Graca Almeida-Porada, M.D., Ph.D., Professor Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Graca Almeida-Porada, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Contact Information

Department: 336-713-1630

Email: galmeida@wakehealth.edu

Additional Languages

Portuguese

Education & Training

M.D., University of Porto Faculty of Medicine-Portugal , 1985
Ph.D., University of Porto Faculty of Medicine-Portugal , 1994

Memberships

Am Assn Of Blood Banks
Am Federation Of Clinical Rese
Am Soc Of Hematology

Graca Almeida-Porada, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Research Interests

biotechnology, engineering/bioengineering, immunology/allergy/inflammatio, molecular biology/molecular me, transplantation

Contact Information

Department: 336-713-1630

Email: galmeida@wakehealth.edu

Recent Publications

Sanada C, Kuo CJ, Colletti EJ, Soland M, Mokhtari S, Knovich MA, Owen J, Zanjani ED, Porada CD, Almeida-Porada G. Mesenchymal stem cells contribute to endogenous FVIII:c production. J Cell Physiol. 2013;228(5):1010-1016.

Ozturk F, Park PJ, Tellez J, Colletti E, Eiden MV, Almeida-Porada G, Porada CD. Expression levels of the PiT-2 receptor explain, in part, the gestational age-dependent alterations in transduction efficiency after in utero retroviral-mediated gene transfer. J Gene Med. 2012;14(3):169-181.

Tellez J, Van Vliet K, Tseng Y-s, Finn J, Tschernia N, Almeida-Porada G, Arruda V, Agbandje-McKenna M, Porada C. Characterization of naturally-occurring humoral immunity to AAV in sheep [abstract]. Mol Ther. 2012;20(Suppl 1):S101.

Soland MA, Bego MG, Colletti E, Porada CD, Zanjani ED, St Jeor S, Almeida-Porada G. Modulation of human mesenchymal stem cell immunogenicity through forced expression of human cytomegalovirus US proteins. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(5):e36163.

Wood JA, Colletti E, Mead LE, Ingram D, Porada CD, Zanjani ED, Yoder MC, Almeida-Porada G. Distinct contribution of human cord blood-derived endothelial colony forming cells to liver and gut in a fetal sheep model. Hepatology. 2012;56(3):1086-1096.

Porada CD, Almeida-Porada G. Treatment of hemophilia A in utero and postnatally using sheep as a model for cell and gene delivery. J Genet Syndr Gene Ther. 2012;Suppl 1():011.

Zakas PM, Gangadharan B, Almeida-Porada G, Porada CD, Spencer HT, Doering CB. Development and characterization of recombinant ovine coagulation factor VIII. PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e49481.

Mokhtari S, Colletti E, Porada CD, Almeida-Porada G. Origin and characterization of CD166+ cells during human marrow ontogeny [abstract]. Blood. 2012;120(21):1252.

Soland M, Keyes L, Porada CD, St Jeor S, Almeida-Porada G. Niche perivascular stromal cells as a potential reservoir and a source of HCMV reactivation [abstract]. Blood. 2012;120(21):3464.

Andrade PZ, da Silva CL, dos Santos F, Almeida-Porada G, Cabral JMS. Initial CD34+ cell-enrichment of cord blood determines hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell yield upon ex vivo expansion. J Cell Biochem. 2011;112(7):1822-1831.

Porada CD, Sanada C, Kuo C-J, Colletti E, Moot R, Doering C, Spencer HT, Almeida-Porada G. Postnatal transplantation of FVIII-expressing MSC phenotypically corrects hemophilia A [abstract]. Mol Ther. 2011;19(7):1364.

Cary LH, Almeida-Porada G, Noutai D, Ngudiankama BF, Whitnall MH. Endothelial cells modulate hematopoietic cell recovery after mixed field irradiation [abstract]. Exp Hematol. 2011;39(8 Suppl 1):S66.

Porada CD, Sanada C, Kuo C-J, Colletti E, Mandeville W, Hasenau J, Zanjani ED, Moot R, Doering C, Spencer HT, Almeida-Porada G. Phenotypic correction of hemophilia A in sheep by postnatal intraperitoneal transplantation of FVIII-expressing MSC. Exp Hematol. 2011;39(12):1124-1135.