Pedro Manuel Broa Costa

Dr.

Assistant Professor, DCV - Departamento de Ciências da Vida
Research Assistant, UCIBIO - Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit

Former affiliations

Researcher, MARE - Centro de Ciências do Mar e do Ambiente
Researcher, DCEA - Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-3522

Emailpmcosta@fct.unl.pt

Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Departamento de Ciências da Vida
2829-516 Caparica
Portugal

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2020
Different sensitivity to heatwaves across the life cycle of fish reflects phenotypic adaptation to environmental niche
Madeira, D., Madeira, C., Costa, P. M., Vinagre, C., Pörtner, H. O. & Diniz, M. S., Dec 2020, In : Marine Environmental Research. 162, 105192.
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Histochemical detection of free sthiols in glandular cells and tissues of different marine Polychaeta
Gonçalves, C. & Costa, P. M., 1 Sep 2020, In : Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 154, 3, p. 315-325
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Light-Mediated Toxicity of Porphyrin-Like Pigments from a Marine Polychaeta
D'Ambrosio, M., Santos, A. C., Alejo-Armijo, A., Parola, A. J. & Costa, P. M., 6 Jun 2020, In : Marine Drugs. 18, 6, 302.
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On the Progression of COVID-19 in Portugal: A Comparative Analysis of Active Cases Using Non-linear Regression
Milhinhos, A. & Costa, P. M., 11 Sep 2020, In : Frontiers in public health. 8, 495.
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2019
An assessment of the ability to ingest and excrete microplastics by filter-feeders: A case study with the Mediterranean mussel
Gonçalves, C., Martins, M., Sobral, P., Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H., 1 Feb 2019, In : Environmental Pollution. 245, p. 600-606 7 p.
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29 Citations (Scopus)
Mytilus galloprovincialis CYP1A-like mRNAs reveal closer proximity of mytilid CYP1A to the eumetazoan CYP2 family
Cunha, M., Martins, C., Grosso, A. R. & Costa, P. M., 1 Sep 2019, In : Aquatic Toxicology. 214, 105260.
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1 Citation (Scopus)
Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. dysgalactiae isolated from milk of the bovine udder as emerging pathogens: In vitro and in vivo infection of human cells and zebrafish as biological models
Alves-Barroco, C., Roma-Rodrigues, C., Raposo, L. R., Brás, C., Diniz, M., Caço, J., Costa, P. M., Santos-Sanches, I. & Fernandes, A. R., 1 Jan 2019, In : Microbiologyopen. 8, 1, e00623.
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9 Citations (Scopus)

18 Downloads (Pure)
Targeting cancer resistance via multifunctional gold nanoparticles
Pedrosa, P., Corvo, M. L., Ferreira-Silva, M., Martins, P., Carvalheiro, M. C., Costa, P. M., Martins, C., Martins, L. M. D. R. S., Baptista, P. V. & Fernandes, A. R., Nov 2019, In : International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20, 21, 5510.
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The complexity of porphyrin-like pigments in a marine annelid sheds new light on haem metabolism in aquatic invertebrates
Martins, C., Rodrigo, A. P., Cabrita, L., Henriques, P., Parola, A. J. & Costa, P. M., 1 Dec 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 12930.
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2018
A morphoanatomical approach to the adaptive features of the epidermis and proboscis of a marine Polychaeta: Eulalia viridis (Phyllodocida: Phyllodocidae)
Rodrigo, A. P., Martins, C., Costa, M. H., Alves de Matos, A. P. & Costa, P. M., 1 Nov 2018, In : Journal Of Anatomy. 233, 5, p. 567-579 13 p.
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5 Citations (Scopus)
Co-exposure to environmental carcinogens in vivo induces neoplasia-related hallmarks in low-genotoxicity events, even after removal of insult
Martins, M., Silva, A., Costa, M. H., Miguel, C. & Costa, P. M., 1 Dec 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 3649.
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Development of a method for the detection of polystyrene microplastics in paraffin-embedded histological sections
Gonçalves, C., Martins, M., Costa, M. H. & Costa, P. M., 1 Feb 2018, In : Histochemistry and Cell Biology. 149, 2, p. 187-191 5 p.
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7 Citations (Scopus)
Explorations on the ecological role of toxin secretion and delivery in jawless predatory Polychaeta
Cuevas, N., Martins, M., Rodrigo, A. P., Martins, C. & Costa, P. M., 1 Dec 2018, In : Scientific Reports. 8, 1, 7635.
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4 Citations (Scopus)
Risk assessment of pesticides in estuaries: a review addressing the persistence of an old problem in complex environments
Cuevas, N., Martins, M. & Costa, P. M., 1 Sep 2018, In : Ecotoxicology. 27, 7(SI), p. 1008-1018 11 p.
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11 Citations (Scopus)

