PUBLICATIONS

Our research advances computational structural biology, AI-driven drug discovery, and molecular modelling, with contributions published in leading Q1 journals across multiple disciplines.

The Irina Moreira Lab’s publications reflect our interdisciplinary approach, spanning GPCR signalling, viral protein interactions, rare disease mechanisms, and predictive toxicology. Our work combines physics-based simulations, machine learning frameworks, and large-scale cheminformatics to deliver mechanistic insights and translational tools.

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2025

83. Amorim AMB, Marques-Pereira C, Almeida T, Rosário-Ferreira N, Pinto HS, Vaz C, Franciso A, Moreira IS, ViralBindPredict: Empowering Viral Protein-Ligand Binding Sites through Deep Learning and Protein Sequence-Derived Insights, 2026, GigaScience. IF 3.9, Q1, JIF Percentile 81.50.
82. Amorim AMB, Orzel U, Caniceiro AB, Rosário-Ferreira N, Moreira IS, How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Game for Rare Diseases: From Screening to Treatment, Trends In Pharamcological Sciences, 2025. IF 19.9, Q1, JIF Percentile 99.10.
81. Lourinho A, Silva M, Tahiri E, Pinto A, Caniceiro B, Moreira IS, Duarte CB, Costa RO, RNAarchitecs: how hnRNPs shape neuronal landscapes, Brain, awaf448. IF 11.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 98.20.
80. Portugal CC, Almeida TO, Tedim-Moreira J, Silva C, Canedo T, Galvão J, Magalhães A, Summavielle T, Fassier R, Bai X, Kirchhoff F, Moreira IS, Pinto IM, Costa J, Guedes J, Peça J, Socodato R, Relvas JB, Disrupting the microglial cytoskeleton accelerates senescence and causes premature synaptic aging, 2025; Journal of Neuroinflamation, 2025, 22, 264. IF 10.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 95.90.
79. Caniceiro A, Amorim AMB, Rosário-Ferreira N, Moreira IS, GPCR-A17 MAAP: Mapping modulators, agonists, and antagonists to Predict the Next Bioactive Target, J. Cheminformatics, 2025, 17, 102. IF 5.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 85.40.
78. Orzel U, Barreto CAV, Filipek S, Moreira IS, GPCR Oligomerization Across Classes: A2AR-Mediated Regulation of mGlu5R Activation, Int J Biol Macromol, 2025. IF 8.5, Q1, JIF Percentile 93.60.

2024

77. Gouveia RP, Barreto C, Melo R, Carvalho AL, Moreira IS, Exploring the Impact of V143L Mutation on the Dynamic Interaction between Stargazin and GluA2, Front. Cell. Neurosci. 2024, 18. IF 4.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 74.80.
76. Barreto CAV, Moreira IS, An atomic look at the interface of GHSR and its partners, Comput Struct Biotech J, 2024, 23, 4242-4251. IF 5.2, Q2, JIF Percentile 67.40.
75. Barreto CAV, Vitorino JNM, Reis PBPS, Machuqueiro M, Moreira IS, pKa calculations of GPCRs: understanding protonation states in receptor activation, J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2024, 17, 6850-6856. IF 5.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 82.20.
74. Novo JP, Gee L, Caetano AC, Tomé I, Vilaça A, Zglinicki T, Moreira IS, Jurk D, Rosa S, Ferreira L, Blood-brain barrier dysfunction in ageing is mediated by brain endothelial senescence, Aging Cell, 2024. IF 7.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 93.20.
73. Amorim AM, Piochi LF, Gaspar AT, Preto AJ, Rosário_Ferreira N, Moreira IS, Advancing Drug Safety in Drug Development: Bridging Computational Predictions for Enhanced Toxicity Prediction, Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2024, 37, 6, 827-849. IF 3.8, Q2, JIF Percentile 73.60.
72. Preto AJ, Caniceiro AB, Duarte F, Fernandes H, Ferreira L, Mourão J, Moreira IS, POSEIDON: Peptidic Objects SEquence-based Interaction with cellular DOmaiNs, J Cheminform, 2024, 16, 18 IF 5.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 85.40.
71. Lin Y-C, Swendeman S, Moreira IS, Ghosh A, Kuo A, Rosário-Ferreira N, Guo S, Culbertson A, Levesque M, Cartier A, Seno T, Schmaier A, Galvani S, Inoue A, Parikh S, FitzGerald GA, Zurakowski D, Liao M, Flaumenhaft R, Gümüş ZH, Hla T, Designer high-density lipoprotein particles enhance endothelial 1 barrier function and suppress inflammation, 2024, Science Signalling – In press. IF 7.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 86.51.

