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Fabio Rossi

ResearcherBiomedical EngineeringUniversity of British Columbia

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Fabio Rossi

Researcher

Biomedical Engineering

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 13 research grants (13 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 6 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Stromal Cells Fibrosis Cachexia Muscle Mass Loss Tissue Regeneration Fibroblasts Innate Immune Cells Intercellular Signalling Networks

Latest papers

Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics.
Cytotherapy · 2025
Cyproheptadine inhibits in vitro and in vivo lung metastasis and drives metabolic rewiring.
Molecular biology reports · 2024
Toward a person-centered ethics framework for autonomy in spinal cord injury research and rehabilitation.
PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2024

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Investigating the role of muscle stromal cells in pancreatic cancer cachexia and associated myosteatosis
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,021,275
Investigating the role of muscle stromal cells in pancreatic cancer cachexia and associated myosteatosis
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Mapping and Enhancing mRNA Vaccine Delivery & Immune Activation for SARS-CoV-2
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000

All 30 grants and awards

25 publications.

Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics.

Renesme L, Cobey KD, Lalu MM, Bubela T, Chinnadurai R, De Vos J, Dunbar R, Fergusson D, Freund D, Galipeau J, Horwitz E, Lê M, Matthay M, Moher D, Nolta J, Parker G, Phinney DG, Rao M, Rasko JEJ, Rocco PRM, Rossi F, Myles MR, Viswanathan S, Thébaud B

Cytotherapy2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2024.10.008 PMID: 39580717

Cyproheptadine inhibits in vitro and in vivo lung metastasis and drives metabolic rewiring.

Shannar A, Sarwar MS, Dave PD, Chou PJ, Peter RM, Xu J, Pan Y, Rossi F, Kong AN

Molecular biology reports2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-10033-6 PMID: 39522095

Toward a person-centered ethics framework for autonomy in spinal cord injury research and rehabilitation.

Nuechterlein A, Olmos Pérez A, Rossi F, Swift J, Townson A, Illes J

PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation2024

DOI: 10.1002/pmrj.13146 PMID: 38520145

Spatiotemporal signaling underlies progressive vascular rarefaction in myocardial infarction.

Tung LW, Groppa E, Soliman H, Lin B, Chang C, Cheung CW, Ritso M, Guo D, Rempel L, Sinha S, Eisner C, Brassard J, McNagny K, Biernaskie J, Rossi F

Nature communications2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44227-6 PMID: 38129410

Elevated numbers of infiltrating eosinophils accelerate the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology in mdx mice.

Theret M, Rempel L, Hashimoto J, Ritso M, Tung LW, Li FF, Messing M, Hughes M, McNagny K, Rossi F

Development (Cambridge, England)2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1242/dev.200112 PMID: 35333325

Cholesterol absorption blocker ezetimibe prevents muscle wasting in severe dysferlin-deficient and mdx mice.

White Z, Theret M, Milad N, Tung LW, Chen WW, Sirois MG, Rossi F, Bernatchez P

Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2022

DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.12879 PMID: 34927367

The Effect of Posterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery on Biomechanical Properties of Rat Paraspinal Muscles 13 Weeks After Surgery.

Yamamoto S, Malakoutian M, Theret M, Street J, Rossi F, Brown SHM, Saito M, Oxland TR

Spine2021

DOI: 10.1097/brs.0000000000004036 PMID: 34156788

Larger muscle fibers and fiber bundles manifest smaller elastic modulus in paraspinal muscles of rats and humans.

Malakoutian M, Theret M, Yamamoto S, Dehghan-Hamani I, Lee M, Street J, Rossi F, Brown SHM, Oxland TR

Scientific reports2021

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97895-z PMID: 34535711

High prevalence of plasma lipid abnormalities in human and canine Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies depicts a new type of primary genetic dyslipidemia.

White Z, Hakim CH, Theret M, Yang NN, Rossi F, Cox D, Francis GA, Straub V, Selby K, Panagiotopoulos C, Duan D, Bernatchez P

Journal of clinical lipidology2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.jacl.2020.05.098 PMID: 32593511

Closing gaps, opening doors: an experimental collaboration in stem cell intervention.

