Sofia Nascimento dos Santos

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 969 citations indexed

About

Sofia Nascimento dos Santos is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 969 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Immunology and 8 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Sofia Nascimento dos Santos's work include Galectins and Cancer Biology (11 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers). Sofia Nascimento dos Santos is often cited by papers focused on Galectins and Cancer Biology (11 papers), Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research (8 papers) and Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery (5 papers). Sofia Nascimento dos Santos collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United Kingdom and United States. Sofia Nascimento dos Santos's co-authors include Pedro V. Baptista, Joaquim Tiago Cardoso Leles de Jesus, Luís R. Raposo, Alexandra R. Fernandes, Pedro Martins, Catarina Roma‐Rodrigues, Emerson Soares Bernardes, Adrian L. Harris, Ralph Santos‐Oliveira and Roger Chammas and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications and Endocrinology.

In The Last Decade

Sofia Nascimento dos Santos

38 papers receiving 952 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Heterocyclic Anticancer Compounds: Recent Advances and the Paradigm Shift towards the Use of Nanomedicine’s Tool Box
    2015 564 citations Pedro Martins, Joaquim Tiago Cardoso Leles de Jesus et al. Molecules profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sofia Nascimento dos Santos Brazil 13 506 311 167 98 76 39 969
Santosh Rudrawar Australia 21 986 1.9× 557 1.8× 103 0.6× 85 0.9× 83 1.1× 54 1.6k
Daniel H. O’Donovan United Kingdom 16 301 0.6× 451 1.5× 49 0.3× 138 1.4× 55 0.7× 27 833
Federica Pisaneschi United States 16 324 0.6× 255 0.8× 63 0.4× 124 1.3× 64 0.8× 51 702
Ramon Subirós‐Funosas Spain 16 531 1.0× 771 2.5× 79 0.5× 102 1.0× 179 2.4× 22 1.1k
Fredrik Lehmann Sweden 17 278 0.5× 575 1.8× 108 0.6× 210 2.1× 45 0.6× 59 1.1k
Yuta Suzuki Japan 23 1.2k 2.3× 986 3.2× 130 0.8× 58 0.6× 73 1.0× 48 2.2k
Yoshinari Okamoto Japan 15 183 0.4× 296 1.0× 132 0.8× 82 0.8× 64 0.8× 53 783
Marina I. Nelen United States 17 472 0.9× 488 1.6× 121 0.7× 95 1.0× 103 1.4× 27 1.2k
John C. Widen United States 12 318 0.6× 439 1.4× 41 0.2× 93 0.9× 102 1.3× 16 863
Yunlong Lu China 17 377 0.7× 263 0.8× 102 0.6× 426 4.3× 100 1.3× 29 954

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sofia Nascimento dos Santos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sofia Nascimento dos Santos