2023

70. Socodato R, Almeida TO, Portugal CC, Santos ECS, Moreira JT, Canedo T, Baptista FI, Magalhães A, Ambrósio AF, Blakebusch CM, Rubinstein B, Moreira IS, Summavielle T, Pinto IM, Relvas JB, Microglia remodel the synaptic signaling required for context-dependent cognitive performance, 2023, Cell Reports, 42, 113447. IF 8.8, Q1, JIF Percentile 83.00.
69. Piochi LF, Preto AJ, Moreira IS, DELFOS: a multi-omics-based prediction of cancer drug sensitivity with scRNA-seq data, Bioinformatics J. 2023, 39, btad645. IF 5.8, Q1, JIF Percentile 90.30
68. Bueschbell B, Magalhães PR, Barreto CAV, Melo R, Barbosa T, Schiedel AC, Machuqueiro M, Moreira IS, The world of GPCR dimers – mapping the dopamine D2 interface, Comput Struct Biotech J, 2023, 31, 4336. IF 6.0, Q1, JIF Percentile 79.10.
67. Caniceiro AB#, Bueschbell, Barreto CAV, Preto AJ, Moreira IS, MUG: a mutational overview of sub-family A17 receptors, Comput Struct Biotech J, 2023, 21, 586-600. IF 6.0, Q1, JIF Percentile 79.10.
66. Preto AJ, Correia PC, Moreira IS, DrugTax: package for drug taxonomy identification and explainable feature extraction, J Cheminform, 2022, 14, 73. IF 8.6, Q1, JIF Percentile 93.40.
65. Pinho TS, Silva D, Ribeiro JC, Marote A, Gomes E, Lima R, Batista SJ, Melo R, Ribeiro C, Cunha CB, Moreira IS, Lanceros-Mendez S, Salgado AJ, Enhanced neuronal differentiation by dynamic piezoelectric stimulation, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. Part A, 2023, 111, 3. IF 4.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 70.30.

2022

64. Preto AJ, Matos-Filipe P, Mourão J, Moreira IS, Synpred: prediction of drug combination effects in cancer using full-agreement synergy metric and deep-learning, GigaScience & GigaScience Database, 2022, 11, giac087. (Paper and database). IF 9.2, Q1, JIF Percentile 89.85.
63. Caniceiro AB#, Bueschbell#, Schiedel AC, Moreira IS, Class A and C GPCR dimers in neurodegenerative diseases, Curr Neuropharmacology, 2022, I20, 2081. IF 5.3, Q2, JIF Percentile 65.33.
62. Marques-Pereira C., Pires MN, Pereira NN, Caniceiro AB, Gouveia RP, Rosário-Ferreira N, Moreira IS, SARS-CoV-2 membrane protein: from genomic data to structural new insights, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23(6), 2986. IF 5.6, Q1, JIF Percentile 77.00.
61. Caldeira GL, Inácio AS, Beltrão N, Barreto CAV, Rodrigues MV, Rondão T, Macedo R, Gouveia RP, Edfawy M, Guedes J, Cruz B, Louros SR, Moreira IS, Peça J, Carvalho AL, Aberrant hippocampal transmission and behavior in mice with a stargazin mutation linked to intellectual disability, 2022, Molecular Psychiatry. IF 11.0, Q1, JIF Percentile 94.30.
60. Rosário-Ferreira N, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, Hot-spots as the key to understanding protein interactions: past and future in the AI era, A Review, WIRES Computational Molecular Science, 2022, 12, e1602. IF 11.4, Q1, JIF Percentile 99.10
59. Bueschbell B, Caniceiro AB, Suzano PMS, Machuqueiro M, Rosário-Ferreira N, Moreira IS, Network biology and artificial intelligence drive the understanding of the multidrug resistance phenotype in cancer, Drug Resistance Updates, 2022, 60, 100811. IIF 24.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 99.50.

