Blayne Sayed, University of Toronto

Research

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

Latest papers

Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.
Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
The scaffolding and activation of NLRP3 on acidic vesicles depends on their biophysical properties and is independent of intermediate filaments
Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2025
Anesthesia management for pediatric intestinal transplantation-a single-centre case series of eleven patients.
Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2025

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Mechanism and therapeutic targeting of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in ischemia-reperfusion injury
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$879,750

All 1 grants and awards

7 publications.

01

Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.

Sutton H, Saban OS, Cunningham J, Bandsma R, Sayed B, Ng V

Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver20253 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/liv.70412 PMID: 41159810

02

The scaffolding and activation of NLRP3 on acidic vesicles depends on their biophysical properties and is independent of intermediate filaments

Guillermo de Paz Linares, Jan Mossemann, Blayne Amir Sayed, Spencer A. Freeman

Molecular Biology of the Cell20252 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e24-11-0511 PMID: 40372734

03

Anesthesia management for pediatric intestinal transplantation-a single-centre case series of eleven patients.

Long M, Siddiqui A, Avitzur Y, Parra D, Sayed B, Ghanekar A, Cattral M, Sun N

Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie20251 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-02976-6 PMID: 40481357

04

Trajectories of patients relisted for liver transplantation.

Qazi Arisar FA, Varghese R, Chen S, Xu W, Selzner M, McGilvray I, Sayed B, Reichman T, Shwaartz C, Cattral M, Ghanekar A, Sapisochin G, Jaeckel E, Tsien C, Selzner N, Lilly L, Bhat M

Annals of hepatology2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.aohep.2023.101168 PMID: 37858675

05

Factors associated with thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications in pediatric liver transplant: A multi-center analysis from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation.

Soltys K, Lemoine C, Zhang X, Bhat R, Bucuvalas J, Rasmussen S, Romero R, Batsis I, Sayed B, Tunno J, Confair C, Vargas S, Superina R, Mazariegos G

Pediatric transplantation2023

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14521 PMID: 37016507

06

State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.

Rasmussen SK, Lemoine CP, Superina R, Sayed B, Goldaracena N, Soltys KA, Griesemer A, Dick A, Angelis M, Chin LT, Florman S, Ganoza A, Lyer K, Kang SM, Magliocca J, Squires J, Eisenberg E, Bray D, Tunno J, Reyes JD, Mazariegos GV

Pediatric transplantation2023

DOI: 10.1111/petr.14283 PMID: 36468324

07

Superior Long-Term Outcomes of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Cumulative Single-Center Cohort Study With 20 Years of Follow-Up.

Goto T, Ivanics T, Cattral MS, Reichman T, Ghanekar A, Sapisochin G, McGilvray ID, Sayed B, Lilly L, Bhat M, Selzner M, Selzner N

Liver transplantation : official publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society202225 citations

DOI: 10.1002/lt.26386 PMID: 34870890

Mechanism and therapeutic targeting of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in ischemia-reperfusion injury

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Steinberg, Benjamin E

Keywords: Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy; Animal Models; Ex Vivo Liver Perfusion; Inflammation; Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury; Liver Transplantation; Macrophages; Necrosis; Pyroptosis

