Vasco Branco

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Vasco Branco is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Vasco Branco has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 15 papers in Pollution and 11 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Vasco Branco's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (30 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (13 papers) and Selenium in Biological Systems (10 papers). Vasco Branco is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (30 papers), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (13 papers) and Selenium in Biological Systems (10 papers). Vasco Branco collaborates with scholars based in Portugal, Sweden and United States. Vasco Branco's co-authors include Cristina Carvalho, João Canário, Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Lúcia Guilhermino, Luís R. Vieira, Arne Holmgren, Neusa Figueiredo, Jun Lu, Carlos Vale and Félix Carvalho and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Vasco Branco

51 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758)

2017 570 citations Luís Gabriel A. Barboza, Luís R. Vieira et al. Aquatic Toxicology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Vasco Branco Portugal	25	1.4k	1.2k	430	417	345	51	2.8k
Hai Xu China	32	1.9k 1.4×	1.4k 1.1×	557 1.3×	221 0.5×	222 0.6×	71	3.8k
Minghua Wang China	29	766 0.6×	772 0.6×	329 0.8×	253 0.6×	112 0.3×	72	2.0k
Bénédicte Morin France	30	917 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	563 1.3×	468 1.1×	60 0.2×	67	2.6k
Miaomiao Teng China	35	1.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.1×	614 1.4×	279 0.7×	71 0.2×	93	3.3k
Knut Erik Tollefsen Norway	34	1.8k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	543 1.3×	142 0.3×	88 0.3×	121	3.9k
Maura Benedetti Italy	31	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.6×	195 0.5×	735 1.8×	90 0.3×	67	3.6k
Amaia Orbea Spain	28	1.6k 1.2×	880 0.7×	258 0.6×	105 0.3×	95 0.3×	50	2.4k
Steve Wiseman Canada	40	2.8k 2.0×	1.3k 1.0×	539 1.3×	121 0.3×	150 0.4×	140	5.2k
Bjørn Henrik Hansen Norway	34	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.1×	334 0.8×	94 0.2×	138 0.4×	125	3.2k
Afonso Celso Dias Bainy Brazil	41	3.1k 2.3×	1.5k 1.2×	500 1.2×	93 0.2×	362 1.0×	142	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Vasco Branco

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vasco Branco

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Júnior, Célio Dias Santos, et al.. (2025). Multi-biomarker analysis of sub-chronic PAH mixture effects in fish at environmentally relevant levels. Aquatic Toxicology. 283. 107350–107350. 1 indexed citations

Aschner, Michael, et al.. (2024). Exposure of human glioblastoma cells to thimerosal inhibits the thioredoxin system and decreases tumor growth-related factors. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 484. 116844–116844. 4 indexed citations

Antunes, Joana, et al.. (2023). P17-25: Nanoplastics effect over co-cultures of intestinal and immune cells. Toxicology Letters. 384. S217–S217. 1 indexed citations

Antunes, Joana, Paula Sobral, Marta Martins, & Vasco Branco. (2023). Nanoplastics activate a TLR4/p38-mediated pro-inflammatory response in human intestinal and mouse microglia cells. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 104. 104298–104298. 24 indexed citations

Figueiredo, Neusa, et al.. (2022). Interaction of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon compounds in fish primary hepatocytes: From molecular mechanisms to genotoxic effects. The Science of The Total Environment. 855. 158783–158783. 19 indexed citations

Ogata, Fernando T., Vasco Branco, Filipa F. Vale, & Lucia Coppo. (2021). Glutaredoxin: Discovery, redox defense and much more. Redox Biology. 43. 101975–101975. 104 indexed citations

Branco, Vasco, Michael Aschner, & Cristina Carvalho. (2021). Neurotoxicity of mercury: An old issue with contemporary significance. PubMed. 5. 239–262. 36 indexed citations

Mestrinho, Lisa A., et al.. (2020). A pilot study to evaluate the serum Alpha-1 acid glycoprotein response in cats suffering from feline chronic gingivostomatitis. BMC Veterinary Research. 16(1). 390–390. 6 indexed citations

Branco, Vasco & Cristina Carvalho. (2018). The thioredoxin system as a target for mercury compounds. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1863(12). 129255–129255. 50 indexed citations

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Ren, Xiaoyuan, Lili Zou, Xu Zhang, et al.. (2017). Redox Signaling Mediated by Thioredoxin and Glutathione Systems in the Central Nervous System. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 27(13). 989–1010. 258 indexed citations

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Barboza, Luís Gabriel A., Luís R. Vieira, Vasco Branco, et al.. (2017). Microplastics cause neurotoxicity, oxidative damage and energy-related changes and interact with the bioaccumulation of mercury in the European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax (Linnaeus, 1758). Aquatic Toxicology. 195. 49–57. 570 indexed citations breakdown →

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Branco, Vasco, Ana Godinho‐Santos, João Gonçalves, et al.. (2014). Mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase inhibition, selenium status, and Nrf-2 activation are determinant factors modulating the toxicity of mercury compounds. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 73. 95–105. 82 indexed citations

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Carvalho, Gabriel Gustinelli Arantes de, Vasco Branco, João Canário, et al.. (2014). Assessment of Total and Organic Mercury Levels in Blue Sharks (Prionace glauca) from the South and Southeastern Brazilian Coast. Biological Trace Element Research. 159(1-3). 128–134. 27 indexed citations

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Branco, Vasco, João Canário, Jun Lu, Arne Holmgren, & Cristina Carvalho. (2011). Mercury and selenium interaction in vivo: Effects on thioredoxin reductase and glutathione peroxidase. Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 52(4). 781–793. 152 indexed citations

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Branco, Vasco, João Canário, Arne Holmgren, & Cristina Carvalho. (2010). Inhibition of the thioredoxin system in the brain and liver of zebra-seabreams exposed to waterborne methylmercury. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 251(2). 95–103. 77 indexed citations

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Canário, João, Carlos Vale, Laurier Poissant, et al.. (2010). Mercury in sediments and vegetation in a moderately contaminated salt marsh (Tagus Estuary, Portugal). Journal of Environmental Sciences. 22(8). 1151–1157. 36 indexed citations

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Canário, João, Vasco Branco, & Carlos Vale. (2007). Seasonal variation of monomethylmercury concentrations in surface sediments of the Tagus Estuary (Portugal). Environmental Pollution. 148(1). 380–383. 57 indexed citations

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Branco, Vasco, Carlos Vale, João Canário, & Miguel N. Santos. (2007). Mercury and selenium in blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius, L. 1758) from two areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Pollution. 150(3). 373–380. 126 indexed citations

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Casado-Martínez, MC, Vasco Branco, Carlos Vale, Ana Ferreira, & T. Ángel DelValls. (2007). Is Arenicola marina a suitable test organism to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of Hg, PAHs and PCBs from dredged sediments?. Chemosphere. 70(10). 1756–1765. 11 indexed citations

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Branco, Vasco, João Canário, Carlos Vale, Joana Raimundo, & Carlos Reis. (2004). Total and organic mercury concentrations in muscle tissue of the blue shark (Prionace glauca L.1758) from the Northeast Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 49(9-10). 871–874. 52 indexed citations

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