Amanda Almeida de Oliveira

@uvm.edu

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Neurological Sciences
University of Vermont

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Physiology, Molecular Medicine, Animal Science and Zoology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
756

Scholar Citations

16

Scholar h-index

22

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Low-dose aspirin reduces placental inflammation and restores angiogenic balance in a rat model of excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy
    AA de Oliveira, A Quon, A Stokes, F Spaans, ME Graton, CLM Cooke, ...
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 330 (6 … , 2026
    2026
  • Sex differences in arterial stiffness in a rat model of type 1 diabetes
    S Rastogi, AA De Oliviera, Y Zhai, J Liaw, L Gu, KP Nunes
    Frontiers in Physiology 17, 1802411 , 2026
    2026
  • Pravastatin Improves Uterine Artery Function In a Rat Model Of Excessive Hypercholesterolemia In Pregnancy by Suppressing TLR4.
    AA de Oliveira, M Graton, R Kirschenman, F Spaans, CL Cooke, ...
    REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 33 (1) , 2026
    2026
  • Excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy impairs the cardiovascular health of the adult female and male offspring
    ME Graton, AA de Oliveira, A Neupane, R Kirschenman, A Quon, ...
    Bioscience Reports 46 (1), BSR20253861 , 2026
    2026
  • Pregnancy complications and later-life maternal cardiovascular health: Mechanistic insights from animal models
    AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, ME Graton, CLM Cooke, ST Davidge
    Current Opinion in Physiology, 100870 , 2025
    2025
  • Impact of excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy on the placentas of the male and female offspring
    AA de Oliveira, A Stokes, A Quon, ME Graton, F Spaans, CLM Cooke, ...
    Scientific Reports 15 (1), 27431 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Maternal cholesterol matters: it is time for routine monitoring
    AA de Oliveira, CLM Cooke, ST Davidge
    American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM 7 (7) , 2025
    2025
  • Blockade of HSP70 Improves Vascular Function in a Mouse Model of Type 2 Diabetes
    V Ochoa Mendoza, AA de Oliveira, KP Nunes
    Cells 14 (6), 424 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Low-Dose Aspirin Improves Uterine Artery Function in a Rat Model of Excessive Hypercholesterolemia in Pregnancy
    AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, ME Graton, R Kirschenman, CLM Cooke, ...
    REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 32 (1), 70A-71A , 2025
    2025
  • Excessive Hypercholesterolemia in Pregnancy Reduces Cardiac Tolerance to Ischemia/Reperfusion Insult in the Male Adult Offspring Only
    ME Graton, R Kirschenman, F Spaans, AA de Oliveira, CLM Cooke, ...
    REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 32 (1), 124A-124A , 2025
    2025
  • Exposure to prenatal hypoxia impairs the function and structure of the carotid arteries in the adult offspring
    ME Graton, AA de Oliveira, A Neupane, A Quon, R Kirschenman, ...
    American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology 328 (3 … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Excessive Hypercholesterolemia in Pregnancy Impairs Later‐Life Maternal Vascular Function in Rats
    AA de Oliveira, E Elder, ME Graton, F Spaans, AL Wooldridge, A Quon, ...
    Journal of the American Heart Association, e038123 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Aspirin Improves Uterine Artery Function in Hypercholesterolemic Preeclampsia
    AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, ME Graton, A Stokes, R Kirschenman, A Quon, ...
    Hypertension , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 8
  • Excessive hypercholesterolaemia during pregnancy as a risk factor for endothelial dysfunction in pre‐eclampsia
    AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, CLM Cooke, ST Davidge
    The Journal of Physiology , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 9
  • Excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy induces sex-specific differences in the placental unfolded protein response
    AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, A Quon, S Davidge
    Placenta 154, e25 , 2024
    2024
  • Effect of Prenatal Hypoxia on the Biomechanical Properties of Carotid Arteries in the Adult Offspring.
    ME Graton, AA de Oliveira, F Spaans, R Kirschenman, ST Davidge
    REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 31, 220A-221A , 2024
    2024
  • A High Cholesterol Diet During Pregnancy Impairs Uterine Artery Function via TLR4.
    AA de Oliveira, E Elder, A Wooldridge, R Kirschenman, F Spaans, ...
    REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES 31, 252A-252A , 2024
    2024
  • Excessive hypercholesterolemia in pregnancy impairs rat uterine artery function via activation of Toll-like receptor 4
    AA de Oliveira, E Elder, F Spaans, ME Graton, A Quon, R Kirschenman, ...
    Clinical Science 138 (4), 137-151 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • Stimulating cardiac glucose oxidation lessens the severity of heart failure in aged female mice
    Q Sun, CS Wagg, B Güven, K Wei, AA de Oliveira, H Silver, L Zhang, ...
    Basic research in cardiology 119 (1), 133-150 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 17
  • Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is the major source of cardiac ATP production in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
    Q Sun, B Güven, C Wagg, A de Oliveira, H Silver, L Zhang, B Chen, K Wei, ...
    Cardiovascular research , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 85

