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Paula Soares

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

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Professor of Biopathology at Medical Faculty of the University of Porto and coordinator of Cancer Signaling and Metabolism research group at IPATIMUP/I3S.

Cell Biology Genetics Molecular Biology Oncology Pathology

Section Editor

Bioinformatics and Genomics

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

Universidade do Porto

Work details

Associate Professor

Medical Faculty, University of Porto and IPATIMUP

Department of Pathology and Oncology

Websites

January 20, 2025

Insights in biomarkers complexity and routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and cancer

Maria de Lurdes Godinho de Matos, Mafalda Pinto, Ana Gonçalves, Sule Canberk, Maria João Martins Bugalho, Paula Soares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18801 PubMed 39850836

September 13, 2017

Calcitonin receptor expression in medullary thyroid carcinoma

Virginia Cappagli, Catarina Soares Potes, Luciana Bueno Ferreira, Catarina Tavares, Catarina Eloy, Rossella Elisei, Manuel Sobrinho-Simões, Peter J. Wookey, Paula Soares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3778 PubMed 28929017

July 23, 2013

GNAQ and BRAF mutations show differential activation of the mTOR pathway in human transformed cells

Helena Pópulo, Sandra Tavares, Alexandra Faustino, Joana B. Nunes, José Manuel Lopes, Paula Soares

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.104 PubMed 23904987

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August 18, 2025

ALDOB is a prognostic biomarker and a potential immunotherapy target for clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Wu Xu, Dali Wu, Cuilian Li, Lingfei Yan, Bo Peng, Yang Luo, Dawei Liu, Qing Li, Tao Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.19869 PubMed 40852386

July 3, 2024

Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasound and shear-wave elastography for small breast nodules

Yan Shen, Jie He, Miao Liu, Jiaojiao Hu, Yonglin Wan, Tingting Zhang, Jun Ding, Jiangnan Dong, Xiaohong Fu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17677 PubMed 38974410

May 20, 2024

Comparative genomics reveals high genetic similarity among strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Infantis isolated from multiple sources in Brazil

Felipe P. Vilela, Andrei G. Felice, Amanda A. Seribelli, Dália P. Rodrigues, Siomar C. Soares, Marc W. Allard, Juliana P. Falcão

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17306 PubMed 38784399

February 29, 2024

Prognostic value of RNA methylation-related genes in gastric adenocarcinoma based on bioinformatics

Xionghui He, Xiang Chen, Changcheng Yang, Wei Wang, Hening Sun, Junjie Wang, Jincheng Fu, Huaying Dong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16951 PubMed 38436027

November 2, 2023

Genome-wide association and RNA-seq analyses reveal a potential gene related to linolenic acid in soybean seeds

Di Qin, Jiehua Xing, Ping Cheng, Guohui Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16138 PubMed 37933254

October 31, 2023

Murine models of colorectal cancer: the azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) model of colitis-associated cancer

Dzhuliia Dzhalilova, Natalia Zolotova, Nikolai Fokichev, Olga Makarova

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16159 PubMed 37927787

March 13, 2023

Value of lymph node ratio as a prognostic factor of recurrence in medullary thyroid cancer

Weijing Hao, Jingzhu Zhao, Fengli Guo, Pengfei Gu, Jinming Zhang, Dongmei Huang, Xianhui Ruan, Yu Zeng, Xiangqian Zheng, Ming Gao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15025 PubMed 36935920

October 21, 2022

Telomerase reverse transcriptase promotes angiogenesis in neonatal rats after hypoxic-ischemic brain damage

Jiao Li, Yi Feng, Jing Zhao, Zhi Fang, Haiting Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14220 PubMed 36299510

July 12, 2022

Characterization of human tear proteome reveals differentially abundance proteins in thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy

Xiaoqing Zhou, Ruili Wei, Rui Wang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13701 PubMed 35846879

June 9, 2022

The LINC00261/MiR105-5p/SELL axis is involved in dysfunction of B cell and is associated with overall survival in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hao Song, Xing-Feng Huang, Shu-yang Hu, Lei-Lei Lu, Xiao-Yu Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12588 PubMed 35702258

April 20, 2022

Changes in serum amino acid levels in non-small cell lung cancer: a case-control study in Chinese population

Ke Liu, Jiaoyuan Li, Tingting Long, Yi Wang, Tongxin Yin, Jieyi Long, Ying Shen, Liming Cheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13272 PubMed 35469201

April 12, 2022

Icaritin attenuates 6-OHDA-induced MN9D cell damage by inhibiting oxidative stress

Xinyu Zhou, Nanqu Huang, Xiaoyi Hou, Li Zhu, Yiman Xie, Zhisheng Ba, Yong Luo

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13256 PubMed 35433120

January 3, 2022

Role of miR-100-5p and CDC25A in breast carcinoma cells

Xiaoping Li, Yanli Ren, Donghong Liu, Xi Yu, Keda Chen

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12263 PubMed 35036112

November 30, 2021

FEM: mining biological meaning from cell level in single-cell RNA sequencing data

Yunqing Liu, Na Lu, Changwei Bi, Tingyu Han, Guo Zhuojun, Yunchi Zhu, Yixin Li, Chunpeng He, Zuhong Lu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12570 PubMed 34909283

August 3, 2021

Aberrant expression of PROS1 correlates with human papillary thyroid cancer progression

Jing Wang, Minxiang Lei, Zhijie Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11813 PubMed 34414029

August 3, 2021

DOG1 is commonly expressed in pancreatic adenocarcinoma but unrelated to cancer aggressiveness

