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  1. Membrane cholesterol depletion reduces breast tumor cell migration by a mechanism that involves non-canonical Wnt signaling and IL-10 secretion

    Article • August 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  2. Alterations in zebrafish development induced by simvastatin: Comprehensive morphological and physiological study, focusing on muscle

    Article • Experimental Biology and Medicine, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  3. Distinctive Effects of Cytochalasin B in Chick Primary Myoblasts and Fibroblasts

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2016, PLOS

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  4. Knockdown of Lmo7 inhibits chick myogenesis

    Article • FEBS Letters, February 2016, Wiley

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  5. Structural Analysis of Alterations in Zebrafish Muscle Differentiation Induced by Simvastatin and Their Recovery with Cholesterol

    Article • Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, March 2015, Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry (The Histochemical Society)

    Professor Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Prof Manoel L Costa

  6. The Role of Na+/K+-ATPase during Chick Skeletal Myogenesis

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Prof Manoel L Costa, Dr Luis Eduardo Quintas

  7. Uncertainty assessment in measurement of myotube thickness in cells culture treated with and without therapeutic ultrasound

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, January 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  8. Differences in the Expression and Distribution of Flotillin-2 in Chick, Mice and Human Muscle Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2014, PLOS

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  9. Induction of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation In Vitro by Therapeutic Ultrasound

    Article • Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, March 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  10. Cholesterol depletion induces transcriptional changes during skeletal muscle differentiation

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  11. Cytoskeleton and Adhesion in Myogenesis

    Article • ISRN Developmental Biology, January 2014, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  12. Effects of 5-Fluorouracil in Nuclear and Cellular Morphology, Proliferation, Cell Cycle, Apoptosis, Cytoskeletal and Caveolar Distribution in Primary Cultures of Smooth Muscle Cells

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2013, PLOS

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  13. Cholesterol depletion by methyl-β-cyclodextrin enhances cell proliferation and increases the number of desmin-positive cells in myoblast cultures

    Article • European Journal of Pharmacology, November 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  14. 2D and 3D-Organized Cardiac Cells Shows Differences in Cellular Morphology, Adhesion Junctions, Presence of Myofibrils and Protein Expression

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  15. The effects of simvastatin in zebrafish development

    Article • Developmental Biology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  16. α-Cyclodextrin enhances myoblast fusion and muscle differentiation by the release of IL-4

    Article • Cytokine, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  17. Effect of the lipid-raft disorganization on the muscular differentiation in zebrafish model

    Article • Developmental Biology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  18. Biological response in vitro of skeletal muscle cells treated with different intensity continuous and pulsed ultrasound fields

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, February 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  19. Membrane Cholesterol Depletion by Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin Enhances the Expression of Cardiac Differentiation Markers

    Article • Cells Tissues Organs, January 2010, Karger Publishers

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  20. 13-P118 Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation and myogenic differentiation are induced by cholesterol depletion

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  21. Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation and myogenic differentiation are induced by cholesterol depletion

    Article • Developmental Biology, July 2009, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  22. Cell adhesion in zebrafish myogenesis: Distribution of intermediate filaments, microfilaments, intracellular adhesion structures and extracellular matrix

    Article • Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton, October 2008, Wiley

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  23. A soluble and active form of Wnt-3a protein is involved in myogenic differentiation after cholesterol depletion

    Article • FEBS Letters, November 2007, Wiley

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  24. Chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate are the major glycosaminoglycans present in the adult zebrafish Danio rerio (Chordata-Cyprinidae)

    Article • Glycoconjugate Journal, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  25. Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation and myogenic differentiation are induced by cholesterol depletion

    Article • Differentiation, March 2007, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  26. Association between the muscle-specific proteins desmin and caveolin-3 in muscle cells

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, October 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  27. Desmin filaments are stably associated with the outer nuclear surface in chick myoblasts

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, September 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  28. Changes in cell shape and desmin intermediate filament distribution are associated with down-regulation of desmin expression in C2C12 myoblasts grown in the absence of extracellular Ca2+

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, July 2005, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  29. Desmin: molecular interactions and putative functions of the muscle intermediate filament protein

    Article • December 2004, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  30. Cholesterol depletion by methyl-?-cyclodextrin enhances myoblast fusion and induces the formation of myotubes with disorganized nuclei

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  31. Cytoskeletal and cellular adhesion proteins in zebrafish (Danio rerio) myogenesis

    Article • August 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  32. Changes in cell shape, cytoskeletal proteins and adhesion sites of cultured cells after extracellular Ca2+ chelation

    Article • Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, August 2003, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  33. Some distinctive features of zebrafish myogenesis based on unexpected distributions of the muscle cytoskeletal proteins actin, myosin, desmin, α-actinin, troponin and titin

    Article • Mechanisms of Development, August 2002, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  34. Induction of the lipocyte phenotype in murine hepatic stellate cells: reorganisation of the actin cytoskeleton

    Article • Cell and Tissue Research, October 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  35. Intermediate filaments modulation in an in vitro model of the hepatic stellate cell activation or conversion into the lipocyte phenotype

    Article • Biochemistry and Cell Biology, August 2001, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  36. Volumetric quantification of the gastric emptying: computer-based method for generation of volumetric index from fluoroscopic images

    Article • Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, May 2001, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  37. Intermediate filaments modulation in an in vitro model of the hepatic stellate cell activation or conversion into the lipocyte phenotype

    Article • Biochemistry and Cell Biology, January 2001, Canadian Science Publishing

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  38. The cytoskeleton of the electric tissue of Electrophorus electricus, L.

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, September 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  39. Avaliação qualitativa e quantitativa do esvaziamento gástrico através do método videofluoroscópico

    Article • Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, April 2000, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  40. Distribution of F-actin, α-actinin, tropomyosin, tubulin and organelles in Euglena gracilis by immunofluorescence microscopy

    Article • Tissue and Cell, October 1998, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  41. Differences in the isodesmin pattern between the electric organs of Electrophorus electricus L.

    Article • Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, April 1998, Elsevier

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  42. Intermediate filament proteins in TPA-treated skeletal muscle cells in culture

    Article • Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, April 1996, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Manoel L Costa

  43. MyoD converts primary dermal fibroblasts, chondroblasts, smooth muscle, and retinal pigmented epithelial cells into striated mononucleated myoblasts and multinucleated myotubes.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 1990, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof Manoel L Costa