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HAMED JAFAR-NEJAD

TitleProfessor
InstitutionBaylor College of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Molecular & Human Genetics
AddressOne Baylor Plaza
Houston, TX 77030
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    R01AR076770     (DARABI, RADBOD ;JAFAR-NEJAD, HAMED)Jul 8, 2020 - Jun 30, 2025
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    REGULATION OF SKELETAL MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE BY PROTEIN O-GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE 1 (POGLUT1)
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R35GM130317     (JAFAR-NEJAD, HAMED)Feb 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2024
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    Regulation of developmental signaling pathways by glycosylation and deglycosylation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01DK109982     (JAFAR-NEJAD, HAMED)Jul 15, 2016 - Jun 30, 2021
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    Negative regulation of Jagged1 by glycosylation: towards a mechanism-based therapy for Alagille syndrome
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01GM084135     (JAFAR-NEJAD, HAMED)Apr 1, 2008 - Dec 31, 2018
    NIH
    Fine-Tuning the Notch Signaling Pathway via O-Glucosylation
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pandey A, Galeone A, Han SY, Story BA, Consonni G, Mueller WF, Steinmetz LM, Vaccari T, Jafar-Nejad H. Gut barrier defects, intestinal immune hyperactivation and enhanced lipid catabolism drive lethality in NGLY1-deficient Drosophila. Nat Commun. 2023 09 13; 14(1):5667. PMID: 37704604; PMCID: PMC10499810.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    2. Ortiz-Vitali JL, Wu J, Xu N, Shieh AW, Niknejad N, Takeuchi M, Paradas C, Lin C, Jafar-Nejad H, Haltiwanger RS, Wang SH, Darabi R. Disease modeling and gene correction of LGMDR21 iPSCs elucidates the role of POGLUT1 in skeletal muscle maintenance, regeneration, and the satellite cell niche. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2023 Sep 12; 33:683-697. PMID: 37650119; PMCID: PMC10462830.
      Citations: 1     
    3. Niknejad N, Fox D, Burwinkel JL, Zarrin-Khameh N, Cho S, Soriano A, Cast AE, Lopez MF, Huppert KA, Rigo F, Huppert SS, Jafar-Nejad P, Jafar-Nejad H. ASO silencing of a glycosyltransferase, Poglut1 , improves the liver phenotypes in mouse models of Alagille syndrome. Hepatology. 2023 11 01; 78(5):1337-1351. PMID: 37021797; PMCID: PMC10558624.
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    4. Pandey A, Galeone A, Han SY, Story BA, Consonni G, Mueller WF, Steinmetz LM, Vaccari T, Jafar-Nejad H. Gut barrier defects, increased intestinal innate immune response, and enhanced lipid catabolism drive lethality in N -glycanase 1 deficient Drosophila. bioRxiv. 2023 Apr 07. PMID: 37066398; PMCID: PMC10104161.
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    5. Pandey A, Adams JM, Han SY, Jafar-Nejad H. NGLY1 Deficiency, a Congenital Disorder of Deglycosylation: From Disease Gene Function to Pathophysiology. Cells. 2022 03 29; 11(7). PMID: 35406718; PMCID: PMC8997433.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    6. Pandey A, Jafar-Nejad H. Tracing the NGLY1 footprints: insights from Drosophila. J Biochem. 2022 Feb 21; 171(2):153-160. PMID: 34270726; PMCID: PMC9005052.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    7. Pandey A, Niknejad N, Jafar-Nejad H. Multifaceted regulation of Notch signaling by glycosylation. Glycobiology. 2021 01 09; 31(1):8-28. PMID: 32472127; PMCID: PMC7799146.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    8. Han SY, Pandey A, Moore T, Galeone A, Duraine L, Cowan TM, Jafar-Nejad H. A conserved role for AMP-activated protein kinase in NGLY1 deficiency. PLoS Genet. 2020 12; 16(12):e1009258. PMID: 33315951; PMCID: PMC7769621.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    9. Galeone A, Adams JM, Matsuda S, Presa MF, Pandey A, Han SY, Tachida Y, Hirayama H, Vaccari T, Suzuki T, Lutz CM, Affolter M, Zuberi A, Jafar-Nejad H. Regulation of BMP4/Dpp retrotranslocation and signaling by deglycosylation. Elife. 2020 07 28; 9. PMID: 32720893; PMCID: PMC7394544.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    10. Adams JM, Huppert KA, Castro EC, Lopez MF, Niknejad N, Subramanian S, Zarrin-Khameh N, Finegold MJ, Huppert SS, Jafar-Nejad H. Sox9 Is a Modifier of the Liver Disease Severity in a Mouse Model of Alagille Syndrome. Hepatology. 2020 04; 71(4):1331-1349. PMID: 31469182; PMCID: PMC7048647.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    11. Johnson K, Pandey A, Ito A, Chamova T, Mongini T, Nafissi S, Claeys KG, Grewal RP, Takeuchi M, Hao H, Lopes Abath Neto O, Medne L, Brandsema J, Taneva A, Tournev I, Haltiwanger RS, Takeuchi H, Jafar-Nejad H, Straub V, Servi?n-Morilla E, Cabrera-Serrano M, Rivas E, Muelas N, B?nnemann C, T?pf A, Vilchez JJ, Paradas C. POGLUT1 biallelic mutations cause myopathy with reduced satellite cells, a-dystroglycan hypoglycosylation and a distinctive radiological pattern. Acta Neuropathol. 2020 03; 139(3):565-582. PMID: 31897643; PMCID: PMC7196238.
