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Selected Publications

 

- Hosseini SM, Nemati S, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Astrocytes Originated from Neural Precursors Drive Regenerative Remodeling of Pathologic CSPGs in Spinal Cord Injury. Stem Cell Reports. 2024 Sep 4:S2213-6711(24)00244-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.08.007 

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- Hosseini SM, Borys B, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair: Updates on Preclinical and Clinical Advances. Brain. 2024 Mar 1;147(3):766-793. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad392. Link to the article.
 

- Hosseini SM and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. New insights on the role and mechanisms of CSPG signaling in neural stem cell-mediated repair in spinal cord injury. 2024. Neural Regeneration Research. https://doi.org/10.4103/nrr.nrr-d-24-00378 

 

- Islam I, Sultana S, Padmanabhan N, Rashid M, Siddiqui T, Coombs K, Vitiello P,  Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Eftekhar Eftekharpour. Identification of Thioredoxin-1 interacting proteins in neuronal cytoskeletal organization during autophagy. BioRxiv. 2024 doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.27.582366


- Vaghasiya J, Dalvand A, Sikarwar A, Mangat D, Ragheb M, Kowatsch K, Pandey D, *Hosseini SM, Hackett TL, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Ravandi A, Pascoe C & Halayko AJ. Oxidized Phosphatidylcholines Trigger TRPA1 and Ryanodine Receptor Dependent Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 2023 Aug 8. doi: 10.1165/rcmb.

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- Hosseini SM, Alizadeh A, Shahsavani N, Chopek J, Ahlfors JE, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Suppressing CSPG/LAR/PTPσ axis facilitates neuronal replacement and synaptogenesis by human neural precursor grafts and improves recovery after spinal cord injury. Journal of Neuroscience. 2022 Apr 13;42(15):3096-3121. https://doi.org/10.1523/jneurosci.2177-21.2022 

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- Ghorbani S, Jelinek E, Jain R, Buehner B, Lia C, Lozinski B, Sarkar S, Kaushik DK, Yifei D,  Wight TN, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Schenk GT, Strijbis EM, Geurts J, Zhang P, Ling, CC, Yong VW. Versican impairs remyelination by inhibiting oligodendrocytes and promoting T helper 17 cytotoxic neuroinflammation. 2022 Nature Communications, 2022 May 4;13(1):2445. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30032-0

 

- Ziaee SM, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Emerging Role of Neuregulin-1beta1 in Pathogenesis and Progression of Multiple Sclerosis. Neural Regeneration Research. 2022. 18(1):133-134. https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.343900 

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- Hart CG, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Recent insights on astrocytes mechanisms in CNS homeostasis, pathology and repair. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 2021 Jul 14. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnr.24922 

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- Shahsavani N, Alizadeh A, Kataria H, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Availability of neuregulin-1beta1 protects neurons in spinal cord injury and against glutamate toxicity through caspase dependent and independent mechanisms. Experimental Neurology. 2021 Nov:345:113817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113817 

- Allanach JR, Farrell III JW, Miceline Mésidor and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Current status of neuroprotective and neuroregenerative strategies in multiple sclerosis: A systematic review. Multiple Sclerosis Journal. 2021,  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13524585211008760

- Shahsavani N, Kataria H, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Mechanisms and repair strategies for white matter degeneration in CNS injury and diseases. BBA - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2021, 1867, 166117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbadis.2021.166117 

- Kataria H, Hart CG, Alizadeh A, Cossoy M, Kaushik DK, Bernstein CN, Marrie RA, Yong VW, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1 beta 1 is implicated in pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. BRAIN, 2021: 144: 162-185. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awaa385 

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- Hart CG, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Bone morphogenetic proteins: New insights into their roles and mechanisms in CNS development, pathology and repair.  Experimental Neurology. 2020 Aug 30:113455. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2020.113455.  https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bgoA3Irb4G8J

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- Hart CG, Dyck SM, Kataria H, Alizadeh A, Nagakannan P, Thliveris J, Eftekharpour E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Acute Upregulation of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-4 Regulates Endogenous Cell Response and Promotes Cell Death in Spinal Cord Injury. Experimental Neurology, 2020 Mar;325:113163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expneurol.2019.113163 

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-  Kataria H, Alizadeh A, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1/ErbB Network: An Emerging Modulator of Nervous System Injury and Repair. Progress in Neurobiology, 2019 Jun 20:101643. 

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- Hipolito J, Peretz-Soroka H, Zhang M, Yang K, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Lin F, Kung SKP. A New Microfluidic Platform for Studying Natural Killer Cell and Dendritic Cell Interactions.
Micromachines (Basel). 2019 Dec 5;10(12). pii: E851. doi: 10.3390/mi10120851.

