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Reza Zolfaghari, PhD

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Demulsification techniques of water-in-oil and oil-in-water emulsions in petroleum industry

R Zolfaghari, A Fakhru'l-Razi, LC Abdullah… - Separation and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The difficulties associated with transportation and refining of crude oil emulsions and produced
water discharge limitations are among the conspicuous clues that have led the oilfield …

Cytochrome P450s in the regulation of cellular retinoic acid metabolism

A Catharine Ross, R Zolfaghari - Annual review of nutrition, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The active metabolite of vitamin A, retinoic acid (RA), is a powerful regulator of gene transcription.
RA is also a therapeutic drug. The oxidative metabolism of RA by certain members of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of acute inflammation on plasma retinol, retinol-binding protein, and its mRNA in the liver and kidneys of vitamin A-sufficient rats

FJ Rosales, SJ Ritter, R Zolfaghari, JE Smith… - Journal of lipid …, 1996 - Elsevier
The acute inflammatory response to tissue injury and infection is associated with low
concentrations of plasma retinol and its specific transport proteins, retinol-binding protein (RBP) …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of hepatic retinol metabolism: perspectives from studies on vitamin A status

AC Ross, R Zolfaghari - The Journal of nutrition, 2004 - Elsevier
Liver vitamin A (retinol) is obtained from several sources and is subject to multiple fates.
Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT), a microsomal enzyme present in liver and several other …

A new amplified π-shape electrochemical aptasensor for ultrasensitive detection of aflatoxin B1

…, M Ramezani, AS Emrani, R Zolfaghari… - Biosensors and …, 2017 - Elsevier
There is a prompt need for determination of aflatoxin B 1 (AFB 1 ) in food products to avoid
distribution and consumption of contaminated food products. In this study, an accurate …

Creating the Sydney York morphological and acoustic recordings of ears database

CT Jin, P Guillon, N Epain, R Zolfaghari… - IEEE Transactions …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces the process for creating the Sydney York Morphological and Acoustic
Recordings of Ears (SYMARE) database. The SYMARE database supports research …

[HTML][HTML] Lecithin: retinol acyltransferase from mouse and rat liver: cDNA cloning and liver-specific regulation by dietary vitamin A and retinoic acid1

R Zolfaghari, AC Ross - Journal of lipid research, 2000 - ASBMB
Lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT), present in microsomes, catalyzes the transfer of the
sn-1 fatty acid of phosphatidylcholine to retinol bound to a cellular retinol-binding protein. In …

Cloning of rat cytochrome P450RAI (CYP26) cDNA and regulation of its gene expression by all-trans-retinoic acid in vivo

Y Wang, R Zolfaghari, AC Ross - Archives of biochemistry and biophysics, 2002 - Elsevier
A novel retinoic acid (RA)-inducible cytochrome P450 (P450 RAI or CYP26), previously
cloned from human, zebra fish, and mouse, functions in the metabolism of all-trans-RA to polar …

Regulation of CYP26 (cytochrome P450RAI) mRNA expression and retinoic acid metabolism by retinoids and dietary vitamin A in liver of mice and rats

Y Yamamoto, R Zolfaghari… - The FASEB …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Retinoic acid (RA), through nuclear retinoid receptors, regulates the expression of
numerous genes. However, little is known of the biochemical mechanisms that regulate RA …

Dual-targeted delivery of doxorubicin by mesoporous silica nanoparticle coated with AS1411 aptamer and RGDK-R peptide to breast cancer in vitro and in vivo

…, E Yaghoobi, S Dehghani, R Zolfaghari… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Statistics show that breast cancer is the first cause of cancer-related deaths in women worldwide.
Doxorubicin (DOX) is one of the chemotherapeutics with high efficacy in breast cancer. …