Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2024
  2. E-pub ahead of print

    Increased glucose metabolism and impaired glutamate transport in human astrocytes are potential early triggers of abnormal extracellular glutamate accumulation in hiPSC-derived models of Alzheimer's disease

    Salcedo, C., Pozo Garcia, V., Garcia-Adan, B., Ameen, Aisha, Gegelashvili, G., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Neurochemistry.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    Alteration of microglial metabolism and inflammatory profile contributes to neurotoxicity in a hiPSC-derived microglia model of frontotemporal dementia 3

    Haukedal, H., Syshøj Lorenzen, S., Westi, Emil Winther, Corsi, G., Gadekar, V. P., McQuade, A., Davtyan, H., Doncheva, Nadezhda Tsankova, Schmid, B., Chandrasekaran, Abinaya, Seemann, Ernst Stefan, Cirera, Susanna, Blurton-Jones, M., Meyer, M., Gorodkin, Jan, Aldana, Blanca & Freude, Kristine, 2023, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 113, p. 353-373

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Decanoic Acid Rescues Differences in AMPA-Mediated Calcium Rises in Hippocampal CA1 Astrocytes and Neurons in the 5xFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Abghari, M., Vu, J. T. C. M., Eckberg, N., Aldana, Blanca & Kohlmeier, Kristi Anne, 2023, In: Biomolecules. 13, 10, 25 p., 1461.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Accepted/In press

    Deletion of CaMKIIα disrupts glucose metabolism, glutamate uptake, and synaptic energetics in the cerebral cortex

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Griem-Krey, Nane, Skotte, Niels Henning, Schousboe, Arne, Aldana, Blanca & Wellendorph, Petrine, 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Neurochemistry.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. E-pub ahead of print

    Fibroblast-Derived Lysyl Oxidase Increases Oxidative Phosphorylation and Stemness in Cholangiocarcinoma

    Lewinska, M., Zhuravleva, E., Satriano, L., Martinez, M. B., Bhatt, D. K., Oliveira, D. V. N. P., Antoku, Y., Keggenhoff, F. L., Castven, D., Marquardt, J. U., Matter, M. S., Erler, J. T., Oliveira, R. C., Aldana, B. I., Al-Abdulla, R., Perugorria, M. J., Calvisi, D. F., Perez, L. A., Rodrigues, P. M., Labiano, I. & 2 others, Banales, J. M. & Andersen, Jesper Bøje, 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Gastroenterology.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Golgi fragmentation: One of the earliest organelle phenotypes in Alzheimer's disease neurons

    Haukedal, H., Corsi, G. I., Gadekar, V. P., Doncheva, N. T., Kedia, S., de Haan, N., Chandrasekaran, A., Jensen, P., Schiønning, P., Vallin, S., Marlet, F. R., Poon, A., Pires, C., Agha, F. K., Wandall, H. H., Cirera, S., Simonsen, A. H., Nielsen, T. T., Nielsen, J. E., Hyttel, P. & 7 others, Muddashetty, R., Aldana, Blanca, Gorodkin, Jan, Nair, D., Meyer, M., Larsen, M. R. & Freude, Kristine, 2023, In: Frontiers in Neuroscience. 17, 17 p., 1120086.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    MicroRNA-27a-3p targets FoxO signalling to induce tumour-like phenotypes in bile duct cells

    Duwe, Lea, Munoz-Garrido, P., Lewinska, Monika, Lafuente Barquero, Juan Francisco, Satriano, L., Høgdall, Dan Taksony Solyom, Taranta, A., Nielsen, B. S., Ghazal, A., Matter, M. S., Banales, J. M., Aldana, Blanca, Gao, Y., Marquardt, J. U., Roberts, L. R., Oliveira, R. C., Koshiol, J., O'Rourke, Colm & Andersen, Jesper Bøje, 2023, In: Journal of Hepatology. 78, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Potential Retinal Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease

    Garcia Bermudez, Mariana Yolotzin, Vohra, Rupali, Freude, Kristine, van Wijngaarden, P., Martin, K. K., Thomsen, M. S., Aldana, Blanca & Kolko, Miriam, 2023, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Online). 24, 21, 26 p., 15834.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Preserved blood-brain barrier and neurovascular coupling in female 5xFAD model of Alzheimer's disease

    Zhukov, Oleg, He, Chen, Soylu-Kucharz, R., Cai, Changsi, Lauritzen, Andreas, Aldana, Blanca, Björkqvist, M., Lauritzen, Martin & Kucharz, Krzysztof, 2023, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 15, 18 p., 1089005.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    The Alzheimer's disease 5xFAD mouse model is best suited to investigate pretargeted imaging approaches beyond the blood-brain barrier

    Lopes van den Broek, S. I., Sehlin, D., Andersen, Jens Velde, Aldana, Blanca, Beschorner, Natalie, Nedergaard, Maiken, Knudsen, Gitte Moos, Syvanen, S. & Herth, Matthias Manfred, 2023, In: Frontiers in Nuclear Medicine. 2, 7 p., 1001722.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Using stable isotope tracing to unravel the metabolic components of neurodegeneration: Focus on neuron-glia metabolic interactions

