Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 2019
  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 2020
  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Published
  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 2021
  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. 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

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