UROPRINT – Urinary bladder bioprinting for fully autologous transplantation. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/964883
AMELIE – Anchored Muscle cELls for IncontinencE https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/874807
iNOVA4Health – Colorectal Carcinogenesis Pathways – Establishing a link between carcinogenesis & therapeutic response https://www.inova4health.com/research-groups/rg2-molecular-biomarkers-and-diagnosis
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Franchi-Mendes T, Lopes N, Brito C. (2021) Heterotypic tumor spheroids in agitation-based cultures: a scaffold-free cell model that sustains long-term survival of endothelial cells. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2021.649949
Mata S*, Franchi-Mendes T*, Abreu S, Filipe B, Morgado S, Mesquita M, Santo VE, Albuquerque C, Fonseca R, Boghaert ER, Rosa I, Brito C. (2021) Patient-Derived Explants of Colorectal Cancer: a histopathological and molecular analysis of long-term cultures. Cancers (Special issue: Applications and Advances in Organoids for Cancer Research). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13184695 *equal first authorship
Franchi-Mendes T, Eduardo R, Domenici G, Brito C. (2021) 3D cancer cell models: depicting cellular crosstalk within the tumour microenvironment. Cancers (Special issue: Organotypic 3D In Vitro Tumor Models: Bioengineering and Applications). https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers13184610
Pereira AR*, Mendes TF*, Ministro A, Teixeira M, Filipe M, Santos JM, Bárcia RN, Goyri-O’Neill J, Pinto F, Cruz P, Cruz H, Santos SCR. (2016). Therapeutic angiogenesis induced by human umbilical cord tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells in a murine model of hindlimb ischemia. Stem Cell Research and Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-016-0410-4 *equal first authorship