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is the major source of cardiac ATP production in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
    Q Sun, B Güven, C Wagg, A de Oliveira, H Silver, L Zhang, B Chen, K Wei, ...
    Cardiovascular research , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 85
  • Hypertension and erectile dysfunction: breaking down the challenges
    AA de Oliveira, KP Nunes
    American Journal of Hypertension , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 75
  • Targeting toll‐like receptor 4 signalling pathways: can therapeutics pay the toll for hypertension?
    KP Nunes, AA de Oliveira, FE Mowry, VC Biancardi
    British journal of pharmacology 176 (12), 1864-1879 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 69
  • Apelin pathway in cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases: Therapeutic role of apelin analogs and apelin receptor agonists
    AA de Oliveira, A Vergara, X Wang, JC Vederas, GY Oudit
    Peptides 147, 170697 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 63
  • Blockade of toll-like receptor 4 attenuates erectile dysfunction in diabetic rats
    KP Nunes, AA de Oliveira, T Szasz, VC Biancardi, RC Webb
    The journal of sexual medicine 15 (9), 1235-1245 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 41
  • Blockade of Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) reduces oxidative stress and restores phospho-ERK1/2 levels in Leydig cells exposed to high glucose
    T Karpova, AA de Oliveira, H Naas, F Priviero, KP Nunes
    Life sciences 245, 117365 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 37
  • Toll-like receptor 4 and blood pressure: lessons from animal studies
    KP Nunes, AA De Oliveira, VV Lima, RC Webb
    Frontiers in physiology 10, 655 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 36
  • Unveiling the interplay between the TLR4/MD2 complex and HSP70 in the human cardiovascular system: a computational approach
    AA de Oliveira, J Faustino, ME de Lima, R Menezes, KP Nunes
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20 (13), 3121 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 32
  • New insights into the role and therapeutic potential of HSP70 in diabetes
    AA de Oliveira, VO Mendoza, S Rastogi, KP Nunes
    Pharmacological research 178, 106173 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 29
  • Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) as a possible pathological mechanism in hyperglycemia-associated testicular dysfunction
    H Naas, AA de Oliveira, T Karpova, KP Nunes
    Medical hypotheses 127, 116-119 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 28
  • Toll-like receptor 4 and heat-shock protein 70: is it a new target pathway for diabetic vasculopathies?
    AA de Oliveira, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    Current drug targets 20 (1), 51-59 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 21
  • Dissecting the interaction between HSP70 and vascular contraction: role of Ca2+ handling mechanisms
    AA de Oliveira, F Priviero, RC Tostes, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    Scientific reports 11 (1), 1420 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 20
  • An additional physiological role for HSP70: Assistance of vascular reactivity
    AA de Oliveira, KP Nunes
    Life sciences 256, 117986 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 19
  • Blockade of the TLR4–MD2 complex lowers blood pressure and improves vascular function in a murine model of type 1 diabetes
    AA de Oliveira, J Faustino, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    Scientific Reports 10 (1), 12032 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 19
  • Increased eHSP70-to-iHSP70 ratio disrupts vascular responses to calcium and activates the TLR4-MD2 complex in type 1 diabetes
    AA de Oliveira, F Priviero, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    Life sciences 310, 121079 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 18
  • Stimulating cardiac glucose oxidation lessens the severity of heart failure in aged female mice
    Q Sun, CS Wagg, B Güven, K Wei, AA de Oliveira, H Silver, L Zhang, ...
    Basic research in cardiology 119 (1), 133-150 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 17
  • COVID-19 and ROS Storm: What is the Forecast for Hypertension
    AA de Oliveira, F Priviero, VV Lima, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    American Journal of Hypertension 34 (8), 779 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Crosstalk of TLR4, vascular NADPH oxidase, and COVID-19 in diabetes: What are the potential implications?
    AA de Oliveira, KP Nunes
    Vascular Pharmacology 139, 106879 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 16
  • Obesity is a major determinant of impaired cardiac energy metabolism in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
    B Güven, Q Sun, CS Wagg, AA de Oliveira, H Silver, KL Persad, ...
    The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 388 (1), 145-155 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • Age-related decline in vascular responses to phenylephrine is associated with reduced levels of HSP70
    AA de Oliveira, VO Mendoza, F Priviero, RC Webb, KP Nunes
    Biomolecules 12 (8), 1125 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 15