Joana Almaça

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 18 papers. Top paper: “Heterogeneity of Diabetes: β-Cells, Phenotypes, and Precision Medicine: Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes and the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases”.

Heterogeneity of Diabetes: β-Cells, Phenotypes, and Precision Medicine: Proceedings of an International Symposium of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes and the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Canadian Journal of Diabetes(2021)10.1016/j.jcjd.2021.09.126

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3 citations

Dana K. Andersen, Guillermo Arreaza-Rubín, Christopher L. Pin, Sheryl Sato, C. Bruce Verchere +56 more

SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Factors ACE2 and TMPRSS2 Are Expressed in the Microvasculature and Ducts of Human Pancreas but Are Not Enriched in β Cells

Cell Metabolism(2020)10.1016/j.cmet.2020.11.006

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182 citations

Jeeyeon Cha, Shristi Shrestha, Wenliang Wang, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves, Joana Almaça +14 more

Pancreatic β-Cells Communicate With Vagal Sensory Neurons

Gastroenterology(2020)10.1053/j.gastro.2020.10.034

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92 citations

Jonathan Weitz, Alejandro Tamayo, Elizabeth Pereira, Maria Boulina, Joana Almaça +3 more

Pancreas tissue slices from organ donors enable in situ analysis of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis

JCI Insight(2020)10.1172/jci.insight.134525

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87 citations

Helmut Hiller, Christian M. Cohrs, Joana Almaça, Stephen J. Enos, Maria Beery +15 more

Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices as a model to study real-time islet regeneration

Nature Communications(2020)10.1038/s41467-020-17040-8

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64 citations

Silvia Álvarez-Cubela, Jonathan Weitz, Julia K. Panzer, Dagmar Klein, Yaisa Moreno-Hernández +15 more

Blood Flow in the Pancreatic Islet: Not so Isolated Anymore

Diabetes(2020)10.2337/dbi20-0016

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19 citations

Alejandro Caicedo, Joana Almaça

Islet pericytes convert into profibrotic myofibroblasts in a mouse model of islet vascular fibrosis

Diabetologia(2020)10.1007/s00125-020-05168-7

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35 citations

Elizabeth Pereira, João Pedro Werneck‐de‐Castro, Ernesto Bernal‐Mizrachi, Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

Functional Characterization of the Human Islet Microvasculature Using Living Pancreas Slices

Frontiers in Endocrinology(2021)10.3389/fendo.2020.602519

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36 citations

Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

Pericyte control of pancreatic islet blood flow impacts glucose homeostasis

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.08.24.457539

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3 citations

Luciana Mateus Gonçalves, Rayner Rodriguez‐Diaz, Elizabeth Pereira, Melissa Canales, Alejandro Caicedo +2 more

Dynamic scRNA-seq of live human pancreatic slices reveals functional endocrine cell neogenesis through an intermediate ducto-acinar stage

Cell Metabolism(2023)10.1016/j.cmet.2023.10.001

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49 citations

Silvia Álvarez-Cubela, Dagmar Klein, Isabella Altilio, J. A. Schulz, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves +8 more

Pericyte dysfunction and impaired vasomotion are hallmarks of islets during the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

Cell Reports(2023)10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112913

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34 citations

Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Maria Boulina, Madina Makhmutova, Elizabeth Pereira, Joana Almaça +1 more

Raptor levels are critical for β-cell adaptation to a high-fat diet in male mice

Molecular Metabolism(2023)10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101769

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6 citations

Ruy A. Louzada, João Pedro Werneck‐de‐Castro, Camila Lubaczeuski, Joana Almaça, Markus A. Rüegg +4 more

Pericyte dysfunction and impaired vasomotion are hallmarks of islets during the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2023)10.1101/2023.03.02.530808

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2 citations

Mirza Muhammad Fahd Qadir, Maria Boulina, Madina Makhmutova, Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

Diabetes as a Pancreatic Microvascular Disease—A Pericytic Perspective

Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry(2024)10.1369/00221554241236535

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13 citations

Catarina de Andrade Barboza, Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Subunit Triggers Pericyte and Microvascular Dysfunction in Human Pancreatic Islets

Diabetes(2024)10.2337/db24-0816

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8 citations

Luciana Mateus Gonçalves, Elizabeth Pereira, Roxana Diaz Cruz, Ruy A. Louzada, Maria Boulina +2 more

Functional Characterization of the Human Islet Microvasculature Using Living Pancreas Slices v3

(2024)10.17504/protocols.io.kqdg36n27g25/v3

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Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

Functional Characterization of the Human Islet Microvasculature Using Living Pancreas Slices v2

(2024)10.17504/protocols.io.kqdg36n27g25/v2

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Joana Almaça, Luciana Mateus Gonçalves

Microvascular Homeostasis Is Compromised in Pancreatic Islets in a Mouse Model of β-Cell Loss and Low-Grade Inflammation

Diabetes(2025)10.2337/db25-0368

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5 citations

Isha Shirvaikar, K. Sideris, Elizabeth Pereira, Marjan Slak Rupnik, Joana Almaça +1 more