Flávia Castro

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Flávia Castro is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Flávia Castro has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Immunology, 13 papers in Oncology and 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Flávia Castro's work include Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (10 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (9 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Flávia Castro is often cited by papers focused on Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (10 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (9 papers) and Immune cells in cancer (6 papers). Flávia Castro collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Belgium and United Kingdom. Flávia Castro's co-authors include María José Oliveira, Raquel M. Gonçalves, Ana Patrícia Cardoso, Karine Serre, Catarina Leite Pereira, Mário A. Barbosa, Bruno Sarmento, Marta L. Pinto, Andreia Almeida and Graciosa Q. Teixeira and has published in prestigious journals such as ACS Nano, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Flávia Castro

29 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Interferon-Gamma at the Crossroads of Tumor Immune Surveillance or Evasion

2018 875 citations Flávia Castro, Ana Patrícia Cardoso et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Flávia Castro Portugal	16	753	554	499	285	242	31	1.6k
Güneş Esendağlı Türkiye	27	628 0.8×	551 1.0×	569 1.1×	356 1.2×	555 2.3×	94	2.0k
Stephen H. Wrzesinski United States	13	1.0k 1.3×	872 1.6×	705 1.4×	325 1.1×	171 0.7×	20	2.1k
Sachiko Hirosue Switzerland	16	933 1.2×	560 1.0×	787 1.6×	282 1.0×	137 0.6×	21	1.7k
Tohid Gharibi Iran	22	548 0.7×	592 1.1×	530 1.1×	156 0.5×	99 0.4×	31	1.7k
Wenxue Ma United States	26	722 1.0×	624 1.1×	1.1k 2.2×	352 1.2×	453 1.9×	84	2.5k
Hangyu Zhang China	19	264 0.4×	566 1.0×	711 1.4×	270 0.9×	243 1.0×	87	1.7k
Laurence M. Wood United States	24	625 0.8×	438 0.8×	723 1.4×	306 1.1×	157 0.6×	48	1.8k
Mee Rie Sheen United States	21	454 0.6×	302 0.5×	760 1.5×	344 1.2×	174 0.7×	31	1.7k
Amanda Graveline United States	17	581 0.8×	283 0.5×	734 1.5×	397 1.4×	88 0.4×	21	1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Flávia Castro

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Flávia Castro. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Flávia Castro based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Flávia Castro. Flávia Castro is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rios, Elisabete, Ângela M. Costa, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2025). Patient-Derived Colorectal Cancer Extracellular Matrices Modulate Cancer Cell Stemness Markers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(7). 2890–2890. 2 indexed citations

Castro, Flávia, Marta L. Pinto, Catarina Leite Pereira, et al.. (2025). Chitosan/γ-PGA nanoparticles and IFN-γ immunotherapy: A dual approach for triple-negative breast cancer treatment. Journal of Controlled Release. 379. 621–635. 10 indexed citations

Coelho, Miguel, et al.. (2025). Engineered dendritic cells-derived extracellular vesicles for cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 381. 113620–113620. 3 indexed citations

Borges, Cristina, Joana Paredes, Lydia Meziani, et al.. (2025). Emerging mechanisms of triple-negative breast cancer radioresistance: Interplay between cancer cell mechanisms and the tumor immune microenvironment. Cancer Treatment Reviews. 140. 103026–103026.

Rodrigues, J, et al.. (2024). Advancing osteosarcoma 3D modeling in vitro for novel tumor microenvironment-targeted therapies development. Journal of Controlled Release. 376. 1068–1085. 5 indexed citations

Castro, Flávia, et al.. (2024). The link between obesity and the gut microbiota and immune system in early-life. Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 51(2). 264–284. 6 indexed citations

Ferreira, Dylan, Marta Relvas‐Santos, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2024). A multivalent CD44 glycoconjugate vaccine candidate for cancer immunotherapy. Journal of Controlled Release. 367. 540–556. 7 indexed citations

Martins, Cláudia, Tânia Cruz, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2023). scFv biofunctionalized nanoparticles to effective and safe targeting of CEA-expressing colorectal cancer cells. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 21(1). 357–357. 10 indexed citations

Oliveira, María José, et al.. (2023). Special Issue: Nanotherapeutics in Women's Health Emerging Nanotechnologies for Triple‐Negative Breast Cancer Treatment. Small. 20(41). e2300666–e2300666. 22 indexed citations

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Castro, Flávia, et al.. (2023). Reprogramming of tumor-associated macrophages by polyaniline-coated iron oxide nanoparticles applied to treatment of breast cancer. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 636. 122866–122866. 17 indexed citations

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Pereira, Catarina Leite, et al.. (2023). Mimicking 3D breast tumor-stromal interactions to screen novel cancer therapeutics. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 190. 106560–106560. 6 indexed citations

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Cardoso, Ana Patrícia, Marta L. Pinto, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2021). The immunosuppressive and pro-tumor functions of CCL18 at the tumor microenvironment. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews. 60. 107–119. 40 indexed citations

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Castro, Flávia, Cláudia Martins, Andreia Almeida, et al.. (2021). p28-functionalized PLGA nanoparticles loaded with gefitinib reduce tumor burden and metastases formation on lung cancer. Journal of Controlled Release. 337. 329–342. 42 indexed citations

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Castro, Flávia, Catarina Leite Pereira, Maria Helena Macedo, et al.. (2021). Advances on colorectal cancer 3D models: The needed translational technology for nanomedicine screening. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 175. 113824–113824. 45 indexed citations

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Cavadas, Bruno, Filipe Pinto, Ana Patrícia Cardoso, et al.. (2020). Hypoxia and Macrophages Act in Concert Towards a Beneficial Outcome in Colon Cancer. Cancers. 12(4). 818–818. 7 indexed citations

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Castro, Flávia, et al.. (2020). Advances on erythrocyte-mimicking nanovehicles to overcome barriers in biological microenvironments. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 170. 312–339. 53 indexed citations

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Castro, Flávia, Ana Patrícia Cardoso, Raquel M. Gonçalves, Karine Serre, & María José Oliveira. (2018). Interferon-Gamma at the Crossroads of Tumor Immune Surveillance or Evasion. Frontiers in Immunology. 9. 847–847. 875 indexed citations breakdown →

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Castro, Flávia, Marta L. Pinto, Andreia Silva, et al.. (2017). Pro-inflammatory chitosan/poly(γ-glutamic acid) nanoparticles modulate human antigen-presenting cells phenotype and revert their pro-invasive capacity. Acta Biomaterialia. 63. 96–109. 52 indexed citations

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Teixeira, Graciosa Q., Catarina Leite Pereira, Flávia Castro, et al.. (2016). Anti-inflammatory Chitosan/Poly-γ-glutamic acid nanoparticles control inflammation while remodeling extracellular matrix in degenerated intervertebral disc. Acta Biomaterialia. 42. 168–179. 77 indexed citations

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Cardoso, Filipa, Flávia Castro, Lúcia Moreira-Teixeira, et al.. (2015). Myeloid Sirtuin 2 Expression Does Not Impact Long-Term Mycobacterium tuberculosis Control. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0131904–e0131904. 19 indexed citations

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