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Miguel Maria Restolho Mateus Pinheiro

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon · Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa)

https://researchid.co/miguelmateus-pinheiro
@ulisboa.pt
5Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Mateus-Pinheiro research is focused on liver diseases, namely on the development and validation of biomarkers within the specter of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Furthermore, he is also interested in the non-canonical roles of necroptosis in metab...

Biography

Mateus-Pinheiro graduated in Biology in at the University of Lisbon and pursued his master’s degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University Coimbra, where he studied the impact of prenatal dexamethasone in brain development. Next he worked at CEDOC (NOVA Medical School, Lisbon) where he studied the repercussions traumatic events in shaping the thalamic-cortical circuitry in the amygdala through electrophysiological recordings. Mateus-Pinheiro is now enrolled in PhD Programme in Medicines and Pharmaceutical Innovation (i3DU), where his working on the development and validation of biomarkers within the specter of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Education

BSc (2015) in Biology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal MSc (2017) in Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Lisbon

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Discovery and Validation of a Novel Class of Necroptosis Inhibitors Targeting RIPK1
    ACS Chemical Biology, 2025
  2. Hippocampal cytogenesis abrogation impairs inter-regional communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex and promotes the time-dependent manifestation of emotional and cognitive deficits
    Molecular Psychiatry, 2021
  3. RIPK3 acts as a lipid metabolism regulator contributing to inflammation and carcinogenesis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
    Gut, 2021
  4. Microglia cytoarchitecture in the brain of adenosine A2A receptor knockout mice: Brain region and sex specificities
    European Journal of Neuroscience, 2020
  5. Overview: Systems Medicine Applied to Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease
    Systems Medicine Integrative Qualitative and Computational Approaches Volume 1 3, 2020

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