Ebrahim Mostafavi

Dr. Ebrahim Mostafavi

Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

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

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1 March 2021 in International Journal of Nanomedicine
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Hossein ZareHossein Zare
Hossein Zare
SASepideh Ahmadi
Sepideh Ahmadi
AGAmir Ghasemi
Amir Ghasemi
MGMohammad Ghanbari
Mohammad Ghanbari
Navid RabieeNavid Rabiee
Navid Rabiee
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
The unique properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) (such as their high surface to volume ratios, enhanced conductivity and strength, biocompatibility, ease of functionalization, optical properties, etc.) have led to their consideration to serve as novel drug and gene delivery carriers. CNTs are effectively taken up by many different cell types through several mechanisms. CNTs have acted as carriers of anticancer molecules (including docetaxel (DTX), doxorubicin (DOX), methotrexate (MTX), paclitaxel (PTX), and gemcitabine (GEM)), anti-inflammatory drugs, osteogenic dexamethasone (DEX) steroids, etc. In addition, the unique optical properties of CNTs have led to their use in a number of platforms for improved photo-therapy. Further, the easy surface functionalization of CNTs has prompted their use to deliver different genes, such as plasmid DNA (PDNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and small interfering RNA (siRNA) as gene delivery vectors for various diseases such as cancers. However, despite all of these promises, the most important continuous concerns raised by scientists reside in CNT nanotoxicology and the environmental effects of CNTs, mostly because of their non-biodegradable state. Despite a lack of widespread FDA approval, CNTs have been studied for decades and plenty of in vivo and in vitro reports have been published, which are reviewed here. Lastly, this review covers the future research necessary for the field of CNT medicine to grow even further.

13 December 2019 in Nanoscale
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KKKatayoon Kalantari
Katayoon Kalantari
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
AAAmalina M. Afifi
Amalina M. Afifi
ZIZahra Izadiyan
Zahra Izadiyan
HJHossein Jahangirian
Hossein Jahangirian
TWThomas Webster
Thomas Webster
Infections are the main reason why most people die from burns and diabetic wounds.

1 July 2020 in European Polymer Journal
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KKKatayoon Kalantari
Katayoon Kalantari
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
BSBahram Saleh
Bahram Saleh
PSPooneh Soltantabar
Pooneh Soltantabar
TWThomas J. Webster
Thomas J. Webster

25 July 2018 in Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology
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MYMorteza Yadi
Morteza Yadi
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
BSBahram Saleh
Bahram Saleh
SDSoodabeh Davaran
Soodabeh Davaran
IAImmi Aliyeva
Immi Aliyeva
MMMorteza Milani
Morteza Milani
Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) produced by green approaches have received global attention because of their physicochemical characteristics and their applications in the field of biotechnology. In recent years, the development of synthesizing NPs by plant extracts has become a major focus of researchers because of these NPs have low hazardous effect in the environment and low toxicity for the human body. Synthesized NPs from plants are not only more stable in terms of size and shape, also the yield of this method is higher than the other methods. Moreover, some of these MNPs have shown antimicrobial activity which is consistently confirmed in past few years. Plant extracts have been used as reducing agent and stabilizer of NPs in which we can reduce the toxicity in the environment as well as the human body only by not using chemical agents. Furthermore, the presence of some specific materials in plant extracts could be extremely helpful and effective for the human body; for instance, polyphenol, which may have antioxidant effects has the capability for capturing free radicals before they can react with other biomolecules and cause serious damages. In this article, we focused on of the most common plants which are regularly used to synthesize MNPs along with various methods for synthesizing MNPs from plant extracts.

1 September 2021 in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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MMMohammad Mofidfar
Mohammad Mofidfar
BABehnam Abdi
Behnam Abdi
SASamad Ahadian
Samad Ahadian
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
TDTejal A Desai
Tejal A Desai
CFCharles W. Flowers
Charles W. Flowers

21 November 2018 in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
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HAHamed Amani
Hamed Amani
Ebrahim MostafaviEbrahim Mostafavi
Ebrahim Mostafavi
HAHamidreza Arzaghi
Hamidreza Arzaghi
SDSoodabeh Davaran
Soodabeh Davaran
AAAbolfazl Akbarzadeh
Abolfazl Akbarzadeh
TWThomas Webster
Thomas Webster