Graça Porto

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Graça Porto is a scholar working on Hematology, Genetics and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Graça Porto has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Hematology, 48 papers in Genetics and 42 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Graça Porto's work include Iron Metabolism and Disorders (62 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (48 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (41 papers). Graça Porto is often cited by papers focused on Iron Metabolism and Disorders (62 papers), Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (48 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (41 papers). Graça Porto collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United Kingdom and France. Graça Porto's co-authors include Maria de Sousa, Eduarda Fernandes, Marisa Freitas, Fernando A. Arosa, Rosa Lacerda, Jorge P. Pinto, Félix Carvalho, Berta Martins da Silva, Rubens Reimão and José L. F. C. Lima and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Graça Porto

102 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

Atherosclerosis is aggravated by iron overload and ameliorated by dietary and pharmacological iron restriction

2019 226 citations Graça Porto, André M. N. Silva et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Graça Porto Portugal	32	1.6k	1.2k	1.1k	565	517	103	3.2k
Chaim Hershko Israel	36	2.3k 1.4×	1.8k 1.5×	928 0.9×	474 0.8×	210 0.4×	110	4.0k
Abraham M. Konijn Israel	32	1.8k 1.1×	1.3k 1.1×	994 0.9×	709 1.3×	144 0.3×	90	3.2k
Joannes J.M. Marx Netherlands	32	1.7k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	810 0.8×	445 0.8×	129 0.2×	96	3.2k
Robert W. Grady United States	30	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.6×	649 0.6×	576 1.0×	151 0.3×	69	3.2k
Jay N. Umbreit United States	29	1.2k 0.7×	510 0.4×	999 0.9×	863 1.5×	216 0.4×	49	3.0k
David M. Frazer Australia	33	3.3k 2.0×	2.1k 1.8×	2.4k 2.3×	702 1.2×	93 0.2×	77	4.7k
Robert E. Fleming United States	39	4.0k 2.5×	3.1k 2.6×	3.0k 2.8×	1.1k 1.9×	153 0.3×	94	5.8k
Jeffery L. Miller United States	35	2.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.9×	591 0.6×	1.6k 2.9×	417 0.8×	106	5.6k
Katsuya Ikuta Japan	24	742 0.5×	529 0.4×	451 0.4×	680 1.2×	121 0.2×	103	2.2k
James P. Kushner United States	34	2.4k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.4k 1.3×	1.8k 3.2×	113 0.2×	85	4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Graça Porto

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Graça Porto

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ferreira, Fátima, et al.. (2024). Reticulocyte Antioxidant Enzymes mRNA Levels versus Reticulocyte Maturity Indices in Hereditary Spherocytosis, β-Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(4). 2159–2159. 4 indexed citations

Iolascon, Achille, Immacolata Andolfo, Roberta Russo, et al.. (2024). Recommendations for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. HemaSphere. 8(7). e108–e108. 25 indexed citations

Duarte, Tiago L., Ana Rita Pombo Antunes, Andreia Gonçalves, et al.. (2023). Iron overload induces dysplastic erythropoiesis and features of myelodysplasia in Nrf2-deficient mice. Leukemia. 38(1). 96–108. 3 indexed citations

Zoller, Heinz, Benedikt Schaefer, Annick Vanclooster, et al.. (2022). EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines on haemochromatosis. Journal of Hepatology. 77(2). 479–502. 76 indexed citations

Girelli, Domenico, Fabiana Busti, Pierre Brissot, et al.. (2021). Hemochromatosis classification: update and recommendations by the BIOIRON Society. Blood. 139(20). 3018–3029. 88 indexed citations

Ganz, Tomas, George R. Aronoff, Sandrine Gaillard, et al.. (2020). Iron Administration, Infection, and Anemia Management in CKD: Untangling the Effects of Intravenous Iron Therapy on Immunity and Infection Risk. Kidney Medicine. 2(3). 341–353. 24 indexed citations

Gavaia, Paulo J., et al.. (2019). Intracellular iron uptake is favored in Hfe‐KO mouse primary chondrocytes mimicking an osteoarthritis‐related phenotype. BioFactors. 45(4). 583–597. 37 indexed citations

Lim, Pei Jin, Tiago L. Duarte, Andrew E. Armitage, et al.. (2017). NRF2 CONTROLS SYSTEMIC IRON HOMEOSTASIS VIA BMP6 AND HEPCIDIN AND ALLEVIATES HEMOCHROMATOSIS. American Journal of Hematology. 92. 1 indexed citations

Marques, Oriana, Graça Porto, Alexandra Rêma, et al.. (2016). Local iron homeostasis in the breast ductal carcinoma microenvironment. BMC Cancer. 16(1). 187–187. 71 indexed citations

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Marques, Oriana, Paula Faustino, Alexandra Rêma, et al.. (2016). HFE Variants and the Expression of Iron-Related Proteins in Breast Cancer-Associated Lymphocytes and Macrophages. Cancer Microenvironment. 9(2-3). 85–91. 3 indexed citations

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Pinto, Jorge P., João Arezes, Vera Dias, et al.. (2014). Physiological implications of NTBI uptake by T lymphocytes. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 5. 24–24. 33 indexed citations

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Cruz, Eugénia, James C. Barton, Ketil Thorstensen, et al.. (2013). Effects of Highly Conserved Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Extended Haplotypes on Iron and Low CD8+ T Lymphocyte Phenotypes in HFE C282Y Homozygous Hemochromatosis Patients from Three Geographically Distant Areas. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79990–e79990. 14 indexed citations

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Porto, Graça, et al.. (2012). Hepcidina: A Molécula-Chave na Regulação do Metabolismo do Ferro. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 2 indexed citations

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Freitas, Marisa, Graça Porto, José L. F. C. Lima, & Eduarda Fernandes. (2008). Isolation and activation of human neutrophils in vitro. The importance of the anticoagulant used during blood collection. Clinical Biochemistry. 41(7-8). 570–575. 101 indexed citations

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Cruz, Eugénia, Jorge Vieira, Susana Almeida, et al.. (2006). A study of 82 extended HLA haplotypes in HFE-C282Y homozygous hemochromatosis subjects: relationship to the genetic control of CD8+ T-lymphocyte numbers and severity of iron overload. BMC Medical Genetics. 7(1). 16–16. 28 indexed citations

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Cardoso, Carla, Helena Alves, M Mascarenhas, et al.. (2002). Co-selection of the H63D mutation and the HLA-A29 allele: a new paradigm of linkage disequilibrium?. Immunogenetics. 53(12). 1002–1008. 24 indexed citations

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Porto, Beatriz, et al.. (2001). Human red blood cells have an enhancing effect on the relative expansion of CD8⁺ T lymphocytes in vitro. Cell Proliferation. 34(6). 359–367. 15 indexed citations

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Lacerda, Lúcia, Fernando A. Arosa, Rosa Lacerda, et al.. (1999). T Cell Numbers Relate to Bone Involvement in Gaucher Disease. Blood Cells Molecules and Diseases. 25(2). 130–138. 40 indexed citations

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Arosa, Fernando A., Orlando De Jesús, Graça Porto, Alexandre M. Carmo, & Maria de Sousa. (1999). Calreticulin Is Expressed on the Cell Surface of Activated Human Peripheral Blood T Lymphocytes in Association with Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Molecules. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 274(24). 16917–16922. 118 indexed citations

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Porto, Graça, Rubens Reimão, Cristina Gonçalves, et al.. (1994). Haemochromatosis as a window into the study of the immunological system: A novel correlation between CD8⁺ lymphocytes and iron overload. European Journal Of Haematology. 52(5). 283–290. 60 indexed citations

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