| Title: | Associate professor Département de pharmacologie et physiologie |
| Address: | Faculté de médecine Université de Montréal C.P. 6128, SUCC. Centre-Ville Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7 |
| Room: | V-437-1 |
| Phone: | Office: 514-343-6931 Lab: 514-343-3070 |
| Email: | moutih.rafei.1@umontreal.ca |
Research topics
- Pharmacological stimulation of thymopoiesis
- Cellular vaccine engineering
- High throughput screening for the discovery of new immunomodulatory molecules
Laboratory members
- Jean-Pierre Bikoriman, PhD student
- Ali Ahmadi, MSc student
- Nazila Mardani, MSc student
- Wael Saad, MSc student
- Marina Pereira Gonçalves, MSc student
Publications
- El-Kadiry AE, Lumbao C, Rafei M, Shammaa. R Autologous BMAC Therapy Improves Spinal Degenerative Joint Disease in Lower Back Pain Patients. Front Med (Lausanne). 2021 Mar 18;8:622573. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2021.622573. eCollection 2021.
- Bikorimana JP, El-Hachem N, El-Kadiry AE, Abusarah J, Salame N, Shammaa R, Rafei M. Thymoproteasome-Expressing Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Confer Protective Anti-Tumor Immunity viaCross-Priming of Endogenous Dendritic Cells. Front Immunol. 2021 Jan 19;11:596303. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.596303. eCollection 2020.
- Abusarah J, Cui Y, El-Hachem N, El-Kadiry AE, Hammond-Martel I, Wurtele H, Beaudry A, Raynal NJ, Robert F, Pelletier J, Jankovic M, Mercier F, Kamyabiazar S, Annabi B, Rafei M. TACIMA-218: A Novel Pro-Oxidant Agent Exhibiting Selective Antitumoral Activity. Mol Cancer Ther. 2021 Jan;20(1):37-49. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-20-0333. Epub 2020 Oct 21.
- El-Hachem N, Eid E, Nemer G, Dbaibo G, Abbas O, Rubeiz N, Zeineldine S, Matar GM, Bikorimana JP, Shammaa R, Haibe-Kains B, Kurban M, Rafei M. Integrative Transcriptome Analyses Empower the Anti-COVID-19 Drug Arsenal. 2020 Nov 20;23(11):101697. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101697. Epub 2020 Oct 19.