[P1] Santos CIM, Santiago AM, Araújo ARL, Pinto SN, Agostinho RR, Simão S, Azevedo TP, et al. "New fluorescent probes based on gallium(III) corrole complexes for the recognition of hydrogen sulfide: A journey from solution to intracellular site". Dyes and Pigments 216 (2023): 111304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111304

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[P2] Casteleiro B; Da Cruz-Boisson F, Alcouffe P; Pinto SN, Gaspar MJM, Charreyre, MT, Farinha JPS, Favier A. "Near-Infrared-Luminescent Gold Nanoclusters Stabilized by End-Grafted Biocompatible Polymer Chains for Bioimaging". ACS Applied Nano Materials (2023): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c01665

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[P3] Gonçalves D, Pinto SN, Fernandes F. Extracellular Vesicles and Infection: From Hijacked Machinery to Therapeutic Tools. Pharmaceutics. 2023. 15(6):1738. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics15061738. (Co-corresponding Author).

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[P4] Quendera AP, Pinto SN, Pobre V, Antunes W, Bonifácio VDB, Arraiano CM, Andrade JM. The ribonuclease PNPase is a key regulator of biofilm formation in Listeria monocytogenes and affects invasion of host cells. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2023. 9(1):34.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00397-1.

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[P5] Pedro NA, Fontebasso G, Pinto SN, Alves M, Mira NP. Acetate modulates the inhibitory effect of Lactobacillus gasseri against the pathogenic yeasts Candida albicans and Candida glabrata. Microb Cell. 2023 Mar 21;10(4):88-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.15698/mic2023.04.795.

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[P6] Cruz A, Barbosa J, Antunes P, Bonifácio VDB, Pinto SN. A Glimpse into Dendrimers Integration in Cancer Imaging and Theranostics. Int J Mol Sci. 2023. 24(6):5430. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24065430. (Senior and co-corresponding author).

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[P7] Dias TP, Pinto SN, Carvalho S, Fernandes TG, Fernandes F, Diogo MM, Peleteiro MC, Prieto M, Cabral JMS. Cost-Effective Mechanical Aggregation of Cardiac Progenitors and Encapsulation in Matrigel Support Self-Organization in a Dynamic Culture Environment. Int J Mol Sci. 2022. 23(24):15785. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms232415785.

 

[P8] Raj R, Pinto SN, Crucho CIC, Das S, Baleizão C, Farinha JPS. Optically traceable PLGA-silica nanoparticles for cell-triggered doxorubicin delivery. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2022. 220:112872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112872.

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[P9] Dias TP, Baltazar T, Pinto SN, Fernandes TG, Fernandes F, Diogo MM, Prieto M, Cabral JMS. Xeno-Free Integrated Platform for Robust Production of Cardiomyocyte Sheets from hiPSCs. Stem Cells Int. 2022. 2022:4542719.  https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4542719.

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[P10] Bexiga NM, Alves MM, Taryba MG, Pinto SN, Montemor MF. "Early biomimetic degradation of Mg-2Ca alloy reveals the impact of ß-phases at the interface of this biomaterial on a micro-scale level". Corrosion Science. 2022. 207: 110526. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci. 2022.110526.

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[P11] Dias SA, Pinto SN, Silva-Herdade AS, Cheneval O, Craik DJ, Coutinho A, Castanho MARB, Henriques ST, Veiga AS. A designed cyclic analogue of gomesin has potent activity against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2022. 77(12):3256-3264.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkac309.

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[P12] Condinho M, Carvalho B, Cruz A, Pinto SN, Arraiano CM, Pobre V. The role of RNA regulators, quorum sensing and c-di-GMP in bacterial biofilm formation. FEBS Open Bio. 2023. 13(6):975-991. http://dx.doi.org/10. 1002/2211-5463.13389.

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[P13] Barbosa M, Simões H, Pinto SN, Macedo AS, Fonte P, Prazeres DMF. Fusions of a carbohydrate binding module with the small cationic hexapeptide RWRWRW confer antimicrobial properties to cellulose-based materials. Acta Biomater. 2022. 143:216-232. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.02.042. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j. actbio.2022.02.042.

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[P14] Antunes P, Cruz A, Barbosa J, Bonifácio VDB, Pinto SN. Lipid Droplets in Cancer: From Composition and Role to Imaging and Therapeutics. Molecules. 2022. 27(3):991. http://dx.doi.org/10. 3390/molecules27030991. (Senior and co-corresponding author).

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[P15] Bárria C, Mil-Homens D, Pinto SN, Fialho AM, Arraiano CM, Domingues S. RNase R, a New Virulence Determinant of . Microorganisms. 2022. 10(2):317. http://dx.doi. org/10.3390/microorganisms10020317.

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[P16] Djaló M, Silva MJSA, Faustino H, Pinto SN, Mendonça R, Gois PMP. Multivalent NHS-activated acrylates for orthogonal site-selective functionalisation of peptides at cysteine residues. Chem Commun (Camb). 2022. 58(57):7928-7931. Chemical Communications (2022): https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC02204D.

