Nader Rahimi, PhD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I have a broad expertise in cell signaling in particular in receptor tyrosine kinases, protein modification (phosphorylation, methylation, ubiquitination, acetylation and proteolytic cleavage modifications). We are also expert in various mouse and cell culture based angiogenesis and tumor models.

Publications

  • Published 3/18/2025

    Shackebaei D, Yari K, Rahimi N, Gorgani S, Yarmohammadi F. Targeting the NLRP3 by Natural Compounds: Therapeutic Strategies to Mitigate Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity. Cell Biochem Biophys. 2025 Mar 18. PMID: 40100343.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/23/2023

    Rahimi N, White MR, Amraei R, Lotfollahzadeh S, Xia C, Michalak M, Costello CE, Mühlberger E. Calreticulin Regulates SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Turnover and Modulates SARS-CoV-2 Infectivity. Cells. 2023 Nov 23; 12(23). PMID: 38067122.

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  • Published 9/5/2023

    Belghasem M, Yin W, Lotfollahzadeh S, Yang X, Meyer RD, Napoleon MA, Sellinger IE, Vazirani A, Metrikova E, Jose A, Zhebrun A, Whelan SA, Lee N, Rahimi N, Chitalia VC. Tryptophan Metabolites Target Transmembrane and Immunoglobulin Domain-Containing 1 Signaling to Augment Renal Tubular Injury. Am J Pathol. 2023 Oct; 193(10):1501-1516. PMID: 37676196.

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  • Published 5/26/2023

    Lotfollahzadeh S, Xia C, Amraei R, Hua N, Kandror KV, Farmer SR, Wei W, Costello CE, Chitalia V, Rahimi N. Inactivation of Minar2 in mice hyperactivates mTOR signaling and results in obesity. Mol Metab. 2023 Jul; 73:101744. PMID: 37245847.

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  • Published 7/11/2022

    Hartsough E, Shelke RRJ, Amraei R, Aryan Z, Lotfollahzadeh S, Rahimi N. PRMT4-mediated arginine methylation promotes tyrosine phosphorylation of VEGFR-2 and regulates filopodia protrusions. iScience. 2022 Aug 19; 25(8):104736. PMID: 35942094.

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Other Positions

  • Associate Professor, Ophthalmology
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, BU-BMC Cancer Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Genome Science Institute
    Boston University
  • Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

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Education

  • Queen's University, PhD
  • Queen's University, MS
  • University of Toronto, BS

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