Abdi Ghaffari

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Abdi Ghaffari is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Rehabilitation and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Abdi Ghaffari has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Rehabilitation and 7 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Abdi Ghaffari's work include Wound Healing and Treatments (8 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (5 papers). Abdi Ghaffari is often cited by papers focused on Wound Healing and Treatments (8 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (5 papers) and Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis (5 papers). Abdi Ghaffari collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Iran. Abdi Ghaffari's co-authors include Aziz Ghahary, Christopher C.J. Miller, Bevin McMullin, Ruhangiz T. Kilani, Robyn Meurant, Ali Ardakani, Bruce E. Elliott, Mazyar Ghaffari, Edward E. Tredget and Jeremy Road and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Abdi Ghaffari

35 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A non-hallucinogenic LSD analog with therapeutic potential for mood disorders

2023 79 citations Emma M. Bonniwell, Abdi Ghaffari et al. Cell Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abdi Ghaffari Canada	21	538	246	237	206	184	36	1.7k
Jared Jagdeo United States	30	420 0.8×	204 0.8×	162 0.7×	81 0.4×	249 1.4×	156	2.8k
Liwen Deng United States	22	683 1.3×	269 1.1×	452 1.9×	98 0.5×	84 0.5×	42	1.9k
Weifeng He China	21	321 0.6×	239 1.0×	105 0.4×	228 1.1×	65 0.4×	55	1.4k
Xueli Wang China	25	641 1.2×	131 0.5×	261 1.1×	83 0.4×	51 0.3×	91	1.8k
Binbin Deng China	26	1.3k 2.4×	90 0.4×	424 1.8×	158 0.8×	65 0.4×	95	2.2k
Timo Ylikomi Finland	33	1.2k 2.2×	116 0.5×	355 1.5×	67 0.3×	169 0.9×	113	3.8k
Kenzo Takahashi Japan	26	1.1k 2.0×	84 0.3×	200 0.8×	85 0.4×	507 2.8×	121	2.3k
Steven Paul Nisticò Italy	31	334 0.6×	65 0.3×	392 1.7×	78 0.4×	259 1.4×	177	2.7k
Stefan Kippenberger Germany	27	804 1.5×	174 0.7×	253 1.1×	33 0.2×	539 2.9×	101	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abdi Ghaffari

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Storr, Sarah J., Abdi Ghaffari, Sonal Varma, et al.. (2023). A retrospective analysis of ezrin protein and mRNA expression in breast cancer: Ezrin expression is associated with patient survival and survival of patients with receptor‐positive disease. Cancer Medicine. 12(9). 10908–10916. 2 indexed citations

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Bonniwell, Emma M., Abdi Ghaffari, Maggie M. Calkins, et al.. (2023). A non-hallucinogenic LSD analog with therapeutic potential for mood disorders. Cell Reports. 42(3). 112203–112203. 79 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ghaffari, Abdi, Sandip Sengupta, Yolanda Madarnas, et al.. (2022). Targeting the Ezrin Adaptor Protein Sensitizes Metastatic Breast Cancer Cells to Chemotherapy and Reduces Neoadjuvant Therapy–induced Metastasis. Cancer Research Communications. 2(6). 456–470. 5 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, Robyn Meurant, & Ali Ardakani. (2021). COVID-19 Point-of-Care Diagnostics That Satisfy Global Target Product Profiles. Diagnostics. 11(1). 115–115. 15 indexed citations

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Graham, Charles H., Jean‐François Paré, Tiziana Cotechini, et al.. (2021). Innate immune memory is associated with increased disease-free survival in bladder cancer patients treated with bacillus Calmette-Guérin. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 15(8). E412–E417. 13 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, Robyn Meurant, & Ali Ardakani. (2020). COVID-19 Serological Tests: How Well Do They Actually Perform?. Diagnostics. 10(7). 453–453. 102 indexed citations

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Robinson, C., Sandra D. MacDonald, Ann M. Peterson, et al.. (2020). Antibacterial activity of high-dose nitric oxide against pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease. Access Microbiology. 2(9). acmi000154–acmi000154. 28 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, Gulisa Turashvili, Sonal Varma, et al.. (2019). Intravital imaging reveals systemic ezrin inhibition impedes cancer cell migration and lymph node metastasis in breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research. 21(1). 12–12. 33 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2019). Synergistic Effect of Nitric Oxide with Antibiotics Against Mycobacterium Abscessus in Vitro. A2656–A2656. 2 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, Nichole Peterson, Kasra Khalaj, et al.. (2018). STING agonist therapy in combination with PD-1 immune checkpoint blockade enhances response to carboplatin chemotherapy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer. British Journal of Cancer. 119(4). 440–449. 134 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2018). High-dose nitric oxide as a potential new therapeutic agent against Mycobacterium abscessus. PA5463–PA5463. 2 indexed citations

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Azad, Taha, Helena J. Janse van Rensburg, Elizabeth D. Lightbody, et al.. (2018). A LATS biosensor screen identifies VEGFR as a regulator of the Hippo pathway in angiogenesis. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1061–1061. 127 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2015). Ezrin regulates focal adhesion and invadopodia dynamics by altering calpain activity to promote breast cancer cell invasion. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 26(19). 3464–3479. 54 indexed citations

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Chávez‐Muñoz, Claudia, Ryan Hartwell, Reza B. Jalili, et al.. (2012). SPARC/SFN interaction, suppresses type I collagen in dermal fibroblasts. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 113(8). 2622–2632. 12 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2011). Microarray‐based identification of aminopeptidase N target genes in keratinocyte conditioned medium‐stimulated dermal fibroblasts. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 113(3). 1061–1068. 6 indexed citations

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Miller, Christopher C.J., et al.. (2011). Gaseous nitric oxide exhibits minimal effect on skin fibroblast extracellular matrix gene expression and immune cell viability. Cell Biology International. 35(4). 407–415. 19 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2011). Paracrine regulation of fibroblast aminopeptidase N/CD13 expression by keratinocyte-releasable stratifin. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 226(12). 3114–3120. 9 indexed citations

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Ghaffari, Abdi, et al.. (2006). Fibroblast extracellular matrix gene expression in response to keratinocyte‐releasable stratifin. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. 98(2). 383–393. 59 indexed citations

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Miller, Christopher C.J., et al.. (2004). Treatment of Chronic Nonhealing Leg Ulceration with Gaseous Nitric Oxide: A Case Study. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 8(4). 233–238. 41 indexed citations

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Miller, Christopher C.J., et al.. (2004). Treatment of Chronic Nonhealing Leg Ulceration with Gaseous Nitric Oxide: A Case Study. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 8(4). 233–238. 11 indexed citations

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