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2017
Molecular plasticity under ocean warming: Proteomics and fitness data provides clues for a better understanding of the thermal tolerance in fish
Madeira, D., Araújo, J. E., Vitorino, R., Costa, P. M., Capelo, J. L., Vinagre, C. & Diniz, M. S., 23 Oct 2017, In : Frontiers in Physiology. 8, 825.
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9 Citations (Scopus)
Multifunctional gold-nanoparticles: A nanovectorization tool for the targeted delivery of novel chemotherapeutic agents
Fernandes, A. R., Jesus, J., Martins, P., Figueiredo, S., Rosa, D., Martins, L. M. R. D. R. S., Corvo, M. L., Carvalheiro, M. C., Costa, P. M. & Baptista, P. V., 10 Jan 2017, In : Journal Of Controlled Release. 245, p. 52-61 10 p.
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35 Citations (Scopus)
The Role of the Cephalopod Digestive Gland in the Storage and Detoxification of Marine Pollutants
Rodrigo, A. P. & Costa, P. M., 20 Apr 2017, In : Frontiers in Physiology. 8, 232.
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19 Citations (Scopus)

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2016
Applying quantitative and semi-quantitative histopathology to address the interaction between sediment-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in fish gills
Martins, M. S. S. G., Santos, J. M., Costa, M. H. & Costa, P. M., Sep 2016, In : Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 131, p. 164-171
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7 Citations (Scopus)
Comparing the genotoxicity of a potentially carcinogenic and a noncarcinogenic PAH, singly, and in binary combination, on peripheral blood cells of the European sea bass
Martins, M. S. S. G., Ferreira, A. M., Costa, M. H. & Costa, P. M., Nov 2016, In : Environmental Toxicology. 31, 11, p. 1307-1318 12 p.
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12 Citations (Scopus)
Effects of the increase of temperature and CO₂ concentration on polychaetae Nereis diversicolor: simulating extreme scenarios of climate change in marine sediments
Pereira, K. C., Costa, P. M., Costa, M. H., Luque, Á., DelValls, T. A. & López, I. R., Jun 2016, In : Hydrobiologia. 772, 1, p. 161-174 14 p.
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7 Citations (Scopus)
Environmental risk assessment in a contaminated estuary: An integrated weight of evidence approach as a decision support tool
Caeiro, S., Vaz-Fernandes, P., Martinho, A. P., Costa, P. M., Silva, M. J., Lavinha, J., Matias-Dias, C., Machado, A., Castanheira, I. & Costa, M. H., 8 Mar 2016, (Accepted/In press) In : Ocean & Coastal Management. 143, p. 51-62
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6 Citations (Scopus)
Multi-organ histopathology in gobies for estuarine environmental risk assessment: A case study in the Ibaizabal estuary (SE Bay of Biscay)
Cuevas, N., Zorita, I., Franco, J., Costa, P. M. & Larreta, J., 20 Sep 2016, In : Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science. 179, p. 145-154 10 p.
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12 Citations (Scopus)
When warming hits harder: survival, cellular stress and thermal limits of Sparus aurata larvae under global change
Madeira, D., Costa, P. M., Vinagre, C. & Diniz, M. S., 1 Apr 2016, In : Marine Biology. 163, 4, 91.
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24 Citations (Scopus)
2015
