Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2021
  2. Published

    Glutamate metabolism and recycling at the excitatory synapse in health and neurodegeneration

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Markussen, K. H., Jakobsen, Emil, Schousboe, Arne, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Rosenberg, P. A. & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Neuropharmacology. 196, 14 p., 108719.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  3. 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

  4. Published

    Inhibition of Glutamate Release, but Not of Glutamine Recycling to Glutamate, Is Involved in Delaying the Onset of Initial Lithium-Pilocarpine-Induced Seizures in Young Rats by a Non-Convulsive MSO Dose

    Pawlik, M. J., Aldana, Blanca, Belfiori-Carrasco, L. F., Obara-Michlewska, M., Popek, M. P., Czarnecka, A. M. & Albrecht, J., 2021, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22, 20, 16 p., 11127.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Neuronal Loss of the Glutamate Transporter GLT-1 Promotes Excitotoxic Injury in the Hippocampus

    Rimmele, T. S., Li, S., Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Rotenberg, A., Wang, J., Aldana, Blanca, Selkoe, D. J., Aoki, C. J., Dulla, C. G. & Rosenberg, P. A., 2021, In: Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 15, 788262.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Pharmacological inhibition of mitochondrial soluble adenylyl cyclase in astrocytes causes activation of AMP-activated protein kinase and induces breakdown of glycogen

    Jakobsen, Emil, Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Siamka, O., Larsen, M. R., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Aldana, Blanca & Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, 2021, In: Glia. 69, 12, p. 2828-2844 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. 2020
  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Published
  15. Published

    Glutamate-glutamine homeostasis is perturbed in neurons and astrocytes derived from patient iPSC models of frontotemporal dementia

    Aldana, Blanca, Zhang, Y., Jensen, P., Chandrasekaran, Abinaya, Christensen, S. K., Nielsen, T. T., Nielsen, Jørgen Erik, Hyttel, P., Larsen, M. R., Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Freude, Kristine, 2020, In: Molecular Brain. 13, 1, 7 p., 125.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Mutation in FTD3 CHMP2B causes impaired autography and distorted energy metabolism cumulating in reactive astrocyte phenotypes

    Chandrasekaran, A., Dittlau, K. S., Corsi, G., Haukedal, H., Doncheva, N. T., 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 conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearch

  17. 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

  18. 2019
  19. Published

    Lactate-Mediated Protection of Retinal Ganglion Cells

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Bulli, G., Jensen, Dorte Skytt, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 19 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Molecular Biology. 431, 9, p. 1878-1888 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Microglia-Specific Metabolic Changes in Neurodegeneration

    Aldana, Blanca, 19 Apr 2019, In: Journal of Molecular Biology. 431, 9, p. 1830-1842

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Patient iPSC-Derived Neurons for Disease Modeling of Familiar Alzheier'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, 26 Mar 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterCommunication

  22. Published

    Dual Properties of Lactate in Müller Cells: The Effect of GPR81 Activation

    Vohra, Rupali, Aldana, Blanca, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 1 Mar 2019, In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60, 4, p. 999-1008 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Deletion of neuronal GLT-1 in mice reveals its role in synaptic glutamate homeostasis and mitochondrial function

    McNair, Laura M., Andersen, Jens Velde, Aldana, Blanca, Hohnholt, M. C., Nissen, J. D., Sun, Y., Fischer, K. D., Sonnewald, U., Nyberg, N., Webster, S. C., Kapur, K., Rimmele, T. S., Barone, I., Hawks-Mayer, H., Lipton, J. O., Hodgson, N. W., Aoki, C. J., Rosenberg, P. A. & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2019, In: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience. 39, 25, p. 4847-4863

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Distinct differences in rates of oxygen consumption and ATP synthesis of regionally isolated non-synaptic mouse brain mitochondria

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Jakobsen, Emil, Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Aldana, Blanca, 2019, In: Journal of Neuroscience Research. 97, p. 961–974

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Glutamate homeostasis revisited - neuronal transport and metabolism

    Waagepetersen, Helle S., McNair, Laura M., Christensen, S. K., Andersen, Jens Velde & Aldana, Blanca, 2019, p. 19-19.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  28. 2018
  29. 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

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