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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maria Catarina Mota da Silva

Citation names

  • Mota, Catarina

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
CC13-C7B0-19F5

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Clinical Medicine
  • Medical and Health Sciences - Basic Medicine - Immunology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2016
Concluded
 Board Certification in Internal Medicine (Especialização pós-licenciatura)
Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
 19.9
2015
Concluded
 Medicine (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"Towards the use of regulatory T cells for the treatment of human autoimmune diseases" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved with honors and distincion
2007
Concluded
 Medicine (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal
"-" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 values
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/01/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Medicina, Portugal

Other Careers

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/11/01 - Current Assistente (Médica) CUF, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/01/01 - Current Research Associate at Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
2019/01/01 - 2021/12/31 Coordinator of Immune-mediated Diseases Group of Medicine Department (CHLN) Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
2017/01/01 - 2021/10/31 Attending Physician in Internal Medicine at Hospital Universitário de Santa Maria/ Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte EPE, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2022/01/01 - Current Regulation of protective-antibody versus autoantibody production in human autoimmunity
EXPL/MEC-MGI/1644/2021
Principal investigator
Ongoing
2009/01/01 - 2015/01/01 Towards the therapeutic use of regulatory T cells for the treatment of human autoimmune diseases
SFRH/ SINTD/ 60059/ 2009
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2009/01/01 - 2013/01/01 Factores celulares e moleculares no desenvolvimento de células T reguladoras humanas
PTDC/SAU-IMU/113541/2009
Technical development
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. "The Effect of Chronic and In-hospital Exposure to Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitors on the Outcome and Inflammatory State of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Adult Inpatients". International Journal of Hypertension (2021): 1-9.
    Published
  2. "Humoral immune response of SARS-CoV-2 infected cancer patients: influencing factors and its mechanisms". Oncologist (2021):
  3. "Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism in Male Persons with Diabetes Mellitus.". International Journal of Endocrinology (2021):
    Published
  4. "Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in COVID-19 patients and healthy volunteers up to 6 months post disease onset". European Journal of Immunology (2020): 2025-2040.
    Published
  5. "Malabsorption Syndrome due to Intestinal Amyloidosis as Presentation of Renal Cell Carcinoma". Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine 2020 (2020): 1-4.
  6. Silva, Susana L.; Albuquerque, Adriana; Amaral, Andreia J.; Li, Quan-Zhen; Mota, Catarina; Cheynier, Rémi; Victorino, Rui M. M.; Pereira-Santos, M. Conceição; Sousa, Ana E.. "Autoimmunity and allergy control in adults submitted to complete thymectomy early in infancy". PLOS ONE 12 7 (2017): e0180385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180385.
    10.1371/journal.pone.0180385
  7. Mota, Catarina; Carvalho, Ana Margarida; Fonseca, Válter; Silva, Marisa Teixeira; Victorino, Rui M. M.. "Exuberant liver adenomatosis presenting with iron deficiency anemia". Clinical Case Reports 5 5 (2017): 574-577. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.814.
    10.1002/ccr3.814
  8. "Multisystemic Sarcoidosis with Early Gastrointestinal Symptoms. GE Port J Gastroenterol.". GE Port J Gastroenterol 24 3 (2017): 137-141.
    Published
  9. Caramalho, Iris; Nunes-Silva, Vânia; Pires, Ana R.; Mota, Catarina; Pinto, Ana I.; Nunes-Cabaço, Helena; Foxall, Russell B.; Sousa, Ana E.. "Human regulatory T-cell development is dictated by Interleukin-2 and -15 expressed in a non-overlapping pattern in the thymus". Journal of Autoimmunity 56 (2015): 98-110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaut.2014.11.002.
    10.1016/j.jaut.2014.11.002
  10. Mota, Catarina; Nunes-Silva, Vânia; Pires, Ana R.; Matoso, Paula; Victorino, Rui M. M.; Sousa, Ana E.; Caramalho, Iris. "Delta-like 1–Mediated Notch Signaling Enhances the In Vitro Conversion of Human Memory CD4 T Cells into FOXP3-Expressing Regulatory T Cells". The Journal of Immunology 193 12 (2014): 5854-5862. http://dx.doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1400198.
    10.4049/jimmunol.1400198
  11. Barbosa, Filipe; Mota, Catarina; Patrício, Patrícia; Alcântara, Cristina; Ferreira, Carlos; Barbosa, António. "Alexithymia and Clinical Variables in SLE Patients". Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 80 2 (2011): 123-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000318222.
    10.1159/000318222
Distinctions

Award

2021 Research Grant from the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicina. Understanding the Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers on Severity of COVID-19 Lung Infection.
2021 NEDAI 2021 Basic Research Award in Autoimmunity. Regulation of Protective-antibody and Autoantibody Production in Human Autoimmunity
2015 NEDAI 2015 Research Award in Autoimmunity
2012 Immunity Best Poster Prize
2012 Excellence Award in Immunology Mário Arala-Chaves
2010 Internal Medicine Portuguese Society Best Poster Prize