| MyoD converts primary dermal fibroblasts, chondroblasts, smooth muscle, and retinal pigmented epithelial cells into striated mononucleated myoblasts and multinucleated myotubes. J Choi, ML Costa, CS Mermelstein, C Chagas, S Holtzer, H Holtzer Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 87 (20), 7988-7992, 1990 | 512 | 1990 |
| 2D and 3D-organized cardiac cells shows differences in cellular morphology, adhesion junctions, presence of myofibrils and protein expression CP Soares, V Midlej, MEW Oliveira, M Benchimol, ML Costa, ... PloS one 7 (5), e38147, 2012 | 186 | 2012 |
| Desmin: molecular interactions and putative functions of the muscle intermediate filament protein ML Costa, R Escaleira, A Cataldo, F Oliveira, CS Mermelstein Brazilian journal of medical and biological research 37, 1819-1830, 2004 | 186 | 2004 |
| Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) promote pro-metastatic phenotype in human breast cancer cells through epithelial–mesenchymal transition K Martins-Cardoso, VH Almeida, KM Bagri, MID Rossi, CS Mermelstein, ... Cancers 12 (6), 1542, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| Filamentous actin and its associated binding proteins are the stimulatory site for 6-phosphofructo-1-kinase association within the membrane of human erythrocytes A Real-Hohn, P Zancan, D Da Silva, ER Martins, LT Salgado, ... Biochimie 92 (5), 538-544, 2010 | 76 | 2010 |
| Wnt/β-catenin pathway activation and myogenic differentiation are induced by cholesterol depletion CS Mermelstein, DM Portilho, FA Mendes, ML Costa, JG Abreu Differentiation 75 (3), 184-192, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| Sciatic nerve regeneration is accelerated in galectin-3 knockout mice MS Narciso, B de Siqueira Mietto, SA Marques, CP Soares, ... Experimental Neurology 217 (1), 7-15, 2009 | 55 | 2009 |
| Some distinctive features of zebrafish myogenesis based on unexpected distributions of the muscle cytoskeletal proteins actin, myosin, desmin, α-actinin, troponin and titin ML Costa, RC Escaleira, VB Rodrigues, M Manasfi, CS Mermelstein Mechanisms of development 116 (1-2), 95-104, 2002 | 55 | 2002 |
| Intermediate filaments modulation in an in vitro model of the hepatic stellate cell activation or conversion into the lipocyte phenotype FCR Guma, TG Mello, CS Mermelstein, VA Fortuna, ST Wofchuk, ... Biochemistry and Cell Biology 79 (4), 409-417, 2001 | 49 | 2001 |
| Induction of the lipocyte phenotype in murine hepatic stellate cells: reorganisation of the actin cytoskeleton CS Mermelstein, FC Guma, TG Mello, VA Fortuna, RM Guaragna, ... Cell and Tissue Research 306, 75-83, 2001 | 46 | 2001 |
| ROCK inhibition with Fasudil induces beta-catenin nuclear translocation and inhibits cell migration of MDA-MB 231 human breast cancer cells FS Guerra, RG Oliveira, CAM Fraga, CS Mermelstein, PD Fernandes Scientific reports 7 (1), 13723, 2017 | 45 | 2017 |
| Cholesterol depletion by methyl-β-cyclodextrin enhances myoblast fusion and induces the formation of myotubes with disorganized nuclei CS Mermelstein, DM Portilho, RB Medeiros, AR Matos, M Einicker-Lamas, ... Cell and tissue research 319 (2), 289-297, 2005 | 39 | 2005 |
| Effects of 5-fluorouracil in nuclear and cellular morphology, proliferation, cell cycle, apoptosis, cytoskeletal and caveolar distribution in primary cultures of smooth muscle … MC Filgueiras, A Morrot, PMG Soares, ML Costa, C Mermelstein PLoS One 8 (4), e63177, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| The Wnt signaling pathway regulates Nalm-16 b-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemic cell line survival and etoposide resistance LS Thiago, ES Costa, DV Lopes, IB Otazú, AE Nowill, FA Mendes, ... Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy 64 (1), 63-72, 2010 | 37 | 2010 |
| Alterations in zebrafish development induced by simvastatin: comprehensive morphological and physiological study, focusing on muscle LM Campos, EA Rios, L Guapyassu, V Midlej, GC Atella, ... Experimental Biology and Medicine 241 (17), 1950-1960, 2016 | 36 | 2016 |
| Cholesterol depletion by methyl-β-cyclodextrin enhances cell proliferation and increases the number of desmin-positive cells in myoblast cultures DM Portilho, CP Soares, A Morrot, LS Thiago, G Butler-Browne, W Savino, ... European journal of pharmacology 694 (1-3), 1-12, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Membrane cholesterol depletion reduces breast tumor cell migration by a mechanism that involves non-canonical Wnt signaling and IL-10 secretion FS Guerra, LS Sampaio, S Konig, M Bonamino, MID Rossi, ML Costa, ... Translational Medicine Communications 1, 1-10, 2016 | 31 | 2016 |
| Intermediate filament proteins in TPA-treated skeletal muscle cells in culture CDS Mermelstein, ML Costa, CC Filho, VM Neto Journal of Muscle Research & Cell Motility 17, 199-206, 1996 | 31 | 1996 |
| Changes in cell shape, cytoskeletal proteins and adhesion sites of cultured cells after extracellular Ca2+ chelation CS Mermelstein, MIL Rebello, LM Amaral, ML Costa Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research 36, 1111-1116, 2003 | 30 | 2003 |
| Desmin filaments are stably associated with the outer nuclear surface in chick myoblasts CS Mermelstein, LR Andrade, DM Portilho, ML Costa Cell and tissue research 323 (2), 351-357, 2006 | 28 | 2006 |