2021

58. Rosário-Ferreira N*, Baptista SJ*, Barreto CAV, Rodrigues FEP, Silva TFD, Ferreira SGF, Melo R, Victor BL, Machuqueiro M#, Moreira IS#, In-silico end-to-end protein-ligand interaction characterization pipeline: the case of SARS-CoV-2, ACS Synth. Biol., 2021, 10, 11, 3209–3235. IF 5.2, Q1, JIF Percentile 85.12.
57. Rosário-Ferreira N, Guimarães V, Costa VS, Moreira IS, Streamlining Disease-Disease Associations Using a DL-driven Text-Mining Approach, BMC Bioinformatics, 2021, 22:482. IF 3.2, Q2, JIF Percentile 65.79.
56. Barreto CAV, Baptista SJ, Preto AJ, Silvério D, Moreira IS, Decoding partner specificity of opioid receptor family, Front. Mol. Biosci., 2021. . IF 6.2, Q1, JIF Percentile 75.51.
55. Rosário-Ferreira N, Marques-Pereira C, Pires M, Ramalhão D, Pereira N, Guimarães V, Costa VS, Moreira IS, The treasury chest of text-mining: piling available resources for powerful biomedical text-mining, BioChem 2021, 1(2), 60-80.
54. Matos-Filipe P, Preto AJ, Koukos PI, Mourão J, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, MENSADB: A Thorough Structural Analysis of Membrane Protein Dimers, Database, 2021, article ID baab013. IF 4.4, Q1, JIF Percentile 81.58.
53. Santos J, Cardoso M, Moreira IS, Gonçalves J, Correia JDG, Verde SC, Melo R, Integrated in silico and experimental approach towards the design of a novel recombinant protein containing an anti-HER2 scFV, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (7), 2021. IF 6.2, Q1, JIF Percentile 76.86.

2020

52. Preto AJ, Moreira IS, SPOTONE: Hot Spots on Protein Complexes with Extremely Randomized Trees via Sequence-Only Features, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21 (19), 2020. IF 5.9, Q1, JIF Percentile 77.46.
51. Preto AJ, Barreto CAV, Baptista S, de Almeida JG, Lemos A, Melo A, Cordeiro MNDS, Kurkcuoglu Z, Melo R, Moreira IS, Understanding the binding specificity of G-protein coupled receptors towards G-proteins and Arrestins: application to the dopamine receptor family, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 2020, 60, 8, 3969–3984. IF 4.9, Q1, JIF Percentile 79.80.
50. González-Durruthy M, Giri AK, Moreira IS, Concu R, Melo A, Ruso JM, Cordeiro NNDS, Computational modeling of mitochondrial channel nanotoxicity – Nano Today, 2020, 34C, 100913. IF 20.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 96.26.
49. Rosario-Ferreira N, Preto AJ, Moreira IS, Brito RMM, The central role pf non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in influenza biology and infection, Int J Mol Sci. 2020;21(4). pii: E1511. IF 5.9, Q1, JIF Percentile 77.46.
48. Melo R, Lemos A, Preto AJ, Bueschbell B, Matos-Filipe P, Barreto C, Almeida JG, Silva RDM, Correia JDG, Moreira IS, An overview of antiretroviral agents for treating HIV infection in paediatric population, Curr Med Chem, 2020, 27 (5), 760-794. IF 4.5, Q2, JIF Percentile 73.39.
47. Koukos PI, Roel-Touris J, Ambrosetti F, Geng C, Schaarschmidt J, Trellet ME, Melquiond ASJ, Xue LC, Honorato RV, Moreira IS, Kurkcuoglu Z, Vangone A, Bonvin AMJJ, An overview of data-driven HADDOCK stratergies in CAPRI rounds 38-45, Proteins, 2020. IF 3.8, Q2, JIF Percentile 64.08.