$879,750

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Nazia Selzner and Markus Selzner: 117 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Ian McGilvray: 101 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Markus Selzner: 97 shared papers
Markus Selzner and Anand Ghanekar: 94 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Anand Ghanekar: 92 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Markus Selzner: 84 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Nazia Selzner: 82 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Anand Ghanekar: 75 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Gonzalo Sapisochin: 74 shared papers
Anand Ghanekar and Gonzalo Sapisochin: 71 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Gonzalo Sapisochin: 69 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Mamatha Bhat: 67 shared papers
Mamatha Bhat and Anand Ghanekar: 41 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Mamatha Bhat: 39 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Cynthia Tsien: 37 shared papers
Mamatha Bhat and Cynthia Tsien: 30 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Chaya Shwaartz: 15 shared papers
Mamatha Bhat and Leslie Lilly: 13 shared papers
Gonzalo Sapisochin and Chaya Shwaartz: 13 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Cynthia Tsien: 12 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Leslie Lilly: 12 shared papers
Mamatha Bhat and Elmar Jaeckel: 11 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Trevor Reichman: 10 shared papers
Wei Xu and Mamatha Bhat: 10 shared papers
Anand Ghanekar and Yaron Avitzur: 10 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Yaron Avitzur: 9 shared papers
Markus Selzner and Chaya Shwaartz: 9 shared papers
Gonzalo Sapisochin and Trevor Reichman: 9 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Trevor Reichman: 8 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Elmar Jaeckel: 8 shared papers
Cynthia Tsien and Elmar Jaeckel: 7 shared papers
Cynthia Tsien and Leslie Lilly: 7 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Wei Xu: 6 shared papers
Wei Xu and Leslie Lilly: 6 shared papers
Yaron Avitzur and Vicky Ng: 5 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Robert Bandsma: 3 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Blayne Sayed: 3 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Vicky Ng: 3 shared papers
Robert Bandsma and Anand Ghanekar: 3 shared papers
Robert Bandsma and Yaron Avitzur: 3 shared papers
Anand Ghanekar and Blayne Sayed: 3 shared papers
Anand Ghanekar and Vicky Ng: 3 shared papers
Ian McGilvray and Blayne Sayed: 2 shared papers
Nazia Selzner and Blayne Sayed: 2 shared papers
Markus Selzner and Blayne Sayed: 2 shared papers
Mamatha Bhat and Blayne Sayed: 2 shared papers
Gonzalo Sapisochin and Blayne Sayed: 2 shared papers
Blayne Sayed and Trevor Reichman: 2 shared papers
Mark Cattral and Naiyi Sun: 1 shared paper
Mark Cattral and Asad Siddiqui: 1 shared paper
Mark Cattral and Dimitri Parra: 1 shared paper
Wei Xu and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Robert Bandsma and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Spencer Freeman and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Cynthia Tsien and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Anand Ghanekar and Naiyi Sun: 1 shared paper
Anand Ghanekar and Asad Siddiqui: 1 shared paper
Anand Ghanekar and Dimitri Parra: 1 shared paper
Elmar Jaeckel and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Leslie Lilly and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Chaya Shwaartz and Blayne Sayed: 1 shared paper
Blayne Sayed and Naiyi Sun: 1 shared paper
Blayne Sayed and Asad Siddiqui: 1 shared paper
Blayne Sayed and Dimitri Parra: 1 shared paper
Blayne Sayed and Yaron Avitzur: 1 shared paper
Blayne Sayed and Vicky Ng: 1 shared paper

Department of Surgery
Department of Medicine
Department of Paediatrics
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Institute of Medical Science
Department of Medical Imaging
Department of Biochemistry
Other

Applying for

Paper to mention

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Sayed, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Blayne Sayed

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Phenotype and Long-Term Outcome in Recurrent Paediatric Acute Liver Failure: Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Analysis.

The scaffolding and activation of NLRP3 on acidic vesicles depends on their biophysical properties and is independent of intermediate filaments

Anesthesia management for pediatric intestinal transplantation-a single-centre case series of eleven patients.

Trajectories of patients relisted for liver transplantation.

Factors associated with thrombotic and hemorrhagic complications in pediatric liver transplant: A multi-center analysis from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation.

State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A&#xa0;statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.

Superior Long-Term Outcomes of Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Cumulative Single-Center Cohort Study With 20 Years of Follow-Up.

Mechanism and therapeutic targeting of NINJ1-mediated plasma membrane rupture in ischemia-reperfusion injury

Frequent collaborators

Anand Ghanekar

Mark Cattral

Trevor Reichman

Markus Selzner

Nazia Selzner

Mamatha Bhat

Gonzalo Sapisochin

Ian McGilvray

Naiyi Sun

Asad Siddiqui

Dimitri Parra

Yaron Avitzur

Vicky Ng

Chaya Shwaartz

Wei Xu

Robert Bandsma

Spencer Freeman

Cynthia Tsien

Elmar Jaeckel

Leslie Lilly

State of pediatric liver transplantation in the United States and achieving zero wait list mortality with ideal outcomes: A statement from the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplant Surgeon's Working Group.