      Citations: 10     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    12. Pandey A, Harvey BM, Lopez MF, Ito A, Haltiwanger RS, Jafar-Nejad H. Glycosylation of Specific Notch EGF Repeats by O-Fut1 and Fringe Regulates Notch Signaling in Drosophila. Cell Rep. 2019 11 12; 29(7):2054-2066.e6. PMID: 31722217; PMCID: PMC6866671.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    13. Adams JM, Jafar-Nejad H. The Roles of Notch Signaling in Liver Development and Disease. Biomolecules. 2019 10 14; 9(10). PMID: 31615106; PMCID: PMC6843177.
      Citations: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    14. Adams JM, Jafar-Nejad H. Determining Bile Duct Density in the Mouse Liver. J Vis Exp. 2019 04 30; (146). PMID: 31107443; PMCID: PMC6555135.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    15. Niknejad N, Jafar-Nejad H. Unbiased glycomics: a powerful tool in rare disease diagnosis and research. Transl Res. 2019 04; 206:1-4. PMID: 30528322.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Pandey A, Li-Kroeger D, Sethi MK, Lee TV, Buettner FF, Bakker H, Jafar-Nejad H. Sensitized genetic backgrounds reveal differential roles for EGF repeat xylosyltransferases in Drosophila Notch signaling. Glycobiology. 2018 11 01; 28(11):849-859. PMID: 30169771; PMCID: PMC6454539.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    17. Adams JM, Jafar-Nejad H. A New Model of Alagille Syndrome With Broad Phenotypic Representation. Gastroenterology. 2018 03; 154(4):803-806. PMID: 29425927.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    18. Pandey A, Jafar-Nejad H. Cell Aggregation Assays to Evaluate the Binding of the Drosophila Notch with Trans-Ligands and its Inhibition by Cis-Ligands. J Vis Exp. 2018 01 02; (131). PMID: 29364239; PMCID: PMC5875548.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    19. Wu J, Hunt SD, Matthias N, Lo J, Jafar-Nejad H, Darabi R, Servi?n-Morilla E, Paradas C. Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line (CSCRMi001-A) from a patient with a new type of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) due to a missense mutation in POGLUT1 (Rumi). Stem Cell Res. 2017 10; 24:102-105. PMID: 29034878; PMCID: PMC5679726.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    20. Galeone A, Han SY, Huang C, Hosomi A, Suzuki T, Jafar-Nejad H. Tissue-specific regulation of BMP signaling by Drosophila N-glycanase 1. Elife. 2017 08 04; 6. PMID: 28826503; PMCID: PMC5599231.
      Citations: 16     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    21. Lee TV, Pandey A, Jafar-Nejad H. Xylosylation of the Notch receptor preserves the balance between its activation by trans-Delta and inhibition by cis-ligands in Drosophila. PLoS Genet. 2017 04; 13(4):e1006723. PMID: 28394891; PMCID: PMC5402982.
      Citations: 13     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    22. Takeuchi H, Lee TV, Morgado Y, Pita G, Hirano M, Haltiwanger RS, Jafar-Nejad H, Servi?n-Morilla E, Clarimon J, Mavillard F, Area-G?mez E, Rivas E, Nieto-Gonz?lez JL, Rivero MC, Cabrera-Serrano M, G?mez-S?nchez L, Mart?nez-L?pez JA, Estrada B, M?rquez C, Su?rez-Calvet X, Bigot A, Gallardo E, Fern?ndez-Chac?n R, Paradas C. A POGLUT1 mutation causes a muscular dystrophy with reduced Notch signaling and satellite cell loss. EMBO Mol Med. 2016 11; 8(11):1289-1309. PMID: 27807076; PMCID: PMC5090660.
