Nasrolla Erfani

Dr. Nasrolla Erfani


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Academic Career Length

22Years (2005-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 March 2018 in Infection, Genetics and Evolution
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MNManica Negahdaripour
Manica Negahdaripour
NNNavid Nezafat
Navid Nezafat
MEMahboobeh Eslami
Mahboobeh Eslami
MGMohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
Mohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
ESEskandar Shoolian
Eskandar Shoolian
YGYounes Ghasemi
Younes Ghasemi

1 August 2012 in Lung Cancer
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NENasrolla Erfani
Nasrolla Erfani
SMShayesteh Mofakhami Mehrabadi
Shayesteh Mofakhami Mehrabadi
MGMohammad Ali Ghayumi
Mohammad Ali Ghayumi
MHMohammad Reza Haghshenas
Mohammad Reza Haghshenas
ZMZahra Mojtahedi
Zahra Mojtahedi
DADavar Amani
Davar Amani

11 January 2019 in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
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HDHesam Dorosti
Hesam Dorosti
MEMahboobeh Eslami
Mahboobeh Eslami
MNManica Negahdaripour
Manica Negahdaripour
MGMohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
Mohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
Ahmad GholamiAhmad Gholami
Ahmad Gholami
YGYounes Ghasemi
Younes Ghasemi
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of some diseases such as pneumonia, sepsis, and meningitis mostly in children less than 5 years of age. Presently, two types of pneumococcal vaccine are available on the market: polysaccharide vaccines (PPV) that are based on capsular polysaccharides of at least 92 different serotypes, and protein-conjugated polysaccharide vaccine (PCV). The PPVs such as PPV23 do not stimulate efficient protective immunity in children under 2 years old, while the PCVs such as PCV7, PCV10, and PCV13 that cover 7, 10, and 13 serotypes, respectively, highly protect newborns, but have some disadvantages such as complications in manufacturing, costly production, and also requires refrigeration and multiple injections. Epitope-based vaccines, including varied mixtures of conserved virulence proteins, are a promising alternative to the existing capsular antigen vaccines. In this study, it has been tried to design an efficient subunit vaccine in order to elicit both CTL and HTL responses. The immunodominant epitopes from highly protective antigens of S. pneumoniae (PspA, CbpA, PiuA, and PhtD) were selected from different databanks, such as IEDB, PROPRED, RANKPEP, and MHCPRED. The PspA and CbpA were chosen as CTL epitope stimulants, and PhtD and PiuA were defined as helper epitopes. Because of low immunogenicity of epitope vaccines, PorB protein as a TLR2 agonist was employed to increase the immunogenicity of the vaccine. All the peptide segments were fused to each other by proper linkers, and the physicochemical, structural, and immunological characteristics of the construct were also evaluated. To achieve a high-quality 3 D structure of the protein, modeling, refinement, and validation of the final construct were done. Docking and molecular dynamics analyses demonstrated an appropriate and stable interaction between the vaccine and TLR2 during the simulation period. The computational studies suggested the designed vaccine as a novel construct, capable to elicit efficient humoral and cellular immunities, which are crucial for protection against S. pneumoniae. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma

1 January 2011 in Cellular Immunology
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MRMahboobeh Razmkhah
Mahboobeh Razmkhah
MJMansooreh Jaberipour
Mansooreh Jaberipour
NENasrolla Erfani
Nasrolla Erfani
MHMojtaba Habibagahi
Mojtaba Habibagahi
ATAbdol-Rasoul Talei
Abdol-Rasoul Talei
AGAbbas Ghaderi
Abbas Ghaderi

1 October 2017 in Infection, Genetics and Evolution
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MNManica Negahdaripour
Manica Negahdaripour
MEMahboobeh Eslami
Mahboobeh Eslami
NNNavid Nezafat
Navid Nezafat
NHNasim Hajighahramani
Nasim Hajighahramani
MGMohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
Mohammad Bagher Ghoshoon
YGYounes Ghasemi
Younes Ghasemi

1 December 2018 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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BVBahareh Vakili
Bahareh Vakili
MEMahboobeh Eslami
Mahboobeh Eslami
GHGholamreza Hatam
Gholamreza Hatam
BZBijan Zare
Bijan Zare
NENasrolla Erfani
Nasrolla Erfani
YGYounes Ghasemi
Younes Ghasemi