Rossi F, Braun M, Brock J, Sen-Lum J, Ellens S, Lander E, Stoddard D, Cross C, Vance A, Stewart D, Thebaud B, Illes J

Molecular biology reports2020First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05469-5 PMID: 32372173

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Fabio Rossi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics.

Cyproheptadine inhibits in vitro and in vivo lung metastasis and drives metabolic rewiring.

Toward a person-centered ethics framework for autonomy in spinal cord injury research and rehabilitation.

Spatiotemporal signaling underlies progressive vascular rarefaction in myocardial infarction.

Elevated numbers of infiltrating eosinophils accelerate the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology in mdx mice.

Cholesterol absorption blocker ezetimibe prevents muscle wasting in severe dysferlin-deficient and mdx mice.

The Effect of Posterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery on Biomechanical Properties of Rat Paraspinal Muscles 13 Weeks After Surgery.

Larger muscle fibers and fiber bundles manifest smaller elastic modulus in paraspinal muscles of rats and humans.

High prevalence of plasma lipid abnormalities in human and canine Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies depicts a new type of primary genetic dyslipidemia.

Closing gaps, opening doors: an experimental collaboration in stem cell intervention.

Investigating the role of muscle stromal cells in pancreatic cancer cachexia and associated myosteatosis

Investigating the role of muscle stromal cells in pancreatic cancer cachexia and associated myosteatosis

Mapping and Enhancing mRNA Vaccine Delivery & Immune Activation for SARS-CoV-2

Setting the homeostatic inflammatory environment: role of the Tak1-NFkb pathway in mesenchymal stromal cells.

Targeting inflammatory and neurodegenerative pathways relevant to progression in the NR1H3 (LXRA) R415Q model of primary progressive multiple sclerosis

Applying targeted regenerative synthetic gene circuits through cellularized biomaterials to treat traumatic skeletal muscle injury

Role of the TGFb-Activated Kinase 1 in mesenchymal progenitors. A key modulator of the inflammatory environment in chronic diseases.

Fibrosis as a progenitor disease: novel therapeutic opportunities

The critical role of plasma cholesterol in the pathogenesis of muscular dystrophy

Modulation of Innate Immune Responses as a Therapy for Muscular Dystrophy

Frequent collaborators

Judy Illes

Pascal Bernatchez

John Street

Kelly McNagny

Bruce McManus

Constadina Panagiotopoulos

Sowmya Viswanathan

David Moher

Ubaka Ogbogu

Vardit Ravitsky

Bernard Thébaud

Fabio Rossi

Brenda Wilson

Chun Seow

Dean Fergusson

Fabio Rossi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Delphi-driven consensus definition for mesenchymal stromal cells and clinical reporting guidelines for mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapeutics.

Cyproheptadine inhibits in vitro and in vivo lung metastasis and drives metabolic rewiring.

Toward a person-centered ethics framework for autonomy in spinal cord injury research and rehabilitation.

Spatiotemporal signaling underlies progressive vascular rarefaction in myocardial infarction.

Elevated numbers of infiltrating eosinophils accelerate the progression of Duchenne muscular dystrophy pathology in mdx mice.

Cholesterol absorption blocker ezetimibe prevents muscle wasting in severe dysferlin-deficient and mdx mice.

The Effect of Posterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery on Biomechanical Properties of Rat Paraspinal Muscles 13&#x200a;Weeks After Surgery.

Larger muscle fibers and fiber bundles manifest smaller elastic modulus in paraspinal muscles of rats and humans.

High prevalence of plasma lipid abnormalities in human and canine Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies depicts a new type of primary genetic dyslipidemia.

Closing gaps, opening doors: an experimental collaboration in stem cell intervention.

Frequent collaborators

Judy Illes

Pascal Bernatchez

John Street

Kelly McNagny

Bruce McManus

Constadina Panagiotopoulos

Sowmya Viswanathan

David Moher

Ubaka Ogbogu

Vardit Ravitsky

Bernard Thébaud

Fabio Rossi

Brenda Wilson

Chun Seow

Dean Fergusson

The Effect of Posterior Lumbar Spinal Surgery on Biomechanical Properties of Rat Paraspinal Muscles 13 Weeks After Surgery.