Abolfazl Nik-Akhtar

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Latest papers

Placental ferroptosis and impaired fetal growth in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Clinical science (London, England : 1979) · 2026
Ferroptosis as a mechanism of placenta dysfunction in inflammation-driven preeclampsia.
Placenta · 2025
Antibiotic-mediated selection of randomly mutagenized and cytokine-expressing oncolytic viruses.
Nature biomedical engineering · 2025

All 6 publications

6 publications.

01

Placental ferroptosis and impaired fetal growth in symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Cariaco Y, Nik-Akhtar A, Brien ME, Menzies K, Girard S, Bainbridge S

Clinical science (London, England : 1979)2026

DOI: 10.1042/cs20257407 PMID: 41885260

02

Ferroptosis as a mechanism of placenta dysfunction in inflammation-driven preeclampsia.

Cariaco Y, Beck M, Jahan F, Kao JG, Nik-Akhtar A, Menzies K, Bainbridge S

Placenta2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2025.07.085 PMID: 40738047

03

Antibiotic-mediated selection of randomly mutagenized and cytokine-expressing oncolytic viruses.

Rezaei R, Boulton S, Ahmadi M, Petryk J, Da Silva M, Kooshki Zamani N, Singaravelu R, St-Laurent G, Daniel L, Sadeghipour A, Pelin A, Poutou J, Munoz Zuniga AI, Choy C, Gilchrist VH, Khalid Z, Austin B, Onsu KA, Marius R, Ameli Z, Mohammadi F, Mancinelli V, Wang E, Nik-Akhtar A, Alwithenani A, Panahi Arasi F, Ferguson SSG, Hobman TC, Alain T, Tai LH, Ilkow CS, Diallo JS, Bell JC, Azad T

Nature biomedical engineering2025

DOI: 10.1038/s41551-024-01259-7 PMID: 39609558

04

NAD+ depletion is central to placental dysfunction in an inflammatory subclass of preeclampsia.

Jahan F, Vasam G, Cariaco Y, Nik-Akhtar A, Green A, Menzies KJ, Bainbridge SA

Life science alliance2024

DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302505 PMID: 39389781

05

A comparison of rat models that best mimic immune-driven preeclampsia in humans.

Jahan F, Vasam G, Cariaco Y, Nik-Akhtar A, Green A, Menzies KJ, Bainbridge SA

Frontiers in endocrinology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1219205 PMID: 37842294

06

Synthetic virology approaches to improve the safety and efficacy of oncolytic virus therapies.

Azad T, Rezaei R, Singaravelu R, Pelin A, Boulton S, Petryk J, Onsu KA, Martin NT, Hoskin V, Ghahremani M, Marotel M, Marius R, He X, Crupi MJF, Hoang HD, Nik-Akhtar A, Ahmadi M, Zamani NK, Golshani A, Alain T, Greer P, Ardolino M, Dickinson BC, Tai LH, Ilkow CS, Bell JC

Nature communications2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38651-x PMID: 37236967

Frequent collaborators

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
Immunology
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Cancer Research Institute
Obstétrique et gynécologie

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Alex Green

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Taha Azad

Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Shannon Bainbridge

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Lee-Hwa Tai

Immunology

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Keir Menzies

Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2026

Tommy Alain

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Peter Greer

Cancer Research Institute

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Sylvie Girard

Obstétrique et gynécologie

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Michele Ardolino

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

1 shared papers, latest 2023

Jean-Simon Diallo

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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