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos & Timothy H. Witney. (2025). Molecular Imaging of Cancer Stem Cells and Their Role in Therapy Resistance. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 66(1). 14–19. 3 indexed citations
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Wasinski, Frederick, Emerson Soares Bernardes, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2024). The Pattern of GH Action in the Mouse Brain. Endocrinology. 165(7). 5 indexed citations
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Rosales, Thiécla Katiane Osvaldt, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, Luis Morales‐Quintana, et al.. (2024). A study of the oral bioavailability and biodistribution increase of Nanoencapsulation-driven Delivering radiolabeled anthocyanins. Food Research International. 197(Pt 1). 115125–115125. 3 indexed citations
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Farooq, Sajid, et al.. (2024). Recognition of breast cancer subtypes using FTIR hyperspectral data. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 310. 123941–123941. 2 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, et al.. (2023). Development of glycan-targeted nanoparticles as a novel therapeutic opportunity for gastric cancer treatment. Cancer Nanotechnology. 14(1). 2 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, Melinda Wuest, Jennifer Dufour, et al.. (2023). Comparison of three 18F-labeled 2-nitroimidazoles for imaging hypoxia in breast cancer xenografts: [18F]FBNA, [18F]FAZA and [18F]FMISO. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 124-125. 108383–108383. 6 indexed citations
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Teodoro, Anderson Junger, et al.. (2022). Lycopene induces bone marrow lymphopoiesis and differentiation of peritoneal IgA-producing cells. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 94(suppl 3). e20210002–e20210002. 2 indexed citations
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Souza, Carla Daruich de, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, Emerson Soares Bernardes, et al.. (2022). Synthesis, In Vitro Testing, and Biodistribution of Surfactant-Free Radioactive Nanoparticles for Cancer Treatment. Nanomaterials. 12(2). 187–187. 4 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, et al.. (2022). Molecular Imaging for In Vivo Tracking and Detection of Galectin Binding Partners. Methods in molecular biology. 2442. 339–352. 1 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of a 2-nitroimidazole derivative N-(4-[18F]fluorobenzyl)-2-(2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-acetamide ([18 F]FBNA) as PET radiotracer for imaging tumor hypoxia. EJNMMI Radiopharmacy and Chemistry. 7(1). 13–13. 4 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, et al.. (2021). The impact of scan number and its preprocessing in micro-FTIR imaging when applying machine learning for breast cancer subtypes classification. Vibrational Spectroscopy. 117. 103309–103309. 7 indexed citations
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Pinto, Suyene Rocha, Emerson Soares Bernardes, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2019). Octreotide Nanoparticles Showed Affinity for In Vivo MIA Paca-2 Inducted Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma Mimicking Pancreatic Polypeptide-Secreting Tumor of the Distal Pancreas (PPoma). Pharmaceutical Research. 36(10). 143–143. 11 indexed citations
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Helal‐Neto, Edward, Suyene Rocha Pinto, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2019). Colorectal Adenocarcinoma: Imaging using 5-Fluoracil Nanoparticles Labeled with Technetium 99 Metastable. Current Pharmaceutical Design. 25(30). 3282–3288. 3 indexed citations
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Helal‐Neto, Edward, Suyene Rocha Pinto, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2018). Magnetic core mesoporous silica nanoparticles doped with dacarbazine and labelled with 99mTc for early and differential detection of metastatic melanoma by single photon emission computed tomography. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology. 46(sup1). 1080–1087. 27 indexed citations
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Pinto, Suyene Rocha, Edward Helal‐Neto, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2018). In loco retention effect of magnetic core mesoporous silica nanoparticles doped with trastuzumab as intralesional nanodrug for breast cancer. Artificial Cells Nanomedicine and Biotechnology. 46(sup3). 725–733. 9 indexed citations
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Oliveira, Felipe Leite de, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, Camila Brand, et al.. (2018). Lack of galectin-3 modifies differentially Notch ligands in bone marrow and spleen stromal cells interfering with B cell differentiation. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 3495–3495. 19 indexed citations
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Santos, Sofia Nascimento dos, Terezinha de Jesus Andreoli Pinto, Daniela Dal Molim Ghisleni, et al.. (2017). Microradiopharmaceutical for Metastatic Melanoma. Pharmaceutical Research. 34(12). 2922–2930. 10 indexed citations
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Fermino, Marise Lopes, Nerry T. Cecílio, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2016). Lack of galectin-3 increases Jagged1/Notch activation in bone marrow-derived dendritic cells and promotes dysregulation of T helper cell polarization. Molecular Immunology. 76. 22–34. 23 indexed citations
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Martins, Pedro, Joaquim Tiago Cardoso Leles de Jesus, Sofia Nascimento dos Santos, et al.. (2015). Heterocyclic Anticancer Compounds: Recent Advances and the Paradigm Shift towards the Use of Nanomedicine’s Tool Box. Molecules. 20(9). 16852–16891. 564 indexed citations breakdown →
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Oliveira, Felipe Leite de, Emerson Soares Bernardes, Camila Brand, et al.. (2015). Lack of galectin-3 up-regulates IgA expression by peritoneal B1 lymphocytes during B cell differentiation. Cell and Tissue Research. 363(2). 411–426. 15 indexed citations

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