05B4 Rafi, Mohammed A - Jefferson Medical College - Thomas Jefferson University
Mohammed A. Rafi

Mohammed A. Rafi,

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1020 Locust Street
Suite 393 JAH
Philadelphia, PA 19107

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Most Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Extended normal life after AAVrh10-mediated gene therapy in the mouse model of krabbe disease
  2. Gene and stem cell therapy: Alone or in combination?
  3. Combined effects of hyperglycemic conditions and HIV-1 Nef: A potential model for induced HIV neuropathogenesis
  4. Effects of treatments on inflammatory and apoptotic markers in the CNS of mice with globoid cell leukodystrophy
  5. Significant correction of pathology in brains of twitcher mice following injection of genetically modified mouse neural progenitor cells
  6. A single mutation in the GALC gene is responsible for the majority of late onset Krabbe disease patients in the Catania (Sicily, Italy) region.
  7. HIV-1 Vpr potently induces programmed cell death in the CNS in vivo
  8. Insulin-like growth factor-1 provides protection against psychosine-induced apoptosis in cultured mouse oligodendrocyte progenitor cells using primarily the PI3K/Akt pathway
  9. AAV2/5 vector expressing galactocerebrosidase ameliorates CNS disease in the murine model of globoid-cell leukodystrophy more efficiently than AAV2
  10. Biochemical and pathological evaluation of long-lived mice with globoid cell leukodystrophy after bone marrow transplantation
  11. AAV-Mediated expression of galactocerebrosidase in brain results in attenuated symptoms and extended life span in murine models of globoid cell leukodystrophy
  12. Generation of transgenic mice expressing insulin-like growth factor-1 under the control of the myelin basic protein promoter: Increased myelination and potential for studies on the effects of increased IGF-1 on experimentally and genetically induced demyelination
  13. Disease-causing mutations in cis with the common arylsulfatase A pseudodeficiency allele compound the difficulties in accurately identifying patients and carriers of metachromatic leukodystrophy
  14. Mutation analysis of feline Niemann-Pick C1 disease
  15. Peripheral neuropathy with hypomyelinating features in adult-onset Krabbe's disease
  16. Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer and galactocerebrosidase uptake into twitcher glial cells results in appropriate localization and phenotype correction
  17. Generation of a mouse with low galactocerebrosidase activity by gene targeting: A new model of globoid cell leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease)
  18. Krabbe disease: Genetic aspects and progress toward therapy
  19. Evidence of diffuse brain pathololgy and unspecific genetic characterization in a patient with an atypical form of adult-onset Krabbe disease
  20. Niemann-Pick C1 disease: The I1061T substitution is a frequent mutant allele in patients of Western European descent and correlates with a classic juvenile phenotype
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