2019

46. Magalhães PR, Machuqueiro M, Almeida JG, Melo A, Cordeiro MNDS, Verde SC, Gumus ZH, Moreira IS, Correia JDG, Melo R, Dynamical rearrangement of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 upon antibody binding: effects on the dimerization, Biomolecules, 2019, 9, pii, E706. IF 4.1, Q2, JIF Percentile 67.17.
45. Bueschbell B, Barreto CAV, Preto AJ, Schiedel AC, Moreira IS, A Complete Assessment of Dopamine Receptor- Ligand Interactions through Computational Methods. Molecules 2019, 24, 1196. IF 3.3, Q2, JIF Percentile 60.73.

2018

44. Melo R, Lemos A, Preto AJ, Almeida JG, Correia JDG, Sensoy O, Moreira IS, Computational Approaches in Antibody-Drug Conjugate Optimization for Targeted Cancer Therapy, Curr Top Med Chem. 2018; 18, 1091-1109. IF 3.4, Q2, JIF Percentile 68.03.
43. Schiedel AC, Kose M, Barreto C, Bueschbell B, Morra G, Sensoy O, Moreira IS, Prediction and targeting of interaction interfaces in G-protein coupled receptor oligomers, Curr Topics Med Chem, 2018; 18, 714-746. . IF 3.4, Q2, JIF Percentile 68.03
42. Lemos A, Melo R, Preto AJ, Almeida JG, Moreira IS, Cordeiro MNDS, In silico studies in the drug research against Parkinson’s disease, 2018, Curr Neuropharmacology, 18: 786-848 IF 4.6, Q1, JIF Percentile 87.83.
41. Kurkcuoglu Z, Koukos PI, Citro N, Trellet ME, Rodrigues JPGLM, Moreira IS, Roel-Touris J, Melquiond ASJ, Geng C, Schaarschmidt J, Xue LC, Vangone A, Bonvin AMJJ, Performance of HADDOCK and a simple contact-based protein-ligand binding affinity predictor in the D3R Grand Challenge 2, 2018, J Comput Aided Mol Des, 32(1): 175-185. IF 3.3, Q2, JIF Percentile 72.17.

2017

40. Moreira IS, Koukos P, Melo R, Almeida JG, Preto AJ, Schaarschmidt J, Trellet M, Gumus ZH, Costa J, Bonvin, AMJJ, SpotOn: a web server for prediction of protein-protein binding hot-spots, 2017, Sci Rep, 7(1):8007. IF 4.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 82.03.
39. Almeida JG, Preto AJ, Kuokos P, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, Membrane proteins structure: a review on the major computational tools, 2017, Biochim Biophys Acta, 1859(10), 2021-2039. IF 3.4, Q2, JIF Percentile 74.31.

2016

38. Torsello M, Pimenta AC, Wolters LP, Moreira IS, Orian L, Polimero A, General amber force field parameters for diphenyldiselenides and diphenylditellurides, 2016, J Chem Phys A, 120, 4389-400. IF 2.8, Q2, JIF Percentile 65.28.
37. Melo R, Fieldhouse R, Melo A, Correia JDG, Cordeiro MNDS, Gümüş ZG, Costa J, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, A Machine-Learning Approach for Hot-Spot Detection at Protein-Protein Interfaces, 2016, Int J Mol Sci., 2016, 17(8). Pii: E1215. IF 3.2, Q2, JIF Percentile 67.77.
36. Sensoy O, Moreira IS, Morra G, Understanding the differential selectivity of arrestins toward the phosphorylation state of the receptor, 2016, ACS Chem. Neurosci., 2016, 7, 1212-24. IF 3.8, Q1, JIF Percentile 89.17.

