Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2020
  2. Published

    Mutations in FTD3 CHMP2B causes impaired autophagy and distorted energy metabolism cumulating in reactive astrocyte phenotypes

    Chandrasekaran, A., Dittlau, K. S., Corsi, G., Doncheva, N. T., Haukedal, H., Ramakrishna, S., Ambardar, S., Salcedo, C., Schmidt, S. I., Cirera, S., Pihl, M., Schmid, B., Nielsen, T. T., Nielsen, J., Kolko, M., Kobolak, J., Dinnyes, A., Hyttel, P., Palakodeti, D., Gorodkin, J. & 4 others, Muddashetty, R., Meyer, M., Aldana, Blanca & Freude, Kristine, 2020.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearch

  3. Published

    Patient iPSC-Derived Neorons for Disease Modeling of Familiar Alzheimer's Disease with Mutations in Presenilin 1

    Haukedal, H., Poon, A. F., Jensen, P., Aldana, Blanca, Pires, C., Chandrasekaran, Abinaya, Christensen, S. K., Schiønning, P., Vallin, S., Simonsen, A. H., Nielsen, J., Dinnyes, A., Gorodkin, Jan, Ramakrishna, S., Muddashetty, R., Palakodeti, D., Hyttel, P., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Larsen, M. R. & Freude, Kristine, Oct 2020.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  4. Published

    Conjugation of Therapeutic PSD-95 Inhibitors to the Cell-Penetrating Peptide Tat Affects Blood-Brain Barrier Adherence, Uptake, and Permeation

    Kristensen, Mie, Kucharz, Krzysztof, Alves Fernandes, Eduardo Felipe, Strømgaard, Kristian, Schallburg Nielsen, M., Cederberg Helms, H. C., Bach, Anders, Ulrikkaholm Tofte-Hansen, M., Aldana, Blanca, Lauritzen, Martin & Larsen, Birger Brodin, 2020, In: Pharmaceutics. 12, 7, 24 p., 661.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Conditional Knockout of GLT-1 in Neurons Leads to Alterations in Aspartate Homeostasis and Synaptic Mitochondrial Metabolism in Striatum and Hippocampus

    McNair, Laura M., Andersen, Jens Velde, Nissen, J. D., Sun, Y., Fischer, K. D., Hodgson, N. W., Du, M., Aoki, C. J., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Rosenberg, P. A. & Aldana, Blanca, 2020, In: Neurochemical Research. 45, p. 1420–1437 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Staphylococcus aureus induces cell-surface expression of immune stimulatory NKG2D ligands on human monocytes

    Mellergaard, M., Høgh, R. I., Feilberg, Astrid Lund, Aldana, Blanca, Guérillot, R., Møller, S. H., Hayes, A. S., Panagiotopoulou, N., Frimand, Z., Jepsen, Stine Dam, Hansen, Camilla Hartmann Friis, Andresen, Lars, Larsen, A. R., Peleg, A. Y., Stinear, T. P., Howden, B. P., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Frees, Dorte & Skov, Søren, 2020, In: The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295, p. 11803-11821

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Cytoplasmic Citrate Flux Modulates the Immune Stimulatory NKG2D Ligand MICA in Cancer Cells

    Møller, S. H., Mellergaard, M., Madsen, M., Bermejo, A. V., Jepsen, Stine Dam, Hansen, M. H., Høgh, R. I., Aldana, Blanca, Desler, Claus, Rasmussen, Lene Juel, Sustarsic, E. G., Gerhart-Hines, Zach, Daskalaki, E., Wheelock, C. E., Hiron, T. K., Lin, D., O'Callaghan, C. A., Wandall, Hans H., Andresen, Lars & Skov, Søren, 2020, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 11, 22 p., 1968.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Complex IV subunit isoform COX6A2 protects fast-spiking interneurons from oxidative stress and supports their function

    Sanz-Morello, B., Pfisterer, U., Hansen, Nikolaj Winther, Demharter, S., Thakur, A., Fujii, K., Levitskii, S. A., Montalant, A., Korshunova, Irina, Mammen, P. P., Kamenski, P., Noguchi, S., Aldana, Blanca, Hougaard, Karin Sørig, Perrier, Jean-Francois Marie & Khodosevich, Konstantin, 2020, In: The EMBO Journal. 39, 18, p. 1-21 e105759.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2021
  10. Published

    Cellular bioenergetics in human iPSC-derived glutamatergic neurons in health and disease

    Aldana, Blanca, Salcedo, C., Freude, Kristine & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, Current Progress in iPSC-derived Cell Types. Birbrair, A. (ed.). Elsevier, p. 205-221 17 p. (Advances in Stem Cell Biology, Vol. 10).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Hippocampal disruptions of synaptic and astrocyte metabolism are primary events of early amyloid pathology in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Skotte, Niels Henning, Christensen, S. K., Polli, F. S., Shabani, M., Markussen, K. H., Haukedal, H., Westi, Emil Winther, Diaz-delCastillo, M., Sun, R. C., Kohlmeier, Kristi Anne, Schousboe, Arne, Gentry, M. S., Tanila, H., Freude, Kristine, Aldana, Blanca, Mann, Matthias & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, In: Cell Death & Disease. 12, 11, 13 p., 954 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Astrocyte metabolism of the medium-chain fatty acids octanoic acid and decanoic acid promotes GABA synthesis in neurons via elevated glutamine supply

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Jakobsen, Emil, Urruticoechea, N., Borges, K. & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Molecular Brain. 14, 1, 13 p., 132.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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