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[P17] Pinto SN, Mil-Homens D, Pires RF, Alves MM, Serafim G, Martinho N, Melo M, Fialho AM, Bonifácio VDB. Core-shell polycationic polyurea pharmadendrimers: new-generation of sustainable broad-spectrum antibiotics and antifungals. Biomater Sci. 2022. 10(18):5197-5207.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d2bm00679k. (First author)​

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[P18] Baldo S, Antunes P, Felicidade JF, Santos FMF, Arteaga JF, Fernandes F, Pischel U, Pinto SN, Gois PMP. The BASHY Platform Enables the Assembly of a Fluorescent Bortezomib-GV1001 Conjugate. ACS Med Chem Lett. 2021. 13(1):128-133. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.1c00615. (Co-corresponding author)

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[P19] Cruz A, Condinho M, Carvalho B, Arraiano CM, Pobre V, Pinto SN. The Two Weapons against Bacterial Biofilms: Detection and Treatment. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Dec 3;10(12):1482. https://doi.org/10. 3390/antibiotics10121482. (Senior and co-corresponding author).

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[P20] Mariz IFA, Pinto SN, Santiago AM, Martinho JMG, Recio J, Vaquero JJ, Cuadro AM, Maçôas E. Two-photon activated precision molecular photosensitizer targeting mitochondria. Commun Chem. 2021. 4(1):142. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00581-4.

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[P21] Sarmento MJ, Borges-Araújo L, Pinto SN, Bernardes N, Ricardo JC, Coutinho A, Prieto M, Fernandes F. Quantitative FRET Microscopy Reveals a Crucial Role of Cytoskeleton in Promoting PI(4,5)P2 Confinement. Int J Mol Sci. 2021. 22(21):11727.  https://doi. org/10.3390/ijms222111727.

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[P22] Garizo AR, Coelho LF, Pinto SN, Dias TP, Fernandes F, Bernardes N, Fialho AM. The Azurin-Derived Peptide CT-p19LC Exhibits Membrane-Active Properties and Induces Cancer Cell Death. Biomedicines. 2021. 9(9):1194. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9091194.

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[P23] Ferreira M, Pinto SN, Aires-da-Silva F, Bettencourt A, Aguiar SI, Gaspar MM. Liposomes as a Nanoplatform to Improve the Delivery of Antibiotics into Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms. Pharmaceutics. 2021. 13(3):321. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13030321.

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[P24] Mil-Homens D, Martins M, Barbosa J, Serafim G, Sarmento MJ, Pires RF, Rodrigues V, Bonifácio VDB, Pinto SN. Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates: In Vivo Virulence Assessment in Galleria mellonella and Potential Therapeutics by Polycationic Oligoethyleneimine. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021. 10(1):56. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10010056. (Senior and corresponding author).

 

[P25] Pimenta AI, Mil-Homens D, Pinto SN, Fialho AM. Phenotypic characterization of trimeric autotransporter adhesin-defective bcaC mutant of Burkholderia cenocepacia: cross-talk towards the histidine kinase BCAM0218. Microbes Infect. 2020. 22(9):457-466.  http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.micinf.2020.05.018.

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[P26] Santos CIM, Rodríguez-Pérez L, Gonçalves G, Pinto SN, Melle-Franco M, Marques PAAP, Faustino MAF, et al. "Novel hybrids based on graphene quantum dots covalently linked to glycol corroles for multiphoton bioimaging". Carbon 166 (2020): 164-174. http://dx.doi. org/10.1016/j.carbon.2020.04.012.

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[P27] Milheiro SA, Gonçalves J, Lopes RMRM, Madureira M, Lobo L, Lopes A, Nogueira F, Fontinha D, Prudêncio M, M Piedade MF, Pinto SN, Florindo PR, Moreira R. Half-Sandwich Cyclopentadienylruthenium(II) Complexes: A New Antimalarial Chemotype. Inorg Chem. 2020. 59(17):12722-12732. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs. inorgchem.0c01795.

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[P28] Alves MM, Mil-Homens D, Pinto SN, Santos CF, Montemor MF. Antagonist biocompatibilities of Zn-based materials functionalized with physiological active metal oxides. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2020. 191:110990. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110990.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2020.110990.

 

[P29] Crucho CIC, Avó J, Diniz AM, Pinto SN, Barbosa J, Smith PO, Berberan-Santos MN, Pålsson LO, Dias FB. TADF Dye-Loaded Nanoparticles for Fluorescence Live-Cell Imaging. Front Chem. 2020. 8:404.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fchem. 2020.00404.

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[P30] Crucho CIC, Avó J, Nobuyasu R, Pinto SN, Fernandes F, Lima JC, Berberan-Santos MN, Dias FB. Silica nanoparticles with thermally activated delayed fluorescence for live cell imaging. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2020. 109:110528. https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.msec.2019.110528.

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[P31] Pinto SN, Dias SA, Cruz AF, Mil-Homens D, Fernandes F, Valle J, Andreu D, Prieto M, Castanho MARB, Coutinho A, Veiga AS. The mechanism of action of pepR, a viral-derived peptide, against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2019 Sep 1;74(9):2617-2625.  http://dx.doi.org/10. 1093/jac/dkz22. (First author).

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[P32] Cavalheiro M, Costa C, Silva-Dias A, Miranda IM, Wang C, Pais P, Pinto SN, Mil-Homens D, Sato-Okamoto M, Takahashi-Nakaguchi A, Silva RM, Mira NP, Fialho AM, Chibana H, Rodrigues AG, Butler G, Teixeira MC. A Transcriptomics Approach To Unveiling the Mechanisms of In Vitro Evolution towards Fluconazole Resistance of a Candida glabrata Clinical Isolate. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018. 63(1):e00995-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00995-18.