Alterations in juvenile flatfish gill epithelia induced by sediment-bound toxicants: A comparative in situ and ex situ study
Martins, C., Alves de Matos, A. P., Costa, M. H. & Costa, P. M., Dec 2015, In : Marine Environmental Research. 112, Part A, p. 122-130 9 p.
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9 Citations (Scopus)
A Study on the Digestive Physiology of a Marine Polychaete (Eulalia viridis) through Microanatomical Changes of Epithelia During the Digestive Cycle
Rodrigo, A. P., Costa, M. H., Alves De Matos, A. P., Carrapiço, F. & Costa, P. M., 2015, In : Microscopy and Microanalysis. 21, 1, p. 91-101 11 p.
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8 Citations (Scopus)
Characterization of antiproliferative potential and biological targets of a copper compound containing 4'-phenyl terpyridine
Mendo, A. S., Figueiredo, S., Roma-Rodrigues, C., Videira, P. A., Ma, Z., Diniz, M., Larguinho, M., Costa, P. M., Lima, J. C., Pombeiro, A. J. L., Baptista, P. V. & Fernandes, A. R., Sep 2015, In : Journal Of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 20, 6, p. 935-948 14 p.
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14 Citations (Scopus)
Development of histopathological indices in the digestive gland and gonad of mussels: Integration with contamination levels and effects of confounding factors
Cuevas, N., Zorita, I., Costa, P. M., Franco, J. & Larreta, J., 1 May 2015, In : Aquatic Toxicology. 162, p. 152-164 13 p.
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54 Citations (Scopus)
Effects of carcinogenic versus non-carcinogenic AHR-active PAHs and their mixtures: Lessons from ecological relevance
Martins, M. S. S. G., Santos, J. M., Diniz, M. S., Ferreira, A. M., Costa, M. H. & Costa, P. M., 1 Apr 2015, In : Environmental Research. 138, p. 101-111 11 p.
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12 Citations (Scopus)
Exploring the potential interference of estuarine sediment contaminants with the DNA repair capacity of human hepatoma cells
Pinto, M. F., Louro, H., Costa, P. M., Caeiro, S. & Silva, M. J., 3 May 2015, In : Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 78, 9, p. 559-570 12 p.
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5 Citations (Scopus)
Histopathological baseline levels and confounding factors in common sole (Solea solea) for marine environmental risk assessment
Cuevas, N., Zorita, I., Costa, P. M., Larreta, J. & Franco, J., 1 Sep 2015, In : Marine Environmental Research. 110, p. 162-173 12 p.
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11 Citations (Scopus)
Histopathological indices in sole (Solea solea) and hake (Merluccius merluccius) for implementation of the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive along the Basque continental shelf (SE Bay of Biscay)
Cuevas, N., Zorita, I., Costa, P. M., Quincoces, I., Larreta, J. & Franco, J., 15 May 2015, In : Marine Pollution Bulletin. 94, 1-2, p. 185-198 14 p.
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8 Citations (Scopus)
Physiological, cellular and biochemical thermal stress response of intertidal shrimps with different vertical distributions: Palaemon elegans and Palaemon serratus
Madeira, D., Mendonça, V., Dias, M., Roma, J., Costa, P. M., Larguinho, M., Vinagre, C. & Diniz, M. S., 1 May 2015, In : Comparative Biochemistry And Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiolog. 183, p. 107-115 9 p.
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19 Citations (Scopus)
2014