    Westi, Emil Winther, Andersen, Jens Velde & Aldana, Blanca, 2023, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 182, 12 p., 106145.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    β-Hydroxybutyrate and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids are Metabolized by Different Cell Types in Mouse Cerebral Cortex Slices

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Westi, Emil Winther, Neal, E. S., Aldana, Blanca & Borges, K., 2023, In: Neurochemical Research. 48, p. 54–61

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  15. 2022
  16. Published

    Decreased Glucose Metabolism and Glutamine Synthesis in the Retina of a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

    Tams, A. L. M., Sanz-Morello, B., Westi, Emil Winther, Mouhammad, Zaynab Ahmad, Andersen, Jens Velde, Freude, Kristine, Vohra, Rupali, Hannibal, Jens, Aldana, Blanca & Kolko, Miriam, 2022, In: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 42, 1, p. 291–303

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Divergent Cellular Energetics, Glutamate Metabolism, and Mitochondrial Function Between Human and Mouse Cerebral Cortex

    Westi, Emil Winther, Jakobsen, Emil, Voss, C. M., Bak, Lasse Kristoffer, Pinborg, Lars Hageman, Aldana, Blanca & Andersen, J. V., 2022, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 59, p. 7495–7512

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Fats, Friends or Foes: Investigating the Role of Short- and Medium-Chain Fatty Acids in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Ameen, Aisha, Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2022, In: Biomedicines. 10, 11, 2778.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Prevention of Cell Death by Activation of Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Receptor 1 (GPR81) in Retinal Explants

    Vohra, Rupali, Sanz-Morello, B., Tams, A. L. M., Mouhammad, Zaynab Ahmad, Freude, Kristine, Hannibal, Jens, Aldana, Blanca, Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, 2022, In: Cells. 11, 13, 2098.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Proteomic phenotype of cerebral organoids derived from autism spectrum disorder patients reveal disrupted energy metabolism, cellular components, and biological processes

    Ilieva, M., Aldana, Blanca, Vinten, K. T., Hohmann, S., Woofenden, T. W., Lukjanska, R., Waagepetersen, Helle S. & Michel, T. M., 2022, In: Molecular Psychiatry. 27, p. 3749–3759

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. 2021
  22. Published

    Amino acids: Glutamate dehydrogenase: An anaplerotic enzyme in neurons and an energy producing enzyme in astrocytes

    Schousboe, Arne & Aldana, Blanca, 29 Jul 2021, Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry: Third Edition. Elsevier, Vol. 1. p. 51-55 5 p.

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

  23. 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

  24. Published

    Astrocytic reactivity triggered by defective autophagy and metabolic failure causes neurotoxicity in frontotemporal dementia type 3

    Chandrasekaran, A., Dittlau, K. S., Corsi, G. I., Haukedal, H., Doncheva, N. T., Ramakrishna, S., Ambardar, S., Salcedo, C., Schmidt, S. I., Zhang, Y., Cirera, S., Pihl, M., Schmid, B., Nielsen, T. T., Nielsen, J. E., Kolko, M., Kobolák, J., Dinnyés, A., Hyttel, P., Palakodeti, D. & 5 others, Gorodkin, Jan, Muddashetty, R. S., Meyer, M., Aldana, Blanca & Freude, Kristine, 2021, In: Stem Cell Reports. 16, 11, p. 2736-2751

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Brain endothelial cells metabolize glutamate via glutamate dehydrogenase to replenish TCA-intermediates and produce ATP under hypoglycemic conditions

    Hinca, S. B., Salcedo, C., Wagner, A., Goldeman, C., Sadat, E., Aibar, M. M. D., Maechler, P., Larsen, Birger Brodin, Aldana, Blanca & Helms, H. C. C., 2021, In: Journal of Neurochemistry. 157, 6, p. 1861-1875

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Deficient astrocyte metabolism impairs glutamine synthesis and neurotransmitter homeostasis in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

    Andersen, Jens Velde, Christensen, S. K., Westi, Emil Winther, Diaz-delcastillo, M., Tanila, H., Schousboe, Arne, Aldana, Blanca & Waagepetersen, Helle S., 2021, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 148, 13 p., 105198.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Downregulation of GABA Transporter 3 (GAT3) is Associated with Deficient Oxidative GABA Metabolism in Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease

    Salcedo, C., Wagner, A., Andersen, Jens Velde, Vinten, K. T., Waagepetersen, Helle S., Schousboe, Arne, Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Neurochemical Research. 46, p. 2676–2686

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Functional Metabolic Mapping Reveals Highly Active Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism in Human Astrocytes, Which Is Impaired in iPSC-Derived Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease

    Salcedo, C., Andersen, Jens Velde, Vinten, K. T., Pinborg, Lars Hageman, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Freude, Kristine & Aldana, Blanca, 2021, In: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience. 13, 736580.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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