2015

35. Moreira IS, The role of water occlusion for the definition of a protein binding Hot-spot, Curr. Top. Med. Chem., 2015, 20, 2068-79. IF 2.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 65.25.
34. Oliveira BL, Morais M, Mendes F, Moreira IS, Cordeiro C, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Alberto R, Santos I, Correia JDG, Re(i) and Tc(i) Complexes for Targeting Nitric Oxide Synthase: Influence of the chelator in the affinity for the enzyme, Chem. Biol. Drug Design, 2015, 86, 1072-86. IF 2.8, Q2, JIF Percentile 56.78.
33. Munteanu CR, Pimenta AC, Fernandez-Lozano C, Melo A, Cordeiro MNDS, Moreira IS. SASA-Based Hot-Spot Detection 2 (SBHD) method for protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interfaces, J. Chem. Info. Model., 2015, 55, 1077-86. IF 3.6, Q1, JIF Percentile 96.18.
32. Moreira IS, Martins JM, Coimbra JTS, Ramos MJ, Fernandes PA. A new scoring function for protein-protein docking that identifies native structures with unprecedented accuracy, Phys Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 2378-87. IF 4.5, Q1, JIF Percentile 84.29.

2014

31. Pimenta AC, Dourado DFAR, Martins JM, Melo A, Cordeiro MNDS, Almeida RD, Morra G, Moreira IS, Dynamic structure of NGF and proNGF complexed with p75NTR: pro-peptide effect. J. Chem. Info. Model., 2014, 54, 2051-67. IF 3.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 95.32.
30. Martins JM, Ramos RM, Pimenta AC, Moreira IS, Solvent-accessible surface area: how well can be applied to hot-spot detection? Proteins, 2014, 82, 479-90. IF 2.5, Q3, JIF Percentile 50.00.
29. Pimenta, AC, Fernandes R, Moreira IS, Evolution of drug resistance: insight on TEM beta-lactamases structure and activity and beta-lactam antibiotics pharmacodynamics, Mini Rev. Med. Chem., 2014, 14, 111-12. IF 2.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 65.25.
28. Moreira IS, Structural features of the G-protein/GPCR interactions, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2014, 1840, 16-33. F 4.4, Q1, JIF Percentile 81.51
27. Moreira IS, Ramos RM, Martins JM, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Are hot-spots occluded from water?, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn., 2014, 32:186-197. IF 2.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 58.22.

2013

26. Pimenta AC, Martins JM, Fernandes R, Moreira IS, Ligand-induced structural changes in TEM-1 probed by molecular dynamics and relative free binding energy calculations, J. Chem. Info. Model., 2013, 53, 2648-58. IF 4.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 95.93.
25. Ramos RM, Moreira IS, Computational alanine scanning mutagenesis – an improved methodological approach for protein-DNA complexes, J. Chem. Theor. Comput. 2013, 9, 4243–4256. IF 5.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 92.42.
24. Oliveira BL, Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Santos I, Correia JDG, Binding of Re(I) complexes inhibitors to inducible nitric oxide synthase: insight through molecular dynamics and free energy calculations, J. Mol. Graph. Model., 2013, 45, 13-25. IF 2.0, Q1, JIF Percentile 77.94.
23. Carneiro J, Duarte-Pereira S, Azevedo L, Castro FC, Aguiar P, Moreira IS, Amorim A, Silva RM., The evolution portrait of metazoan NAD salvage pathways, Plos One, 2013, 8, 64674. IF 3.5, Q1, JIF Percentile 86.36.
22. Ramos RM, Fernandes LM, Moreira IS, Extending the applicability of the O-ring theory to protein-DNA complexes, Comput. Biol. and Chem., 2013, 44, 31-39. IF 1.6, Q2, JIF Percentile 61.76.
21. Martins S, Perez M, Moreira IS, Sousa, SF, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Computational alanine scanning mutagenesis: ASM vs TI, J. Chem. Theor. Comput., 2013,9, 1311-1319. IF 5.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 92.42.
20. Oliveira BL, Moreira IS, Santos I, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Correia JDG, Insights into the structural determinants for selective inhibition of nitric oxide synthase isoforms, J. Mol. Mod. 2013, 19,1537-1551. IF 1.9, Q2, JIF Percentile 73.04.
19. Martins JM, Ramos RM, Moreira IS, Structural determinants of a typical leucine-rich repeat protein, Commun. Comput. Phys., 2013, 13, 238-255. IF 1.8, Q2, JIF Percentile 73.64.
18. Moreira IS, Martins JM, Ramos RM, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Understanding the importance of the aromatic amino-acid residues as hot-spots, Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 2013, 1834: 404-414. IF 3.2, Q2, JIF Percentile 64.19.

