Publications

Ferrato, Luara Jesus ; Rocha Ruiz, Thalles Fernando ; de Souza, Lorena Gabriela ; Brito-Filho, Gervásio Evangelista ; Colleta, Simone Jacovaci ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto. Bisphenol A exposure alters hormonal modulation and responsivity in the prostate of aged female gerbils. In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Vol. 600, no.1, p. 112507 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.mce.2025.112507.

Bedolo, Carolina Marques ; Cozim, Isabella Carolina ; Grigio, Vitor ; Bernussi, Gabriel Ribeiro ; Silva, Stella Bicalho ; Guerra, Luiz Henrique Alves ; Campos, Silvana Gisele Pegorin ; Vilamaior, Patricia Simone Leite ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto. Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) supplementation impacts adrenal cortex morphophysiology of aged female gerbils. In: Steroids, Vol. 218, no.1, p. 109618 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.steroids.2025.109618.

Nikanfar, Saba ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Damdimopoulou, Pauliina ; Flaws, Jodi A. ; Amorim, Christiani A.. Effects of phthalate exposure on human ovarian extracellular matrix composition: insights from a 3D spheroid model. In: Environmental Research, Vol. 279, no.121797, p. 121797 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.envres.2025.121797.

Thuwanut, Paweena ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Rocha Ruiz, Thalles Fernando ; Sirayapiwat, Porntip ; Kristensen, Stine Gry ; Andrade Amorim, Christiani. Human ovarian tissue xenotransplantation: advancements, challenges, and future perspectives.. In: Human reproduction (Oxford, England), Vol. deae291, no.deae291, p. deae291 (2025). doi:10.1093/humrep/deae291.

Brito Filho, Gervásio Evangelista ; Rocha Ruiz, Thalles Fernando ; de Souza, Lorena Gabriela ; Ferrato, Luara Jesus ; dos Santos, Fernanda Cristina Alcantara ; Vilamaior, Patricia Simone Leite ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto. Mammary Gland Reactive Stroma Characterization at Aging After Bisphenol A Exposure During Hormonal Susceptibility Windows. In: Cell Biology International, Vol. 49, no.4, p. 397-406 (2025). doi:10.1002/cbin.12280.

Melvin, Isabella Barbosa ; Camurça da Silva, Ana Carolina ; Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto ; Biancardi, Manoel Francisco ; Santos, Fernanda Cristina Alcântara ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen. Perinatal exposure to bisphenol A impairs the Mongolian gerbil ovarian follicle dynamics and its extracellular milieu. In: Emerging Animal Species, Vol. 12, no.100054, p. 100054 (2025). doi:10.1016/j.eas.2025.100054.

Guerra, Luiz Henrique Alves ; da Costa Castro, Nayara Fernanda ; Jubilato, Fernanda Costa ; Marques, Letícia Aparecida ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Junior, Stanislau Bogusz ; Campos, Silvana Gisele Pegorin ; Rahal, Paula ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto ; Calmon, Marilia Freitas ; Vilamaior, Patrícia Simone Leite. Coconut Oil Mitigates the Effects of Aging on the Mongolian Gerbil Prostate. In: The Prostate, Vol. 85, no.4, p. 395-406 (2024). doi:10.1002/pros.24842.

Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Ferrato, Luara Jesus ; de Souza, Lorena Gabriela ; Brito-Filho, Gervásio Evangelista ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto. The elastic system: A review of elastin-related techniques and hematoxylin-eosin/phloxine applicability for normal and pathological tissue description. In: Acta Histochemica, Vol. 126, no.8, p. 152209 (2024). doi:10.1016/j.acthis.2024.152209.

Ruiz, Thalles F. R. ; Colleta, Simone J. ; dos Santos, Diego D. ; Castro, Nayara F. C. ; Cabral, Ágata S. ; Calmon, Marilia F. ; Rahal, Paula ; Gil, Cristiane D. ; Girol, Ana Paula ; Vilamaior, Patricia S. L. ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião R.. Bisphenol A disruption promotes mammary tumor microenvironment via phenotypic cell polarization and inflammatory response. In: Cell Biology International, Vol. 47, no.6, p. 1136-1146 (2023). doi:10.1002/cbin.12007.

