Blanca Aldana

Blanca Aldana

Associate Professor


  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. Published
  4. 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

  5. Published

    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, In: Gastroenterology. 166, 5, p. 886-901

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Published

    Is there a relationship between sweet taste and seizures? Anticonvulsant and proconvulsant effects of non-nutritive sweeteners

    Di Ianni, M. E., Enrique, A. V., Del Valle, M. E., Aldana, Blanca, Rosella, M. A., Rocha, L., Castro, E. A., Bruno-Blanch, L. E. & Talevi, A., 2015, In: Combinatorial Chemistry and High Throughput Screening. 18, 4, p. 335-345 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. 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

  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

    Muller cell survival and function is maintained by the presence of lactate

    Vohra, Rupali, Skytt, D. M., Aldana, Blanca, Freude, Kristine, Waagepetersen, Helle S., Bergersen, L. H. & Kolko, Miriam, Jul 2018, p. 1480. 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

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