2012

17. Ribeiro J, Cerqueira NMFSA, Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, CompASM: an Amber-VMD Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis plug-in, Theor. Che, Acc. 2012, 131, 1271-1278. IF 2.2, Q2, JIF Percentile 53.70.

2010

16. Bach A, Thorsen TS, Stuhr-Hansen N, Padrah S, Moreira IS, Madsen KL, Weinstein HA, Gether U, Strømgaard K, Structure-Activity relationships for a small-molecules inhibitor of the PDZ domain of PICK1, Org Biomol Chem. 2010, 8: 4281-4288. IF 3.4, Q1, JIF Percentile 79.46.
15. Thorsen TS, Madsen KL, Rebola N, Rathje M, Anggono V, Bach A, Moreira IS, Stuhr-Hansen N, Dyhring T, Peters D, Beuming T, Huganir R, Weinstein HA, Mulle C, Strømgaard K, Ron LC, Gether U, Identification of a small molecule inhibitor of the PICK1 PDZ domain that inhibits hippocampal LTP and LTD – Proc. Nat. Acad.Sci. USA, 2010, 107: 413-418. IF 9.8, Q1, JIF Percentile 95.76.
14. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Reviewing protein-protein docking. Dealing with the unknown, J. Comput. Chem., 2010, 31: 317-342. IF 4.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 81.29.

2009

13. Han Y., Moreira IS, Urizar E., Weinstein H, Javitch J, Allosteric communication between protomers of dopamine class A GPCR dimers modulates activation, Nature Chem. Biol., 2009, 5: 688-695.

2008

12. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Protein-protein recognition: a computational mutagenesis study of the MDM2-P53 complex, Theor. Chem. Acc., 2008, 120: 533-542. IF 16.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 98.41.

2007

11. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, The backbone importance for protein-protein binding, J Chem Theory Comput, 2007, 3: 885-893. IF 4.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 95.45, (First Q only in 2009).
10. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Hot spots occlusion from bulk water – a comprehensive study of the complex between the lysozyme HEL and the antibody FvD1.3, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2007, 111: 2697-2706. IF 4,1, Q1, JIF Percentile 83.33.
9. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Hot spots – a detailed review of protein-protein interface determinant amino acid residues, Proteins, 2007, 68: 803-812. IF 3.4, Q2, JIF Percentile 74.64.
8. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibition –a critical review, AntiCancer Agents Med. Chem., 2007, 7: 223-245. IF 3.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 78.70. (First quartil only in 2010).
7. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Unravelling Hot Spots: a comprehensive computational mutagenesis study, Theor. Chem. Acc., 2007, 117: 99-113. IF 2.5, Q2, JIF Percentile 68.92.
6. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Hot spots computational identification- application to the complex formed between the hen egg-white lysozyme (HEL) and the antibody HyHEL-10, Int. J. Quantum Chem., 2007, 107: 299-310. IF 2.5, Q1, JIF Percentile 80.41.
5. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Computational Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis – an improved methodological approach, J. Comput. Chem., 2007, 28:644-654. IF 4.3, Q1, JIF Percentile 87.11.