      Citations: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    23. Harvey BM, Rana NA, Moss H, Leonardi J, Jafar-Nejad H, Haltiwanger RS. Mapping Sites of O-Glycosylation and Fringe Elongation on Drosophila Notch. J Biol Chem. 2016 07 29; 291(31):16348-60. PMID: 27268051; PMCID: PMC4965582.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    24. Thakurdas SM, Lopez MF, Kakuda S, Fernandez-Valdivia R, Zarrin-Khameh N, Haltiwanger RS, Jafar-Nejad H. Jagged1 heterozygosity in mice results in a congenital cholangiopathy which is reversed by concomitant deletion of one copy of Poglut1 (Rumi). Hepatology. 2016 Feb; 63(2):550-65. PMID: 26235536; PMCID: PMC4718747.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    25. Haltom AR, Jafar-Nejad H. The multiple roles of epidermal growth factor repeat O-glycans in animal development. Glycobiology. 2015 Oct; 25(10):1027-42. PMID: 26175457; PMCID: PMC4551148.
      Citations: 26     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    26. He P, Grotzke JE, Ng BG, Gunel M, Jafar-Nejad H, Cresswell P, Enns GM, Freeze HH. A congenital disorder of deglycosylation: Biochemical characterization of N-glycanase 1 deficiency in patient fibroblasts. Glycobiology. 2015 Aug; 25(8):836-44. PMID: 25900930; PMCID: PMC4487302.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    27. Haltom AR, Lee TV, Harvey BM, Leonardi J, Chen YJ, Hong Y, Haltiwanger RS, Jafar-Nejad H. The protein O-glucosyltransferase Rumi modifies eyes shut to promote rhabdomere separation in Drosophila. PLoS Genet. 2014 Nov; 10(11):e1004795. PMID: 25412384; PMCID: PMC4238978.
      Citations: 20     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. LeBon L, Lee TV, Sprinzak D, Jafar-Nejad H, Elowitz MB. Fringe proteins modulate Notch-ligand cis and trans interactions to specify signaling states. Elife. 2014 Sep 25; 3:e02950. PMID: 25255098; PMCID: PMC4174579.
      Citations: 65     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    29. Leonardi J, Jafar-Nejad H. Structure-function analysis of Drosophila Notch using genomic rescue transgenes. Methods Mol Biol. 2014; 1187:29-46. PMID: 25053479.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    30. Lee TV, Sethi MK, Leonardi J, Rana NA, Buettner FF, Haltiwanger RS, Bakker H, Jafar-Nejad H. Negative regulation of notch signaling by xylose. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun; 9(6):e1003547. PMID: 23754965; PMCID: PMC3675014.
      Citations: 49     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Takeuchi H, Caswell DS, Nita-Lazar A, Rana NA, Garner TP, Weldeghiorghis TK, Macnaughtan MA, Jafar-Nejad H, Haltiwanger RS, Fern?ndez-Valdivia RC. Rumi functions as both a protein O-glucosyltransferase and a protein O-xylosyltransferase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 04; 108(40):16600-5. PMID: 21949356; PMCID: PMC3189016.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    32. Leonardi J, Fernandez-Valdivia R, Li YD, Simcox AA, Jafar-Nejad H. Multiple O-glucosylation sites on Notch function as a buffer against temperature-dependent loss of signaling. Development. 2011 Aug; 138(16):3569-78. PMID: 21771811; PMCID: PMC3143569.
      Citations: 43     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    33. Fernandez-Valdivia R, Takeuchi H, Samarghandi A, Lopez M, Leonardi J, Haltiwanger RS, Jafar-Nejad H. Regulation of mammalian Notch signaling and embryonic development by the protein O-glucosyltransferase Rumi. Development. 2011 May; 138(10):1925-34. PMID: 21490058; PMCID: PMC3082299.
      Citations: 77     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    34. Jafar-Nejad H, Leonardi J, Fernandez-Valdivia R. Role of glycans and glycosyltransferases in the regulation of Notch signaling. Glycobiology. 2010 Aug; 20(8):931-49. PMID: 20368670; PMCID: PMC2912550.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    35. Lee TV, Takeuchi H, Jafar-Nejad H. Regulation of notch signaling via O-glucosylation insights from Drosophila studies. Methods Enzymol. 2010; 480:375-98. PMID: 20816218.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    36. Simcox AA, Austin CL, Jacobsen TL, Jafar-Nejad H. Drosophila embryonic 'fibroblasts': extending mutant analysis in vitro. Fly (Austin). 2008 Nov-Dec; 2(6):306-9. PMID: 19077546; PMCID: PMC4228982.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    37. Lim J, Jafar-Nejad H, Hsu YC, Choi KW. Novel function of the class I bHLH protein Daughterless in the negative regulation of proneural gene expression in the Drosophila eye. EMBO Rep. 2008 Nov; 9(11):1128-33. PMID: 18758436; PMCID: PMC2581853.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    38. Acar M, Jafar-Nejad H, Takeuchi H, Rajan A, Ibrani D, Rana NA, Pan H, Haltiwanger RS, Bellen HJ. Rumi is a CAP10 domain glycosyltransferase that modifies Notch and is required for Notch signaling. Cell. 2008 Jan 25; 132(2):247-58. PMID: 18243100; PMCID: PMC2275919.
