 Obesity Related Genes in a Cohort of Portuguese Obese Individuals". Genes 12 603 (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/genes12040603.
    Published • 10.3390/genes12040603
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/10/05 Influence of genetic variability in pregnancy outcomes in patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Luanda, Angola ASCAT – 19th Annual Sickle Cell & Thalassemia Conference
ASCAT (London, United Kingdom)
2024/09/11 Pregnancy in Sickle Cell anemia – Genetic variability, disease severity, and response to treatment VI H&TRC BootCamp 2024
H&TRC/ESTeSL/IPL (Tomar, Portugal)
2024/07/19 Implementation of a newborn screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Angola H&TRC Science Break (on line)
H&TRC/ESTeSL/IPL (Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/12/19 Are genetic modifiers the answer to different responses to hydroxyurea treatment? A pharmacogenetic study in Sickle Cell Disease children IV H&TRC BootCamp 2022
(Portugal)