An integrative assessment to determine the genotoxic hazard of estuarine sediments: combining cell and whole-organism responses
Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., 1 Jan 2014, In : Frontiers in Genetics. 5, NA, p. 437
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12 Citations (Scopus)
Determining oxidative and non-oxidative genotoxic effects driven by estuarine sediment contaminants on a human hepatoma cell line
Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., 1 Jan 2014, In : Science of the Total Environment. 478, NA, p. 25–35
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16 Citations (Scopus)
Gold-nanobeacons for gene therapy: Evaluation of genotoxicity, cell toxicity and proteome profiling analysis
Conde, J., Larguinho, M., Cordeiro, A., Raposo, L. R., Costa, P. M., Santos, S., Diniz, M. S., Fernandes, A. R. & Baptista, P. V., 1 Aug 2014, In : Nanotoxicology. 8, 5, p. 521-532 12 p.
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63 Citations (Scopus)
Histopathological alterations, physiological limits, and molecular changes of juvenile Sparus aurata in response to thermal stress
Madeira, D., Vinagre, C., Costa, P. M. & Diniz, M. S., 28 May 2014, In : Marine Ecology-Progress Series. 505, p. 253-266 14 p.
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31 Citations (Scopus)
Histopathological findings on Carassius auratus hepatopancreas upon exposure to acrylamide: Correlation with genotoxicity and metabolic alterations
Larguinho, M., Costa, P. M., Sousa, G., Diniz, M. S., Costa, M. H. & Baptista, P., 1 Dec 2014, In : Journal of Applied Toxicology. 34, 12, p. 1293-1302 10 p.
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12 Citations (Scopus)
Human hepatoma cells exposed to estuarine sediment contaminant extracts permitted the differentiation between cytotoxic and pro-mutagenic fractions
Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., 1 Jan 2014, In : Environmental Pollution. 185, NA, p. 141-148
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9 Citations (Scopus)
Hypocholesterolaemic pharmaceutical simvastatin disrupts reproduction and population growth of the amphipod Gammarus locusta at the ng/L range
Costa, M. H. F. R. D. & Costa, P. M., 1 Jan 2014, In : Aquatic Toxicology. 155, NA, p. 337–347
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35 Citations (Scopus)
Integrated approach to the in vivo genotoxic effects of a titanium dioxide nanomaterial using LacZ plasmid-based transgenic mice
Louro, H., Tavares, A., Vital, N., Costa, P. M., Alverca, E., Zwart, E., de Jong, W. H., Fessard, V., Lavinha, J. & Silva, M. J., 2014, In : Environmental And Molecular Mutagenesis. 55, 6, p. 500-509 10 p.
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14 Citations (Scopus)
May sediment contamination be xenoestrogenic to benthic fish? A case study with Solea senegalensis
Gonçalves, C., Martins, M. S. S. G., Diniz, M. E. C. D. S., Costa, M. H. F. R. D., Caeiro, S. & Costa, P. M., Aug 2014, In : Marine Environmental Research. 99, p. 170–178
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16 Citations (Scopus)
Metabolic and histopathological alterations in the marine bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis induced by chronic exposure to acrylamide
Larguinho, M., Cordeiro, A., Diniz, M., Costa, P. M. & Baptista, P., Nov 2014, In : Environmental Research. 135, p. 55-62 8 p.
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20 Citations (Scopus)
Microstructural and histochemical advances on the digestive gland of the common cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis L.
Costa, P. M., Rodrigo, A. P. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., Mar 2014, In : Zoomorphology. 133, 1, p. 59-69
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17 Citations (Scopus)
Physiological and biochemical thermal stress response of the intertidal rock goby Gobius paganellus
Madeira, D., Mendonça, V., Dias, M., Roma, J., Costa, P. M., Diniz, M. S. & Vinagre, C., Nov 2014, In : Ecological Indicators. 46, p. 232-239 8 p.
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8 Citations (Scopus)
2013

A microscopical study of the “chlorophylloid” pigment cells of the marine polychaete Eulalia viridis (L.)
Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., 1 Jan 2013, In : Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19, Supplement S4, p. 15-16
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Comparative DNA damage and oxidative effects of carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic sediment-bound PAHs in the gills of a bivalve
Martins, M., Costa, P. M. & Costa, M. H. F. R. D., 1 Jan 2013, In : Aquatic Toxicology. 142-143, NA, p. 85-95
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43 Citations (Scopus)
Development of histopathological indices in a commercial marine bivalve (Ruditapes decussatus) to determine environmental quality
Costa, P. M., Carreira, S., Costa, M. H. F. R. D. & Caeiro, S., 5 Jan 2013, In : Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 126, p. 442-454
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73 Citations (Scopus)
Ecological risk assessment of impacted estuarine areas: Integrating histological and biochemical endpoints in wild Senegalese sole
Costa, M. H. F. R. D. & Costa, P. M., 1 Jan 2013, In : Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 95, 1, p. 202-211
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14 Citations (Scopus)
Ecotoxicological heterogeneity in transitional coastal habitats assessed through the integration of biomarkers and sediment-contamination profiles: a case study using a commercial clam
Carreira, S., Costa, P. M., Martins, M., Lobo, J., Costa, M. H. F. R. D. & Caeiro, S., Jan 2013, In : Archives Of Environmental Contamination And Toxicology. 64, 1, p. 97-109
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23 Citations (Scopus)
Enhanced primers for amplification of DNA barcodes from a broad range of marine metazoans
Lobo, J., Costa, P. M., Teixeira, M. A. L., Ferreira, M. S. G., Costa, M. H. F. R. D. & Costa, F. O., 10 Sep 2013, In : Bmc Ecology. 13, 34.
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