2006

4. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Unravelling the importance of protein-protein interaction: application of a computational alanine scanning mutagenesis to the study of the IgG1: Streptococcal Protein G (C2 Fragment) complex, J. Phys. Chem. B, 2006, 110: 10962-10969. IF 4.1, Q1, JIF Percentile 84.72.
3. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Detailed microscopic study of the full ZipA:FtsZ interface, Proteins, 2006, 63: 811-821. IF 3.7, Q1, JIF Percentile 82.58.

2005

2. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Accuracy of the numerical solution of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation, J. Mol. Struct, 2005, 729: 11-18. IF 1.0, Q3, JIF Percentile 30.18.

2003

1. Fernandes PA, Carvalho ATP, Marques AT, Pereira ALF, Madeira APS, Ribeiro ASP, Carvalho AFR, Ricardo ETA, Pinto FJV, Santos HÁ, Mangericao HDG, Martins HM, Santos HRR, Moreira IS, Azeredo MJV, Abreu RPS, Oliveira RMS, Sousa SFM, Silva RJAM, Mourão ZS, Ramos MJ, New designs for MRI contrast agents, J. Comp. Aided Mol. Design, 2003, 17: 463-473. IF 2.4, Q2, JIF Percentile 59.85.

BOOK CHAPTERS

2022

14. Barreto CAV, Baptista SJ, Bueschbell B, Magalhães P, Preto AJ, Lemos A, Rosario-Ferreira N, Schiedel A, Machuqueiro M, Melo R, Moreira IS, Arrestin and G-protein interactions with GPCRS: a dynamical perspective, in GPCRs as Therapeutic targets, Wiley, 2022, edited by Gilchrist A.
13. Marques-Pereira C, Pires M, Moreira IS; Discovery of virus-host interactions using bioinformatics tools, in Methods in Cell Biology, 2022.

2021

12. Preto AJ, Marques-Pereira C, Baptista Salete J, Bueschbell B, Barreto CAV, Gaspar AT, Pinheiro I, Pereira N, Pires M, Ramalhão D, Silvério D, Rosário-Ferreira N, Melo R, Mourão J, Moreira IS, Targeting GPCRs via Multi-platforms arrays and AI, Comprehensive Pharmacology, Elsevier, 2021, edited by Andrew Tobin.
11. Rosário-Ferreira N, Marques-Pereira C, Gouveia RP, Mourão J, Moreira IS, Guardians of the cell: state-of-the-art of membrane proteins from a computational point-of-view, Springer, Edited by Irina S. Moreira, Joana Mourão, Miguel Machuqueiro, in Methods Mol Biol, 2021, 2315, 3-28.
10. Preto AJ, Matos-Filipe P, Almeida JG, Mourão J, Moreira IS, Predicting Hot Spots Using a Deep Neural Network Approach, Artificial Neural Networks Springer Protocols, 2021, 267-288.

2020

9. Barreto CAV, Baptista SJ, Preto AJ, Matos-Filipe P, Mourão J, Moreira IS, Prediction and targeting of GPCR oligomer interfaces, in Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, 2020, vol 169, 105-149.

2019

8. Preto AJ, Matos-Filipe P, Koukos PI, Renault P, Sousa SF, Moreira IS, Structural Characterization of Membrane Protein Dimers. Protein Supersecondary Structures, 2019, 403-436.

2018

7. Preto AJ, Almeida JG, Schaarschmidt J, Xue LC,Moreira IS, Bonvin AMJJ, Computational tools for the structural characterization of proteins and their complexes from sequence-evolutionary data. Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, 2018.

