List of works - Vasco Branco

Assessment of total and organic mercury levels in blue sharks (Prionace glauca) from the south and southeastern Brazilian coast

scientific article published on 7 May 2014

Biogeochemistry of mercury and methylmercury in sediment cores from Sundarban mangrove wetland, India--a UNESCO World Heritage Site

scientific article published on 4 October 2011

Biomarkers of adverse response to mercury: histopathology versus thioredoxin reductase activity.

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

Biomarkers of mercury toxicity: Past, present, and future trends.

scientific article published on 05 April 2017

Diphenyl diselenide protects against methylmercury-induced inhibition of thioredoxin reductase and glutathione peroxidase in human neuroblastoma cells: a comparison with ebselen

scientific article published on 6 April 2017

Effects of microplastics and mercury in the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774): Filtration rate, biochemical biomarkers and mercury bioconcentration

scientific article published on 11 August 2018

Environmental levels of Linear alkylbenzene Sulfonates (LAS) in sediments from the Tagus estuary (Portugal): environmental implications.

scientific article published on 29 January 2008

Impaired cross-talk between the thioredoxin and glutathione systems is related to ASK-1 mediated apoptosis in neuronal cells exposed to mercury

scientific article published on June 2017

In Vitro Assessment of the Efficacy of a Macrocyclic Chelator in Reversing Methylmercury Toxicity

scientific article published on 30 November 2019

Inhibition of the thioredoxin system in the brain and liver of zebra-seabreams exposed to waterborne methylmercury

scientific article published on 17 December 2010

Is Arenicola marina a suitable test organism to evaluate the bioaccumulation potential of Hg, PAHs and PCBs from dredged sediments?

scientific article published on 17 October 2007

Mercury and selenium in blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius, L. 1758) from two areas of the Atlantic Ocean.

scientific article published on 21 March 2007

Mercury and selenium interaction in vivo: effects on thioredoxin reductase and glutathione peroxidase.

scientific article published on 13 December 2011

Mercury in sediments and vegetation in a moderately contaminated salt marsh (Tagus Estuary, Portugal).

scientific article published in January 2010

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

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

Microplastics increase mercury bioconcentration in gills and bioaccumulation in the liver, and cause oxidative stress and damage in Dicentrarchus labrax juveniles

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Mitochondrial thioredoxin reductase inhibition, selenium status, and Nrf-2 activation are determinant factors modulating the toxicity of mercury compounds

scientific article published on 6 May 2014

Redox Signaling Mediated by Thioredoxin and Glutathione Systems in the Central Nervous System.

scientific article

Relations between mercury, methyl-mercury and selenium in tissues of Octopus vulgaris from the Portuguese coast.

scientific article published on 2 April 2010

Risk assessment of methylmercury in pregnant women and newborns in the island of Madeira (Portugal) using exposure biomarkers and food-frequency questionnaires

scientific article published on 04 September 2019

Seasonal variation of monomethylmercury concentrations in surface sediments of the Tagus Estuary (Portugal).

scientific article published on 18 January 2007

Sedimentary record of anthropogenic metal inputs in the Tagus prodelta (Portugal)

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The thioredoxin system as a target for mercury compounds

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Thioredoxin, glutathione and related molecules in tumors of the nervous system

scientific article published on 31 January 2019

Total and organic mercury concentrations in muscle tissue of the blue shark (Prionace glauca L.1758) from the Northeast Atlantic.

scientific article published in November 2004

Toxicological effects of thiomersal and ethylmercury: Inhibition of the thioredoxin system and NADP(+)-dependent dehydrogenases of the pentose phosphate pathway