Stuqui, Bruna ; Provazzi, Paola Jocelan Scarin ; Lima, Maria Leticia Duarte ; Cabral, Ágata Silva ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Candido, Natalia Maria ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto ; da Silva, Márcia Guimarães ; Lima, Flávio de Oliveira ; Melli, Patrícia Pereira dos Santos ; Quintana, Silvana Maria ; Calmon, Marilia de Freitas ; Rahal, Paula ; Jin, Dong-Yan. Condyloma acuminata: An evaluation of the immune response at cellular and molecular levels. In: PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, no.4, p. e0284296 (2023). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284296.

Ruiz, Thalles F.R. ; Grigio, Vitor ; Ferrato, Luara J. ; de Souza, Lorena G. ; Colleta, Simone J. ; Amaro, Gustavo M. ; Góes, Rejane M. ; Vilamaior, Patrícia S.L. ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião R.. Impairment of steroidogenesis and follicle development after bisphenol A exposure during pregnancy and lactation in the ovaries of Mongolian gerbils aged females. In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, Vol. 566-567, no.1, p. 111892 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.mce.2023.111892.

Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Dadashzadeh, Arezoo ; Moghassemi, Saeid ; Vlieghe, Hanne ; Wyns, Christine ; Orellana, Renan ; Andrade Amorim, Christiani. New Solutions for Old Problems: How Reproductive Tissue Engineering Has Been Revolutionizing Reproductive Medicine.. In: Annals of biomedical engineering, Vol. 51, no. 10, p. 2143-2171 (2023). doi:10.1007/s10439-023-03321-y.

Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Vilamaior, Patricia Simone Leite ; Grigio, Vitor ; Colleta, Simone Jacovaci ; Zucão, Mariele Ilario ; de Campos, Silvana Gisele Pegorin ; dos Santos, Fernanda Cristina Alcântara ; Biancardi, Manoel Francisco ; Perez, Ana Paula Silva ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen. The Mongolian Gerbil as a Useful Experimental Model in Reproductive Biology. In: Reproductive Sciences, Vol. 30, no.7, p. 2092-2106 (2023). doi:10.1007/s43032-023-01171-6.

Vlieghe, Hanne ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Asiabi, Parinaz ; Andrade Amorim, Christiani. The characterization and therapeutic applications of ovarian theca cells: An update.. In: Life sciences, Vol. 317, no.-, p. 121479 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2023.121479.

Bedolo, Carolina Marques ; Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Amaro, Gustavo Matheus ; Vilamaior, Patricia Simone Leite ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto ; Campos, Silvana Gisele Pegorin de. The impacts of exposure to bisphenol A in the adult female prostate Meriones unguiculatus. In: Reproductive Toxicology, Vol. 119, no.1, p. 108412 (2023). doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2023.108412.

Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Colleta, Simone Jacovaci ; Bedolo, Carolina Marques ; Pegorin de Campos, Silvana Gisele ; Taboga, Sebastião Roberto. Gestational and lactational xenoestrogen exposure disrupts morphology and inflammatory aspects in mammary gland of gerbil mothers during involution. In: Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, Vol. 89, no.1, p. 103785 (2022). doi:10.1016/j.etap.2021.103785.

Rivas Leonel, Ellen. Innovations for Optimizing Fertility and Ovarian Functionality in Female Cancer Patients. In: Medical Research Archives, Vol. 10, no.10, p. 3265 (2022). doi:10.18103/mra.v10i10.3265.

Campos, Silvana G. P. ; Gonçalves, Bianca F. ; Ruiz, Thalles Fernando Rocha ; Rivas Leonel, Ellen ; Ribeiro, Daniele L. ; Falleiros Junior, Luiz Roberto ; Goes, Rejane M. ; Taboga, Sebastião R.. Proteoglycans orchestrate remodeling of prostatic cytoarchitecture after androgenic blockade in old gerbils. In: The Prostate, Vol. 83, no.2, p. 179-189 (2022). doi:10.1002/pros.24451.