      Citations: 142     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    39. Rogaeva A, Ou XM, Jafar-Nejad H, Lemonde S, Albert PR. Differential repression by freud-1/CC2D1A at a polymorphic site in the dopamine-D2 receptor gene. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jul 20; 282(29):20897-905. PMID: 17535813.
      Citations: 17     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    40. Acar M, Jafar-Nejad H, Giagtzoglou N, Yallampalli S, David G, He Y, Delidakis C, Bellen HJ. Senseless physically interacts with proneural proteins and functions as a transcriptional co-activator. Development. 2006 May; 133(10):1979-89. PMID: 16624856.
      Citations: 37     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    41. Jafar-Nejad H, Tien AC, Acar M, Bellen HJ. Senseless and Daughterless confer neuronal identity to epithelial cells in the Drosophila wing margin. Development. 2006 May; 133(9):1683-92. PMID: 16554363.
      Citations: 31     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    42. Hamaratoglu F, Willecke M, Kango-Singh M, Nolo R, Hyun E, Tao C, Jafar-Nejad H, Halder G. The tumour-suppressor genes NF2/Merlin and Expanded act through Hippo signalling to regulate cell proliferation and apoptosis. Nat Cell Biol. 2006 Jan; 8(1):27-36. PMID: 16341207.
      Citations: 372     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    43. Jafar-Nejad H, Andrews HK, Acar M, Bayat V, Wirtz-Peitz F, Mehta SQ, Knoblich JA, Bellen HJ. Sec15, a component of the exocyst, promotes notch signaling during the asymmetric division of Drosophila sensory organ precursors. Dev Cell. 2005 Sep; 9(3):351-63. PMID: 16137928.
      Citations: 99     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    44. Tsuda H, Jafar-Nejad H, Patel AJ, Sun Y, Chen HK, Rose MF, Venken KJ, Botas J, Orr HT, Bellen HJ, Zoghbi HY. The AXH domain of Ataxin-1 mediates neurodegeneration through its interaction with Gfi-1/Senseless proteins. Cell. 2005 Aug 26; 122(4):633-44. PMID: 16122429.
      Citations: 97     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    45. Jafar-Nejad H, Bellen HJ. Gfi/Pag-3/senseless zinc finger proteins: a unifying theme? Mol Cell Biol. 2004 Oct; 24(20):8803-12. PMID: 15456856; PMCID: PMC517899.
      Citations: 25     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    46. Quan XJ, Denayer T, Yan J, Jafar-Nejad H, Philippi A, Lichtarge O, Vleminckx K, Hassan BA. Evolution of neural precursor selection: functional divergence of proneural proteins. Development. 2004 Apr; 131(8):1679-89. PMID: 15084454.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    47. Jafar-Nejad H, Acar M, Nolo R, Lacin H, Pan H, Parkhurst SM, Bellen HJ. Senseless acts as a binary switch during sensory organ precursor selection. Genes Dev. 2003 Dec 01; 17(23):2966-78. PMID: 14665671; PMCID: PMC289154.
      Citations: 70     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    48. Zhai RG, Hiesinger PR, Koh TW, Verstreken P, Schulze KL, Cao Y, Jafar-Nejad H, Norga KK, Pan H, Bayat V, Greenbaum MP, Bellen HJ. Mapping Drosophila mutations with molecularly defined P element insertions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Sep 16; 100(19):10860-5. PMID: 12960394; PMCID: PMC196893.
      Citations: 66     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    49. Ou XM, Lemonde S, Jafar-Nejad H, Bown CD, Goto A, Rogaeva A, Albert PR. Freud-1: A neuronal calcium-regulated repressor of the 5-HT1A receptor gene. J Neurosci. 2003 Aug 13; 23(19):7415-25. PMID: 12917378; PMCID: PMC6740452.
      Citations: 48     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    50. Ou XM, Jafar-Nejad H, Storring JM, Meng JH, Lemonde S, Albert PR. Novel dual repressor elements for neuronal cell-specific transcription of the rat 5-HT1A receptor gene. J Biol Chem. 2000 Mar 17; 275(11):8161-8. PMID: 10713139.
      Citations: 32     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
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