Research Group: ProNutri: Clinical Nutrition & Disease Programming
Thematic Line: TL1 – Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges
Hub: University of Algarve
Research Areas: Nutrition, Flavonoids, Metabolism, Cerebral function
updated on 19/03/2018
Manuela Meireles is an integrated researcher of the ProNutri group, Thematic Line 1 – Preventive Medicine & Societal Challenges of CINTESIS.
She completed her Doctoral Degree in Metabolism – Clinical and Experimental, in 2016 at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto with the thesis entitled “Flavonoid bioactivity: transport across blood-brain-barrier and neuroprotective affects. In vivo studies”. Previously, she had graduated from the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science of the University of Porto (FCNAUP).
TITLE: Blueberry anthocyanins in health promotion: A metabolic overview
AUTHORS: Sonia Norberto; Sara Silva; Manuela Meireles; Ana Faria; Manuela Pintado; Conceicao Calhau;
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL FOODS, VOLUME: 5, ISSUE: 4, PUBLICATION: 2013
TITLE: Flavonoid metabolites transport across a human BBB model
AUTHORS: Ana Faria; Manuela Meireles; Iva Fernandes; Celestino Santos Buelga; Susana Gonzalez Manzano; Montserrat Duenas; Victor de Freitas; Nuno Mateus; Conceicao Calhau;
SOURCE: FOOD CHEMISTRY, VOLUME: 149, PUBLICATION: 2014
TITLE: Persistent organic pollutant levels in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in obese individuals-Depot differences and dysmetabolism implications
AUTHORS: Diogo Pestana; Gil Faria; Carla Sa; Virginia C Fernandes; Diana Teixeira; Sonia Norberto; Ana Faria; Manuela Meireles; Claudia Marques; Luisa Correia Sa; Ana Cunha; Joao T Guimaraes; Antonio Taveira Gomes; Ana Cristina Santos;Valentina F Domingues; Cristina Delerue Matos; Rosario Monteiro; Conceicao Calhau;
SOURCE: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, VOLUME: 133, PUBLICATION: 2014
TITLE: Maitake (D Fraction) Mushroom Extract Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells by BAK-1 Gene Activation
AUTHORS: Raquel Soares; Manuela Meireles; Ana Rocha; Ana Pirraco; Diego Obiol; Eliana Alonso; Gisela Joos; Gabriela Balogh;
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD, VOLUME: 14, ISSUE: 6, PUBLICATION: 2011
TITLE: Characterization and Modulation of Glucose Uptake in a Human Blood-Brain Barrier Model
AUTHORS: Manuela Meireles; Fatima Martel; Joao Araujo; Celestino Santos Buelga; Susana Gonzalez Manzano; Montserrat Duenas; Victor de Freitas; Nuno Mateus; Conceicao Calhau; Ana Faria;
SOURCE: JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY, VOLUME: 246, ISSUE: 9, PUBLICATION: 2013