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-    Alizadeh A, Dyck SM, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: An Overview of Pathophysiology, Models and Injury Mechanisms. Frontiers in Neurology 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2019.00282. 

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-    Shahriary GM, Kataria H, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1 Promotes Supportive Interactions between Microglia and Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells. Stem Cells Int. 2019. Apr 7;2019:8397158. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/8397158 

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-    Nagakannan P; Islam M.I.; Karimi-Abdolrezaee S; Eftekharpour E. Inhibition of VDAC1 protects against glutamate induced oxytosis and mitochondrial fragmentation in hippocampal HT22 cells. Cell Mol Neurobiology 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-018-0634-1

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-    Dyck SM, Kataria H, Akbari-Kelachayeh K, Silver J and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. LAR and PTPsigma are negative regulators of oligodendrogenesis and oligodendrocyte integrity in Spinal Cord Injury. GLIA 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23533 

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-    Dyck SM and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Role of CSPG Signaling in Regulating Neuroinflammation Following Spinal Cord Injury. Neural Regeneration Research, 2018, Dec 13(12):2080-2082. 

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-    Dyck SM, Kataria H, Alizadeh A, Santhosh KT, Lang B, Silver J and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Perturbing Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan Signaling through LAR and PTPσ Receptors Promotes a Pro-Regenerative Inflammatory Response following Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2018, 15:90. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1128-2

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-    Alizadeh A, Santhosh KT, Kataria H, Gounni S.A, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1 Elicits a Regulatory Immune Response Following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 2018, Feb 21;15 (1):53. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-018-1093-9

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-    Kataria H, Alizadeh A, Shahriary GM, Saboktakin Rizi S, Henrie R, Santhosh KT, Thliveris JA, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1 promotes remyelination and fosters a pro- regenerative inflammatory response in focal demyelinating lesions of the spinal cord. GLIA, 2018 Mar; 66 (3):538-561. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23264 

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-    Santhosh KT, Alizadeh A, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Development and characterization of PLGA microcarriers for controlled and local delivery of Neuregulin-1 in spinal cord injury. Journal of Controlled Release. 2017 Jun 28. S0168-3659(17)30694-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2017.06.030

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-    Alizadeh A, Dyck SM, Kataria H, Shahriary GM, Nguyen DH, Santhosh KT, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1 positively modulates glial response and improves neurological recovery following traumatic spinal cord injury. GLIA. 2017 Jul; 65(7):1152-1175. https://doi.org/10.1002/glia.23150

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-    Kataria H and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Neuregulin-1: a novel regulator of glial response in spinal cord injury. Neural Regeneration Research, 2017 12(10):1616-1617. 

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-    Alizadeh A and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Microenvironmental Regulation of Oligodendrocyte Replacement and Remyelination in CNS Injury. Journal of Physiology. 2016 Jul 1; 594(13):3539-52. doi: 10.1113/JP270895 

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-    Alizadeh A, Dyck SM and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Myelin Damage and Repair in Pathologic CNS: Challenges and Prospects. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 2015 Jul 27; 8:35. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2015.00035 

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-    Dyck SM and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans: Key modulators in the developing and pathologic Central Nervous System. Experimental Neurology. 2015 Jul; 269:169-87. doi:

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-    Dyck SM, Alizadeh A, Santhosh KT, Proulx EH, Wu CL and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Negatively Modulate Spinal Cord Neural Precursor Cells by Signaling through LAR and RPTPσ and modulation of the Rho/ROCK Pathway. Stem Cells. 2015 Aug; 33(8):2550-63. doi: 10.1002/stem.1979 

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-    Lang BT, Cregg JM, DePaul MA, Tran A, Xu K, Dyck, SM, Madalena KM, Brown BP, Weng YL, Li, S, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Busch SA, Shen Y and Silver J. Systemic modulation of the proteoglycan receptor PTPσ promotes functional recovery after spinal cord injury. Nature, 2015 Feb 19; 518(7539):404-8. 

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-    Alluin O, Delivet-Mongrain H, Gauthier MK, Fehlings MG, Rossignol S, and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Examination of the combined effects of chondroitinase ABC, growth factors and locomotor training following compressive spinal cord injury on neuroanatomical plasticity and kinematics. PLoS One. 2014 Oct 28; 9 (10): e111072 

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-    Gauthier MK, Kosciuczyk K, Tapley L and Karimi-Abdolrezaee S. Dysregulation of Neuregulin-1/ErbB Network Modulates Endogenous Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Preservation after Spinal Cord Injury. Eur J Neuroscience. 2013 Sep; 38(5):2693-715. 

