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 9/16/2025

    Rahimi N, Potluri S, Chitalia V. IGPR-1 Is Phosphorylated on the Immunoreceptor Tyrosine-Based Motif, Stimulates the AKT Pathway and Supports Melanoma Growth. Biochemistry. 2025 Oct 07; 64(19):4121-4131. PMID: 40957723.

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  • Published 7/1/2025

    Rastegar-Pouyani N, Fakhari F, Lalani AR, Jafarzadeh E, Zafari R, Rahimi N, Habibian Sezavar A, Ostad SN. Prenatal Exposure to Methamphetamine and Its Association With Birth Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis. Birth Defects Res. 2025 Jul; 117(7):e2488. PMID: 40626732.

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  • Published 5/9/2025

    Lotfollahzadeh S, Xia C, Amraei R, Hua N, Kandror KV, Farmer SR, Wei W, Costello CE, Chitalia V, Rahimi N. Corrigendum to "Inactivation of Minar2 in mice hyperactivates mTOR signaling and results in obesity" [Mol Metabol 73 (July 2023) 101744]. Mol Metab. 2025 Jul; 97:102160. PMID: 40345243.

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  • 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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Other Positions

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