Andréia C.K. Fontana, Ph.D., MsC.
Affiliations: | 2011- | Pharmacology & Physiology | Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
Area:
Glutamate transporters, excitotoxicity, neuropathic pain, stroke, allosterism, glutamate, neuroprotection, EAAT2Website:
https://drexel.edu/medicine/about/departments/pharmacology-physiology/research/a-mortensen-lab/Google:
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Joaquim Coutinho-Netto | grad student | 1998-2002 | Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo |
| Susan G. Amara | post-doc | Drexel |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Katelyn L Reeb | grad student | 2019- | Drexel |
| Rhea Temmermand | grad student | 2020- | Drexel |
| Simran Gill | grad student | 2021- | Drexel |
Collaborators
Sign in to add collaborator| Olga V. Boudker | collaborator | (Chemistry Tree) | |
| Ole V Mortensen | collaborator | 2005- | Drexel University School of Medicine |
| Nicholas Reyes | collaborator | 2018- | CNRS & Université de Bordeaux |
| Ivet Bahar | collaborator | 2020- | (MathTree) |
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| Fontana AC. (2015) Current approaches to enhance glutamate transporter function and expression. Journal of Neurochemistry. 134: 982-1007 |
| Mortensen OV, Liberato JL, Coutinho-Netto J, et al. (2015) Molecular determinants of transport stimulation of EAAT2 are located at interface between the trimerization and substrate transport domains. Journal of Neurochemistry. 133: 199-210 |
| Timple JM, Magalhães LG, Souza Rezende KC, et al. (2013) The lignan (-)-hinokinin displays modulatory effects on human monoamine and GABA transporter activities. Journal of Natural Products. 76: 1889-95 |
| Larsen MB, Fontana AC, Magalhães LG, et al. (2011) A catecholamine transporter from the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni with low affinity for psychostimulants. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology. 177: 35-41 |
| Fontana AC, Sonders MS, Pereira-Junior OS, et al. (2009) Two allelic isoforms of the serotonin transporter from Schistosoma mansoni display electrogenic transport and high selectivity for serotonin. European Journal of Pharmacology. 616: 48-57 |
| Fontana AC, de Oliveira Beleboni R, Wojewodzic MW, et al. (2007) Enhancing glutamate transport: mechanism of action of Parawixin1, a neuroprotective compound from Parawixia bistriata spider venom. Molecular Pharmacology. 72: 1228-37 |
| Beleboni RO, Guizzo R, Fontana AC, et al. (2006) Neurochemical characterization of a neuroprotective compound from Parawixia bistriata spider venom that inhibits synaptosomal uptake of GABA and glycine. Molecular Pharmacology. 69: 1998-2006 |
| de O Beleboni R, Pizzo AB, Fontana AC, et al. (2004) Spider and wasp neurotoxins: pharmacological and biochemical aspects. European Journal of Pharmacology. 493: 1-17 |
| Pizzo AB, Beleboni RO, Fontana AC, et al. (2004) Characterization of the actions of AvTx 7 isolated from Agelaia vicina (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) wasp venom on synaptosomal glutamate uptake and release. Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology. 18: 61-8 |
| Fontana AC, Guizzo R, de Oliveira Beleboni R, et al. (2003) Purification of a neuroprotective component of Parawixia bistriata spider venom that enhances glutamate uptake. British Journal of Pharmacology. 139: 1297-309 |