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-    Chamankhah M, Eftekharpour E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Boutros PC, San-Marina S and Fehlings MG. Genome-Wide Gene Expression Profiling of Stress Response in a Spinal Cord Clip Compression Injury Model. BMC Genomics. 2013 Aug 28, 14:583. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-583 

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-    Kwon B, Soril LJ, Bacon M, Beattie MS, Blesch A, Bresnahan JC, Bunge MB; Dunlop S, Fehlings MG, Ferguson AR, Hill C, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Lu P, McDonald JW, Müller HW, Oudega M, Rosenzweig ES; Reier PJ, Silver J, Sykova E, Xu X, Guest J, Tetzlaff W. Demonstrating Efficacy in Preclinical Studies of Cellular Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury - How much is enough?   Experimental Neurology. 2013 Oct; 248:30-44. 

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S and Eftekharpour E. Stems Cells and Spinal Cord Repair. Advanced Experimental Medicine Biol. 2012 760:53-73. 

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S and Billakanti R. Reactive astrogliosis after spinal cord injury: Beneficial and Detrimental effects. Molecular Neurobiology, 2012 Oct, 46(2):251-64. doi: 10.1007/s12035-012-8287-4 

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Schut D, Wang J and Fehlings M. Chondroitinase and Growth Factor Therapy Enhance the Activation and Oligodendroglial Differentiation of Endogenous Neural Precursor Cells after Spinal Cord Injury. PLoS One, 2012 7(5):e37589. 

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-    Alluin O., Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Delivet-Mongrain H., Menard M., Leblond H., Fehlings M. and Rossignol S. Longitudinal study of locomotor recovery following chronic compressive spinal cord injury in rats. The Journal of Neurotrauma, 2011 Sep; 28(9):1963-81.

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-    Buttigieg J, Eftekharpour E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Fehlings MG. Molecular and physiological evidence for the expression of BK channels in oligodendroglial precursor cells.  European Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 Aug; 34 (4):538-47.

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-    Tetzlaff W, Okon E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Hill S, Sparling JS, Plemel JR, Plunet W, Tsai E, Baptiste D, Smithson LJ. Kawaja MD, Fehlings MG and Kwon BK.  A Systematic Review of Cellular Transplantation Therapies for Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma, 2011 Aug; 28(8):1611-82. 

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Eftekharpour E, Wang J, Schut D, and Michael G. Fehlings. Synergistic Effects of Transplanted Adult Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells, Chondroitinase, and Growth Factors Promote Functional Repair and Plasticity of the Chronically Injured Spinal Cord. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2010 30(5):1657–1676. 

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-    Eftekharpour E*, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S*, and Fehlings MG. Current Status of Experimental Cell Replacement Approaches for Spinal Cord Injury.  Neurosurgical Focus 2008 24(3-4):E19 

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-    Eftekharpour E*, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S*, Wang J, El-Beheiry H, Morshead CM and Fehlings MG.  Myelination of Congenitally Dysmyelinated Spinal Cord Axons by Adult Neural Precursor Cells Results in Formation of Nodes of Ranvier and Improved Axonal Conduction. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2007 Mar 28, 27(13). * Equal first authorship 

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Eftekharpour E, Wang J, Morshead C and Fehlings MG.  Delayed Transplantation of Adult Neural Stem Cells Promotes Remyelination and functional recovery after Spinal Cord Injury. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2006 Mar 29, 26(13), 3377-89. 

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-    Sinha K, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Velumian AA, Fehlings MG. Functional changes in genetically dysmyelinated spinal cord axons of shiverer mice: role of juxtaparanodal Kv1 family K+ channels. The Journal of Neurophysiology, 2006 Mar; 95(3):1683-95.  

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-    Eftekharpour E, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Sinha K, Velumian AA, Kwiecien JM and Fehlings MG. Structural and functional alterations of spinal cord axons in adult Long Evans Shaker (LES) dysmyelinated rats.  Experimental Neurology. 2005 June; 193(2): 334-49.

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Eftekharpour E and Fehlings MG. Temporal and Spatial Patterns of Kv1.1 and Kv1.2 Protein and Gene Expression in Spinal Cord White Matter after Acute and Chronic Spinal Cord Injury in Rats: Implications for Axonal Pathophysiology after Neurotrauma. European Journal of Neuroscience, 2004 19:577-589.

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S and Schreyer DJ. Retrograde Repression of GAP-43 mRNA Expression in Rat Cortical Neurons. The Journal of Neuroscience.  2002 Mar 1, 22(5): 1816-1822.

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-    Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Verge VMK and Schreyer DJ. Developmental Down-Regulation of GAP-43 Expression and Timing of Target Contact in Rat Corticospinal Neurons. Experimental Neurology, 2002 176, 390-401.

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