Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2019
  2. Published

    Enhanced cerebral branched-chain amino acid metabolism in R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Skotte, Niels Henning, Aldana, Blanca, Nørremølle, Anne & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2019, In: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 76, 12, p. 2449-2461

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Generation of a set of isogenic, gene-edited iPSC lines homozygous for all main APOE variants and an APOE knock-out line

    Schmid, B., Prehn, K. R., Nimsanor, N., Aldana, Blanca, Poulsen, U., Jorring, I., Rasmussen, M. A., Clausen, C., Mau-Holzmann, U. A., Ramakrishna, S., Muddashetty, R., Steeg, R., Bruce, K., Mackintosh, P., Ebneth, A., Holst, B. & Cabrera-Socorro, A., 2019, In: Stem Cell Research. 34, 6 p., 101349.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  4. 2018
  5. Published

    Essential Roles of Lactate in Müller Cell Survival and Function

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Jensen, Dorte Skytt, Freude, Kristine, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 1 Dec 2018, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 55, 12, p. 9108-9121 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Integrative Characterization of the R6/2 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease Reveals Dysfunctional Astrocyte Metabolism

    Skotte, Niels Henning, Andersen, Jens Velde, Santos, A., Aldana, Blanca, Willert, C. W., Nørremølle, Anne, Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Nielsen, Michael Lund, 2018, In: Cell Reports. 23, 7, p. 2211-2224 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Lactate: More than merely a metabolic waste product

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Skytt, D. M., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 2018, In: Acta Ophthalmologica. 96, Supplement 261, p. 137 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Warburg Effect Metabolism Drives Neoplasia in a Drosophila Genetic Model of Epithelial Cancer

    Eichenlaub, T., Villadsen, René, Freitas, F. C. P., Andrejeva, Diana, Aldana, Blanca, Nguyen, H. T., Petersen, Ole William, Gorodkin, Jan, Herranz, Hector & Cohen, S. M., 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 20, p. 3220-3228.e6

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. 2017
  10. Published

    The novel anticonvulsant neuropeptide and galanin analogue, NAX-5055, does not alter energy and amino acid metabolism in cultured brain cells

    Aldana, Blanca, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Schousboe, Arne, White, H. S., Bulaj, G. & Walls, Anne Byriel, Nov 2017, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 95, 11, p. 2286-2296 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Alterations in Cerebral Cortical Glucose and Glutamine Metabolism Precedes Amyloid Plaques in the APPswe/PSEN1dE9 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Aldana, Blanca, Nissen, J. D., Tanila, H. & Waagepetersen, Helle S., Jun 2017, In: Neurochemical Research. 42, 6, p. 1589–1598

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Characterization of energy and neurotransmitter metabolism in cortical glutamatergic neurons derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells: A novel approach to study metabolism in human neurons

    Aldana, Blanca, Zhang, Y., Lihme, M. F., Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, Nielsen, Jørgen Erik, Holst, B., Hyttel, P., Freude, Kristine & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2017, In: Neurochemistry International. 106, p. 48-61

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Characterization of the L-glutamate clearance pathways across the blood-brain barrier and the effect of astrocytes in an in vitro blood-brain barrier model

    Helms, H. C., Aldana, Blanca, Groth, S., Jensen, M. M., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Nielsen, C. U. & Larsen, Birger Brodin, 2017, In: Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism. 37, 12, p. 3744–3758

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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