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Ali Afrasiabi

- Verified email at unsw.edu.au - Cited by 383

Ali Afrasiabi

- Verified email at jh.edu - Cited by 63

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and transcriptomic analyses support a switch to lytic phase in Epstein Barr virus infection as an important driver in developing Systemic Lupus …

A Afrasiabi, JT Keane, LTC Ong, H Alinejad-Rokny… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
To investigate the molecular mechanisms through which Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may
contribute to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) pathogenesis, we interrogated SLE genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Non-coding RNAs and glioma: Focus on cancer stem cells

…, MR Hamblin, OR Tamtaji, A Afrasiabi… - Molecular Therapy …, 2022 - cell.com
Glioblastoma and gliomas can have a wide range of histopathologic subtypes. These
heterogeneous histologic phenotypes originate from tumor cells with the distinct functions of …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence from genome wide association studies implicates reduced control of Epstein-Barr virus infection in multiple sclerosis susceptibility

A Afrasiabi, GP Parnell, N Fewings, SD Schibeci… - Genome medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Genome wide association studies have identified > 200 susceptibility loci
accounting for much of the heritability of multiple sclerosis (MS). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a …

[HTML][HTML] The interaction of Multiple Sclerosis risk loci with Epstein-Barr virus phenotypes implicates the virus in pathogenesis

A Afrasiabi, GP Parnell, S Swaminathan, GJ Stewart… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Translating the findings of genome wide association studies (GWAS) to new therapies requires
identification of the relevant immunological contexts to interrogate for genetic effects. In …

[HTML][HTML] KARAJ: An Efficient Adaptive Multi-Processor Tool to Streamline Genomic and Transcriptomic Sequence Data Acquisition

…, NH Lovell, H Alinejad-Rokny, A Afrasiabi - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Here we developed KARAJ, a fast and flexible Linux command-line tool to automate the end-to-end
process of querying and downloading a wide range of genomic and transcriptomic …

[HTML][HTML] The Interaction of Human and Epstein–Barr Virus miRNAs with Multiple Sclerosis Risk Loci

A Afrasiabi, NL Fewings, SD Schibeci… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although the causes of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) still remain largely unknown, multiple lines of
evidence suggest that Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) infection may contribute to the development …

Artificial intelligence for radiomics; diagnostic biomarkers for neuro-oncology

F Vahedifard, S Hassani, A Afrasiabi… - World Journal of Advanced …, 2022 - wjarr.com
Recent advances in medical image analysis have been made to improve our understanding
of how disease develops, behaves, and responds to treatment. Magnetic resonance …

[HTML][HTML] Interplays between non-coding RNAs and chemokines in digestive system cancers

…, M Vosough, A Rajabi, A Afrasiabi… - Biomedicine & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Within tumors, chemokines and their cognate receptors are expressed by infiltrated leukocytes,
cancerous cells, and related cells of stroma, like tumor-associated fibroblasts and tumor-…

In vitro study on the alterations of brain tubulin structure and assembly affected by magnetite nanoparticles

A Dadras, GH Riazi, A Afrasiabi, A Naghshineh… - JBIC Journal of …, 2013 - Springer
In recent decades, considerable efforts have been made to understand the mechanism of
memory, cognition, and relevant neurodegenerative diseases in the human brain. Several …

The interaction between Epstein–Barr virus and multiple sclerosis genetic risk loci: insights into disease pathogenesis and therapeutic opportunities

A Afrasiabi, C Ahlenstiel… - Clinical & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative autoimmune disease, characterised
by the demyelination of neurons in the central nervous system. Whilst it is unclear what …