Rita Castro

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Rita Castro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rheumatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Rita Castro has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Rheumatology and 7 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Rita Castro's work include Folate and B Vitamins Research (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (6 papers). Rita Castro is often cited by papers focused on Folate and B Vitamins Research (21 papers), Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (12 papers) and Esophageal and GI Pathology (6 papers). Rita Castro collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, United States and Netherlands. Rita Castro's co-authors include Diane E. Handy, Joseph Loscalzo, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, Henk J. Blom, Isabel Rivera, Madalena Barroso, Ruben Esse, C. Jakobs, Paula Ravasco and M. Camilo and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rita Castro

42 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Epigenetic Modifications

2011 770 citations Diane E. Handy, Rita Castro et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rita Castro Portugal	20	1.2k	817	294	290	251	42	2.4k
Marta Pogribna United States	22	1.5k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	414 1.4×	674 2.3×	174 0.7×	29	3.1k
Alessandra Perna Italy	35	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	587 2.0×	316 1.1×	519 2.1×	165	3.9k
Jing Ma China	25	887 0.8×	554 0.7×	592 2.0×	151 0.5×	552 2.2×	97	3.9k
Stuart J. Moat United Kingdom	29	631 0.5×	1.4k 1.7×	481 1.6×	248 0.9×	497 2.0×	80	2.8k
Leslie M. Fischer United States	27	1.0k 0.9×	842 1.0×	145 0.5×	325 1.1×	500 2.0×	34	3.0k
Mateusz Kurzawski Poland	32	663 0.6×	455 0.6×	360 1.2×	428 1.5×	168 0.7×	158	3.1k
Violetta Dziedziejko Poland	25	679 0.6×	198 0.2×	361 1.2×	164 0.6×	234 0.9×	166	2.4k
Luke S. Chang Taiwan	33	742 0.6×	308 0.4×	630 2.1×	305 1.1×	159 0.6×	148	3.3k
Min Yu China	28	877 0.8×	145 0.2×	288 1.0×	232 0.8×	186 0.7×	149	2.5k
Olga Malysheva United States	31	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.3×	124 0.4×	912 3.1×	575 2.3×	117	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rita Castro

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rita Castro

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Kim, Inhye, et al.. (2024). Twinkling Peptide Nanoemulsions Enable Precision Ultrasound Detection of Atherosclerotic Plaques. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(8). 2 indexed citations

Castro, Rita, Kristina Petersen, Vishal Singh, et al.. (2024). A very-low carbohydrate content in a high-fat diet modifies the plasma metabolome and impacts systemic inflammation and experimental atherosclerosis. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 126. 109562–109562. 7 indexed citations

Paudel, Devendra, et al.. (2023). Gastrointestinal microbiota-directed nutritional and therapeutic interventions for inflammatory bowel disease: opportunities and challenges. Gastroenterology report. 12. goae033–goae033. 8 indexed citations

Castro, Rita, et al.. (2023). High-field magnetic resonance microscopy of aortic plaques in a mouse model of atherosclerosis. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics Biology and Medicine. 36(6). 887–896. 3 indexed citations

Paudel, Devendra, Fuhua Hao, Rabin Neupane, et al.. (2023). Refined fiber inulin promotes inflammation‐associated colon tumorigenesis by modulating microbial succinate production. Cancer Reports. 6(11). e1863–e1863. 19 indexed citations

Silva, Inês V. da, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Nutritional Ketosis on Aquaporin Expression in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice: Potential Implications for Energy Homeostasis. Biomedicines. 10(5). 1159–1159. 7 indexed citations

Piedade, J., et al.. (2021). Evaluating vertical transmission of sexually transmitted infections to newborns. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. 15(10). 1547–1550. 1 indexed citations

Silva, Inês V. da, Sandra G. Heil, Thomas Neuberger, et al.. (2021). An Atherogenic Diet Disturbs Aquaporin 5 Expression in Liver and Adipocyte Tissues of Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice: New Insights into an Old Model of Experimental Atherosclerosis. Biomedicines. 9(2). 150–150. 5 indexed citations

Castro, Rita, et al.. (2021). A Hypomethylating Ketogenic Diet in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice: A Pilot Study on Vascular Effects and Specific Epigenetic Changes. Nutrients. 13(10). 3576–3576. 10 indexed citations

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Esse, Ruben, Madalena Barroso, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, & Rita Castro. (2019). The Contribution of Homocysteine Metabolism Disruption to Endothelial Dysfunction: State-of-the-Art. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(4). 867–867. 227 indexed citations

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Silva, Inês V. da, et al.. (2018). Endothelial Aquaporins and Hypomethylation: Potential Implications for Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 19(1). 130–130. 29 indexed citations

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Barroso, Madalena, Henk J. Blom, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, et al.. (2015). S-adenosylhomocysteine induces inflammation through NFkB: A possible role for EZH2 in endothelial cell activation. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1862(1). 82–92. 65 indexed citations

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Barroso, Madalena, Hermann Kalwa, Zélia Silva, et al.. (2014). Inhibition of Cellular Methyltransferases Promotes Endothelial Cell Activation by Suppressing Glutathione Peroxidase 1 Protein Expression. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(22). 15350–15362. 45 indexed citations

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Esse, Ruben, Apolline Imbard, Mônica S. Rocha, et al.. (2013). Global protein and histone arginine methylation are affected in a tissue-specific manner in a rat model of diet-induced hyperhomocysteinemia. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease. 1832(10). 1708–1714. 28 indexed citations

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Esse, Ruben, Mônica S. Rocha, Madalena Barroso, et al.. (2013). Protein Arginine Methylation Is More Prone to Inhibition by S-Adenosylhomocysteine than DNA Methylation in Vascular Endothelial Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e55483–e55483. 17 indexed citations

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Silva, Zélia, Ziqiu Tong, M. Guadalupe Cabral, et al.. (2011). Sialyl Lewisx-dependent binding of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells to selectins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 409(3). 459–464. 19 indexed citations

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Barroso, Madalena, Ruben Esse, Isabel Gonçalves, et al.. (2011). Cellular hypomethylation is associated with impaired nitric oxide production by cultured human endothelial cells. Amino Acids. 42(5). 1903–1911. 16 indexed citations

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Rocha, Mônica S., Rita Castro, Isabel Rivera, et al.. (2010). Global DNA methylation: comparison of enzymatic- and non-enzymatic-based methods. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 48(12). 1793–1798. 11 indexed citations

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Pinhanços, Sandra S., et al.. (2009). Serum homocysteine: Interplay with other circulating and genetic factors in association to Alzheimer's type dementia. Clinical Biochemistry. 42(9). 783–790. 30 indexed citations

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Castro, Rita, Isabel Rivera, Paula Ravasco, et al.. (2003). 5,10‐Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677C→T and 1298A→C mutations are genetic determinants of elevated homocysteine. QJM. 96(4). 297–303. 94 indexed citations

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