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Patricia Braga Completed her master's degree in applied Biochemistry in 2019/10/24 by Universidade do Minho and Bachelor's degree in applied Biology in 2017/07/01 by Universidade do Minho. Now, she has attended the PhD of Biomedical Sciences at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, in the University of Porto, Portugal since 2020/09/01. Published 11 articles in journals. Organized 1 event(s). Participated in 6 events. Has received 2 awards and/or honors.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Patricia Braga

Citation names

  • Braga, Patricia

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
4713-89EA-CFBE
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3813-8107
Education
Degree Classification
2020/09/01 - 2023/06/01
Ongoing
 Ciências Biomédicas (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2017/10/20 - 2019/10/24
Concluded
 Mestrado em Bioquimica Aplicada (Mestrado)
Major in Biomedicina
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
"SIRT1 and energy metabolism in Rodent Sertoli cells" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2014/09/09 - 2017/07/01
Concluded
 Biologia Aplicada (Licenciatura)
Universidade do Minho, Portugal
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/19 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/01/02 - 2020/06/30 Lab Technician Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/09/01 - Current Kidney Disease Beyond Glomerular Filtration rate: The role of Mitohcondrial on the Tubule-Interstitial Crosstalk
UI/BD/150750/2020
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Unidade Multidisciplinar de Investigação Biomédica, Portugal
Ongoing
2020/01/01 - 2020/06/30 SpermBoost: improving sperm preparation and cryopreservation for Assisted Reproductive Technologies
Spermboost
Master Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Bernardino, Raquel L.; Braga, Patricia C.; Oliveira, Pedro Fontes; Alves, Marco G.. "Determination of glycolysis flux by extracellular flux measurements". In Glycolysis, 443-454. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-91704-9.00004-5
  2. Braga, Patricia Crespo; Rodrigues, Anabela; Oliveira, Pedro Fontes; Alves, Marco G.. "Mitochondrial transplantation in kidney injury". In Mitochondrial Transplantation and Transfer, 411-434. Elsevier, 2024.
    10.1016/b978-0-443-18858-9.00020-2
Conference poster
  1. Braga, Patricia; Bernardino, Raquel L.; Guerra-Carvalho, Bárbara; Carrageta, David F; Anabela S. Rodrigues; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Alves, Marco. "Insulin resistance and hyperglycemia induce mitochondrial dysfunction and a metabolic towards use of gluconeogenic amino acids in epithelial kidney cells.". Paper presented in European Congress of Endocrinology, 2023.
  2. Bruno, Lopes; Braga, Patricia; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Alves, Marco; Bernardino, Raquel L.. Corresponding author: Bernardino, Raquel L.. "Mitochondrial fitness in mouse Leydig cells is imbalanced by liraglutide upon glucose stimuli.". Paper presented in European Congress of Endocrinology, 2023.
  3. FERNANDES, JOANA; Fátima O. Martins; Melo B.F; Elena Olea; Prieto-Lloret P; Asunción Rocher; Joana F. Sacramento; et al. "Contribution of impaired hepatic mitochondrial bioenergetics to insulin resistance in Obstructive Sleep Apnea". Paper presented in Europhysiology, 2022.
  4. Pedro R Pereira; Braga, Patricia; Pereira, Sofia S.; Marta Guimarães; Mário Nora; Mariana P Montero; Anabela Rodrigues. "Markers of renal lesion in obese patients - on the tip of the iceberg". Paper presented in Nephro Update Europe, 2022.
  5. Braga, Patricia; Anabela Rodrigues; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Alves, Marco. "Saturated fatty acids contribute to kidney cells mitochondrial quality control in prediabetic and diabetic conditions". Paper presented in Encontro Ciência 2022, 2022.
  6. Oleksandra Fomichova; Pereira, Sara C. ; Braga, Patricia; Alves, Marco. "The impact of chromium picolinate on Sertoli cells’ viability". Paper presented in IJUP, 2022.
  7. Marques, Mariana; Braga, Patricia; Pereira, Sara C. ; Alves, Marco. "The impact of chromium picolinate in Diabetic Nephropathy". Paper presented in IJUP, 2022.
  8. Braga, Patricia; Bernardino, Raquel L.; Jarak, Ivana ; Alves, Marco; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Activation of SIRT1 enhances metabolic and bioenergetic performance of mouse Sertoli cells". Paper presented in ESCI Virtual Meeting 2020, 2020.
Journal article
  1. Pereira, Pedro Reis; Almeida, Manuela; Braga, Patrícia; Pereira, João; Pereira, Sofia; Nora, Mário; Guimarães, Marta; et al. "Obesity-Related Kidney Disease in Bariatric Surgery Candidates". Obesity Surgery 35 1 (2024): 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-024-07602-w.
    10.1007/s11695-024-07602-w
  2. Braga, Patrícia C; Almeida, Manuela; Carvalho, Barbara G; Pereira, Pedro R; Ribeiro, Catarina; Silvano, José; Malheiro, Jorge; et al. "416.3: Exploring metabolic changes in living kidney donors before and after donation: A comparative analysis.". Transplantation 108 9S (2024): https://doi.org/10.1097/01.tp.0001066412.54336.3b.
    10.1097/01.tp.0001066412.54336.3b
  3. Gomes-Andrade, Daniela; Guerra-Carvalho, Bárbara; Carrageta, David F.; Bernardino, Raquel L.; Braga, Patrícia C.; Oliveira, Pedro F.; de Lourdes Pereira, Maria; Alves, Marco G.. "Exposure to toxicologically relevant atrazine concentrations impair the glycolytic function of mouse Sertoli cells through the downregulation of lactate dehydrogenase". Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 486 (2024): 116929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2024.116929.
    10.1016/j.taap.2024.116929