Kristina Jansen, Franziska Büscheck, Katharina Moeller, Martina Kluth, Claudia Hube-Magg, Niclas Christian Blessin, Daniel Perez, Jakob Izbicki, Michael Neipp, Hamid Mofid, Thies Daniels, Ulf Nahrstedt, Christoph Fraune, Frank Jacobsen, Christian Bernreuther, Patrick Lebok, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Ronald Simon, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Andreas Marx, Till Krech, Till Clauditz

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11905 PubMed 34414034

July 30, 2021

Brain derived neurotrophic factor declines after complete curative resection in gastrointestinal cancer

Tomasz Guzel, Katarzyna Mech, Marzena Iwanowska, Marek Wroński, Maciej Słodkowski

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11718 PubMed 34395067

July 28, 2021

Large chromosomal deletions and impaired homologous recombination repairing in HEK293T cells exposed to polychlorinated biphenyl 153

Jiaci Li, Yaqing Jing, Yi Liu, Yawei Ru, Mingyan Ju, Yuxia Zhao, Guang Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11816 PubMed 34395077

May 21, 2021

Identification of KIF4A as a pan-cancer diagnostic and prognostic biomarker via bioinformatics analysis and validation in osteosarcoma cell lines

Jiankang Pan, Xiaohua Lei, Xinzhan Mao

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11455 PubMed 34055488

May 14, 2021

EGFR mutation status yield from bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with primary pulmonary adenocarcinoma compared to a venous blood sample and tissue biopsy

Nikolay Yanev, Evgeni Mekov, Dinko Valev, Georgi Yankov, Vladimir Milanov, Stoyan Bichev, Natalia Gabrovska, Dimitar Kostadinov

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11448 PubMed 34040898

May 11, 2021

Identification of robust diagnostic and prognostic gene signatures in different grades of gliomas: a retrospective study

Jieting Liu, Hongrui Zhang, Jingyun Zhang, Zhitong Bing, Yingbin Wang, Qiao Li, Kehu Yang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11350 PubMed 34026352

January 5, 2021

miR-875-5p exerts tumor-promoting function via down-regulation of CAPZA1 in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Nan Kang, Yunwei Ou, Guangchao Wang, Jie Chen, Dan Li, Qimin Zhan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10020 PubMed 33505778

November 19, 2020

Comprehensive analysis and identification of key genes and signaling pathways in the occurrence and metastasis of cutaneous melanoma

Hanying Dai, Lihuang Guo, Mingyue Lin, Zhenbo Cheng, Jiancheng Li, Jinxia Tang, Xisha Huan, Yue Huang, Keqian Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10265 PubMed 33240619

November 11, 2020

Deregulation of lysophosphatidic acid metabolism in oral cancer promotes cell migration via the up-regulation of COX-2

Mariati Abdul Rahman, May Leng Tan, Steven P. Johnson, Robert J. Hollows, Wen Lin Chai, Jason P. Mansell, Lee Fah Yap, Ian C. Paterson

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10328 PubMed 33240646

July 7, 2020

Consolidation chemotherapy may improve pathological complete response for locally advanced rectal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy: a retrospective study

Jin Cui, Xue Dou, Yanlai Sun, Jinbo Yue

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9513 PubMed 32704453

May 22, 2020

In silico analysis on the functional and structural impact of Rad50 mutations involved in DNA strand break repair

Juwairiah Remali, Wan Mohd Aizat, Chyan Leong Ng, Yi Chieh Lim, Zeti-Azura Mohamed-Hussein, Shazrul Fazry

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9197 PubMed 32509463

May 4, 2020

Multimode ultrasonic technique is recommended for the differential diagnosis of thyroid cancer

Juan Wang, Xin He, Li Ma, Miao Li, Lei Sun, Jue Jiang, Qi Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9112 PubMed 32411540

February 12, 2020

HER2 and BRAF mutation in colorectal cancer patients: a retrospective study in Eastern China

Xiangyan Zhang, Jie Wu, Lili Wang, Han Zhao, Hong Li, Yuhe Duan, Yujun Li, Ping Xu, Wenwen Ran, Xiaoming Xing

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8602 PubMed 32095377

January 9, 2020

A multiomics comparison between endometrial cancer and serous ovarian cancer

Hui Zhong, Huiyu Chen, Huahong Qiu, Chen Huang, Zhihui Wu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8347 PubMed 31942259

August 27, 2019

Effect of adjuvant radioactive iodine therapy on survival in rare oxyphilic subtype of thyroid cancer (Hürthle cell carcinoma)

Qiong Yang, Zhongsheng Zhao, Guansheng Zhong, Aixiang Jin, Kun Yu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7458 PubMed 31523497

January 11, 2019

Immunohistochemical analysis of cyclin A expression in Wilms tumor

Sanja Radojević-Škodrić, Dimitrije Brašanac, Slaviša M. Đuričić, Sofija Glumac, Zlatibor Lončar, Ivan Pavlović, Ana Todorović, Gorana Nikolić, Ivana Baralić, Snežana Pejić

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6212 PubMed 30648000

November 7, 2018

Early identification of recurrence in ovarian cancer: a comparison between the ovarian cancer metastasis index and CA-125 levels

Fei Wang, Xuejun Zhao, Wenhua Tan, Wei Liu, Yuxia Jin, Qian Liu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5912 PubMed 30425896

August 7, 2018

Profile and clinical implication of circular RNAs in human papillary thyroid carcinoma

Huihui Ren, Zhelong Liu, Siyue Liu, Xinrong Zhou, Hong Wang, Jinchao Xu, Daowen Wang, Gang Yuan

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5363 PubMed 30123704

February 12, 2018

An observational study on risk of secondary cancers in chronic myeloid leukemia patients in the TKI era in the United States

Vivek Kumar, Mohit Garg, Neha Chaudhary, Abhinav Binod Chandra