Rita Castro
Associate Research and Teaching Professor of Nutritional Sciences

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202B and 207 Chandlee Lab
University Park, PA - She/Her
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Research Summary
How nutrition, including maternal nutrition, shapes vascular and metabolic health and influences disease risk
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Most Recent Publications
The link between hyperhomocysteinemia and hypomethylation: Implications for cardiovascular disease
Madalena Barroso, Diane Handy, Rita Castro, Journal of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Screening on p. 1 - 15
Effect of Long-Term Consumption of a Ketogenic Diet on the Progression of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease in Mice
Umesh Goand, Devendra Paudel, Anthony Koehle, Sangshan Tian, Loi Nguyen, Maria Rita Castro, Rita Castro, Vishal Singh, 2024, Current Developments in Nutrition on p. 1
Maternal Dietary Vitamin B12 Restriction Promotes Insulin Resistance in the Offspring
Karenna Kauffman, Anthony Koehle, Devendra Paudel, Sarah Boardman, Umesh Goand, V Singh, Teodoro Bottiegleri, Maria Rita Castro, 2024, Current Developments in Nutrition.
VCAM-1-targeted nanoparticles to diagnose, monitor and treat atherosclerosis
Maria Rita Castro, James H. Adair, Andrea Marie Mastro, Thomas Neuberger, Gail L. Matters, 2024, Nanomedicine on p. 723-735
Gastrointestinal microbiota-directed nutritional and therapeutic interventions for inflammatory bowel disease: opportunities and challenges
Devendra Paudel, Divek V.T. Nair, Grace Joseph, Rita Castro, Amit K. Tiwari, Vishal Singh, 2024, Gastroenterology Report
A very-low carbohydrate content in a high-fat diet modifies the plasma metabolome and impacts systemic inflammation and experimental atherosclerosis
Maria Rita Castro, Karel Kalecký, Neil K. Huang, Kristina Petersen, Vishal Singh, A. Catharine Ross, Thomas Neuberger, Teodoro Bottiglieri, 2024, Nutrition Reports International
Sulphur Amino Acids: How Important is it to Set Reference Ranges for Each Population?
Helena Araujo, Helena Caldeira Araujo, Cristina Florindo, Alexandra Gomes, Joao Caio, Maria Rita Castro, Isabel Rivera, 2024, Endocrine Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets
Twinkling Peptide Nanoemulsions Enable Precision Ultrasound Detection of Atherosclerotic Plaques
Inhye Kim, Jacob C. Elliott, Atip Lawanprasert, Anthony M. Koehle, Grace M. Wood, Maria Rita Castro, Julianna C. Simon, Scott H. Medina, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials on p. 2415609
Diet-Induced Severe Hyperhomocysteinemia Promotes Atherosclerosis Progression and Dysregulates the Plasma Metabolome in Apolipoprotein-E-Deficient Mice
Stephen Andrews, Anthony Koehle, Devendra Paudel, Thomas Neuberger, A. Catharine Ross, Vishal Singh, Teodoro Bottiglieri, Maria Rita Castro, Rita Castro, 2024, Nutrients on p. 330
Dietary fibers inulin and partially hydrolyzed guar gum exacerbate colitis and colorectal tumorigenesis
Sangshan Tian, Devendra Paudel, Rabin Neupane, Amit Tiwari, Vishal Singh, Maria Rita Castro, Amit Tiwari, V Singh, 2023, Current Developments in Nutrition on p. 100497
Most-Cited Papers
The contribution of homocysteine metabolism disruption to endothelial dysfunction: State-of-the-art
Ruben Esse, Madalena Barroso, Isabel Tavares De Almeida, Rita Castro, 2019, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
S-adenosylhomocysteine induces inflammation through NFkB: A possible role for EZH2 in endothelial cell activation
Madalena Barroso, Derrick Kao, Henk J. Blom, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, Rita Castro, Joseph Loscalzo, Diane E. Handy, 2016, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease on p. 82-92
Endothelial aquaporins and hypomethylation: Potential implications for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease
Inês Vieira Da Silva, I Silva, Madalena Barroso, Teresa Moura, Maria Rita Castro, Graça Soveral, 2018, International Journal of Molecular Sciences on p. 36
Homocysteine metabolism in children and adolescents: Influence of age on plasma biomarkers and correspondent genotype interactions
Helena Caldeira-Araújo, Ruben Ramos, Cristina Florindo, Isabel Rivera, Rita Castro, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, 2019, Nutrients
Refined fiber inulin promotes inflammation-associated colon tumorigenesis by modulating microbial succinate production
Sangshan Tian, Devendra Paudel, Fuhua Hao, Rabin Neupane, Rita Castro, Andrew D. Patterson, Amit K. Tiwari, K. Sandeep Prabhu, Vishal Singh, 2023, Cancer Reports
Association of the transcobalamin II gene 776C→G polymorphism with Alzheimer’s type dementia: dependence on the 5, 10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 1298A→C polymorphism genotype
José F. Cascalheira, Mónica Gonçalves, Madalena Barroso, Rita Castro, Manuela Palmeira, André Serpa, Ana C. Dias-Cabral, Fernanda C. Domingues, Sofia Almeida, 2015, Annals of Clinical Biochemistry on p. 448-455
No effect of diet-induced mild hyperhomocysteinemia on vascular methylating capacity, atherosclerosis progression, and specific histone methylation
Courtney Whalen, Floyd Mattie, Cristina Florindo, Bertrand van Zelst, Bertrand Van Zelst, Neil Huang, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, Isabel Tavares de Almeida, Sandra Heil, Thomas Neuberger, A. Ross, Rita Castro, 2020, Nutrients on p. E2182
A hypomethylating ketogenic diet in apolipoprotein e-deficient mice: a pilot study on vascular effects and specific epigenetic changes
Rita Castro, Courtney A. Whalen, Sean Gullette, Floyd J. Mattie, Cristina Florindo, Sandra G. Heil, Neil K. Huang, Thomas Neuberger, A. Catharine Ross, 2021, Nutrients
An atherogenic diet disturbs aquaporin 5 expression in liver and adipocyte tissues of apolipoprotein e-deficient mice: new insights into an old model of experimental atherosclerosis
Inês V. da Silva, Courtney A. Whalen, Floyd J. Mattie, Cristina Florindo, Neil K. Huang, Sandra G. Heil, Thomas Neuberger, A. Catharine Ross, Graça Soveral, Rita Castro, 2021, Biomedicines on p. 1-16
Gastrointestinal microbiota-directed nutritional and therapeutic interventions for inflammatory bowel disease: opportunities and challenges
Devendra Paudel, Divek V.T. Nair, Grace Joseph, Rita Castro, Amit K. Tiwari, Vishal Singh, 2024, Gastroenterology Report