  4. Joana L. Fernandes; Fátima O. Martins; Elena Olea; Jesus Prieto-Lloret; Patrícia C. Braga; Joana F. Sacramento; Catarina O. Sequeira; et al. "Chronic Intermittent Hypoxia-Induced Dysmetabolism Is Associated with Hepatic Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Inflammation". Antioxidants (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox12111910.
    10.3390/antiox12111910
  5. Patrícia C. Braga; Raquel L. Bernardino; Bárbara Guerra-Carvalho; David F. Carrageta; Pedro F. Oliveira; Anabela S. Rodrigues; Marco G. Alves. "The progression from mild to severe hyperglycemia coupled with insulin resistance causes mitochondrial dysfunction and alters the metabolic secretome of epithelial kidney cells". Experimental Cell Research (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yexcr.2023.113744.
    10.1016/j.yexcr.2023.113744
  6. João Monteiro; Clive A. Marks; Patrícia C. Braga; Raquel L. Bernardino; Marco G. Alves; Alexandre Lobo-da-Cunha; Arnaldo Videira; Filipe Pereira. "The role of ion homeostasis imbalance due to citrate accumulation in fluoroacetic acid (FAA) toxicity in Neurospora crassa". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology (2023): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109661.
    10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109661
  7. Carla Luís; Bárbara Guerra-Carvalho; Patrícia C. Braga; Carla Guedes; Emília Patrício; Marco G. Alves; Ruben Fernandes; Raquel Soares. "The Influence of Adipocyte Secretome on Selected Metabolic Fingerprints of Breast Cancer Cell Lines Representing the Four Major Breast Cancer Subtypes". Cells (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12172123.
    10.3390/cells12172123
  8. José Costa; Patrícia C. Braga; Irene Rebelo; Pedro F. Oliveira; Marco G. Alves. "Mitochondria Quality Control and Male Fertility". Biology (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12060827.
    10.3390/biology12060827
  9. Pedro R. Pereira; João Pereira; Patrícia C. Braga; Sofia S. Pereira; Mário Nora; Marta Guimarães; Mariana P. Monteiro; Anabela Rodrigues. "Renal Dysfunction Phenotypes in Patients Undergoing Obesity Surgery". Biomolecules (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13050790.
    10.3390/biom13050790
  10. Braga, Patricia; Bernardino, Raquel; Guerra-Carvalho, Barbara; Carrageta, David F.; Rodrigues, Anabela; Oliveira, Pedro F.; Alves, Marco. "Insulin resistance and hyperglycemia induce mitochondrial dysfunction and a metabolic towards use of gluconeogenic amino acids in epithelial kidney cells". Endocrine Abstracts (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/endoabs.90.p325.
    10.1530/endoabs.90.p325
  11. Alves, Andreia P; Rocha, Sandra M; Mamede, Ana C; Braga, Patrícia C; Alves, Marco G; Oliveira, Pedro F; Botelho, Filomena M; Maia, Cláudio J. "Differential response of hepatocellular carcinoma glycolytic metabolism and oxidative stress markers after exposure to human amniotic membrane proteins". Molecular Biology Reports 49 8 (2022): 7731-7741. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11033-022-07598-5.
    10.1007/s11033-022-07598-5
  12. Patrícia C. Braga; Marco G. Alves; Anabela S. Rodrigues; Pedro F. Oliveira. "Mitochondrial Pathophysiology on Chronic Kidney Disease". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23 3 (2022): 1776-1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23031776.
    10.3390/ijms23031776
  13. Ribeiro, João C.; Braga, Patrícia C.; Martins, Ana D.; Silva, Branca M.; Alves, Marco G.; Oliveira, Pedro F.. "Antioxidants Present in Reproductive Tract Fluids and Their Relevance for Fertility". Antioxidants 10 9 (2021): 1441. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10091441.
    10.3390/antiox10091441
  14. Patrícia C. Braga; Sara C. Pereira; João C. Ribeiro; Mário Sousa; Mariana P. Monteiro; Pedro F. Oliveira; Marco G. Alves. "Late-onset hypogonadism and lifestyle-related metabolic disorders". Andrology (2020): https://doi.org/10.1111/andr.12765.
    10.1111/andr.12765
  15. Braga, Patricia. "Late-Onset Hypogonadism and Lifestyle-Related Metabolic Disorders". Andrology-Open Access (2020):
    Accepted
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/09/20 Activation of SIRT1 enhances metabolic and bioenergetic performance of mouse Sertoli Cells European Society for Clinical Investigation
ESCI Virtual Meeting (Bari, Italy)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2022/01/03 - Current The impact of chromium picolinate in diabetic nephropathy disease
Supervisor
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2018/11/09 - 2018/11/10 1º Encontro de Ciência Maria Alves Paiva (2018/11/09 - 2018/11/10)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/07/08 - 2019/07/12 Monitor of the activity “Do sangue ao DNA- vem descobrir porque és único”
Workshop
 Universidade Júnior
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/07/01 - 2019/07/05 Monitor of the activity “A corrida mais importante da vida: A maratona do espermatozoide”
Workshop
 Universidade Júnior
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/06/28 - 2019/06/28 Participation on “Publishing Workshop for Authors & Reviewers, Editors Roundtable” performed by Doctor Anthony Newman, at Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Meeting
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/06/25 - 2019/06/27 Participation on the Workshop “Addressing humans Sertoli Cells Bioenergetics and their Redox Status – All roads may lead to Mitochondria”
Workshop
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2019/02/06 - 2019/02/06 Participation on “How to get your article Published”
Seminar
 How to get your article published
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal
2018/07/10 - 2018/07/12 2nd Small Meeting on Endocytic Trafficking and signaling
Meeting
Universidade do Minho, Portugal

International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2020 4-year PhD fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT)
Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Portugal