2017

6. Lemos A, Melo R, Moreira IS, Cordeiro MNDS, Computational approaches to target key therapeutical targets in Alzheimer disease, in Neuromethods, ed. Kunal Roy, Springer, 2017, 61-106.
5. Sensoy O, Almeida JG, Moreira IS, Morra G, Computational modeling – a way to understand GPCR structure, function and mechanism, in Methods in Cell Biology, 2017, 205-245.

2012

4. Moreira IS, Bras NB, Carvalho A, Cerqueira NMFSA, Dourado DF, Perez MAS, Ribeiro AJM, Sousa SF, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Computational proteomics – from methodological developments to biological applications, Academia Ciências de Coimbra, 2012.

2010

3. Moreira IS, Shi L, Freyberg Z., Eriksen S. S., Weinstein H, Javitch J, Structural Basis of Dopamine Receptor Activation and Function in The Dopamine Receptors, ed Kim Neve, Humana/Springer, 2010, 47-73.

2008

2. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Computational Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis in Computational Proteomics, ed Maria J. Ramos, Transworld Research Network, 2008, 81-100.

2007

1. Moreira IS, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Computational Determination of the Relative Free Energy of Binding – Application to Alanine Scanning Mutagenesis in Molecular Materials with Specific Interactions: Modeling and Design, ed W.Andrzej Sokalski, Springer, 2007, 305-340.

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

2023

13. Gaspar L, Capitão A, Santos B, Mendes AF, Cavadas C, Moreira IS, Álvaro AR, Systematic review and pathway analysis of differentially expressed microRNAs in obstructive sleep apnea, European Respiratory J, 2023, 62, PA3599.

2019

12. Moreira IS, Artificial intelligence application to drug development, European Journal of clinical investigation, 49, 2019, 42-42.

2017

11. Filipe P, Preto AJ, Koukos P, Bonvin A, Moreira IS, Alpha-helical and beta-sheet membrane- membrane protein dimers: centralizing information. In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2017, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 3rd edition.
10. Barreto C, Machuqueiro M, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, Structural and dynamic understanding of the ghrelin receptor high constitutive activity. In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2017, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 3rd edition.
9. Bueschbell B, Preto AJ, Barreto C, Schiedel A, Moreira IS, C reating a valid in silico Dopamine D2-receptor model for small molecular docking studies. In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2017, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 3rd edition.
8. Almeida J, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, Using big-data to understand the protein interface landscape. In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2017, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 3rd edition.
7. Melo R, Almeida J, Cabo Verde S, Gumus Z, Moreira IS, Correia J, Structural mechanism of HER2-antibodies complexes by molecular dynamics studies. In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2017, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 3rd edition.
6. Moreira IS, Koukos P, Melo R, Almeida JG, Gomes A, Schaarschmidt J, Trellet M, Gumus ZH, Costa J, Bonvin, AMJJ, Spoton: a Machine-learning approach for hot-spot determination, Biophys J, 2017.

2016

5. Almeida JG, Preto AJ, Melo R, Gumus ZH, Costa J, Bonvin AMJJ, Moreira IS, Coevolution importance on binding hot-spots prediction methods, In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2016, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 2nd edition, doi:10.3390/mol2net-02-03889.

2015

4. Munteanu CR, Pimenta AC, Fernandez-Lozano C, Melo A, Cordeiro MNL, Moreira IS, Solvent Accessible Surface Area Hot-Spot Detection Method, In Proceedings of the MOL2NET 2015, International Conference on Multidisciplinary Sciences, 1st edition.

2014

3. Ramos RM, Martins JM, Pimenta AC, Moreira IS, Hot-spots detection – application to a variety of different protein-based systems, Biophys. J. 2014.

2013

2. Moreira IS, Martins JM, Ramos RM, Fernandes PA, Ramos MJ, Are hot-spots occluded from water?, Biophys. J. 2013, 104: 505a.

2010

1. Moreira IS, Ge X, Madsen KL, Gether U, Weinstein H. Design and characterization of small molecule inhibitors of PICK1 PDZ domain with binding free energy calculations, Biophys. K. 2010, 98: 428a.

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