Selected Publications (for the Full list, see here):

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Lopacinska, N., Antonczyk, A., Kluzek, K., Wesoly, J. and Bluyssen, H.A (2025) Integrative multi-omics analysis of IFNγ-induced macrophages and atherosclerotic plaques reveals macrophage-dependent STAT1-driven transcription in atherosclerosis. Frontiers in Immunology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1590953

• Doratt, B. M., Napier, E. G., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Davies, M. H., Brainson, C. F., Spindel, E. R., & Messaoudi, I. (2026). Spatial Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Dysregulated Pro-Inflammatory Signaling in the Aged Lung. Aging and Disease, DOI: 10.14336/AD.2025.1317

• Doratt, B. M., Napier, E. G., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Douglas, S., Davies, M. H., Bermudez, L., … & Messaoudi, I. (2026). Correction: Granulomatous cellular signatures in nontuberculous and tuberculous mycobacterial infections. Frontiers in Microbiology, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1794732

• True, H. E., Doratt, B. M., Wagner, S. B., Malherbe, D. C., Shelman, N. R., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., … & Messaoudi, I. (2026) Maternal opioid use and hepatitis C infection disrupt the placental immune landscape and structure. JCI Insight , DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.199606

• Antonczyk, A., Kluzek, K., Herbich, N., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Krist, B., Wronka, D., Karlik, A., Przybyl, L., Plewinski, A., Wesoly, J. and Bluyssen, H.A. (2025) Identification of ALEKSIN as a novel multi-IRF inhibitor of IRF-and STAT-mediated transcription in vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis. Frontiers in Pharmacology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2024.1471182

• Sekrecka, A., Kluzek, K., Sekrecki, M., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Hasani, S., Yamauchi, S., Sada, K., Wesoly, J., Bluyssen, H. (2023) Time-dependent recruitment of GAF, ISGF3 and IRF1 complexes shapes IFNα and IFNγ activated transcriptional responses and explains mechanistic and functional overlap. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 80, 187, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-023-04830-8

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Sekrecka, A., Antonczyk, A., Hasani, S., Sekrecki M., Nowicka, H., Lopacinska, N., Olya, A., Kluzek, K., Wesoly, J. and Bluyssen HAR (2022) Dysregulated Interferon Response and Immune Hyperactivation in Severe COVID-19: Targeting STATs as a Novel Therapeutic Strategy. Frontiers in Immunology, 13:888897, DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.888897

• Bayat, A.H., Azimi, H., Hassani Moghaddam, M., Ebrahimi, V., Fathi, M., Vakili, K., Mahmoudiasl, G.R., Forouzesh, M., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Nariman, Z. and Abbaszadeh, H.A., 2022. COVID-19 causes neuronal degeneration and reduces neurogenesis in human hippocampus. Apoptosis, pp.1-17, DOI: 10.1007/s10495-022-01754-9

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M.*, Simani, L.*, Bluyssen, H.A., Samadikhah, H.R., Zamanlui Benisi, S., Hassani, S., Akbari Dilmaghani, N., Fathi, M., Vakili, K., Mahmoudiasl, G.R. and Abbaszadeh, H.A., 2021. Inflammatory Response Leads to Neuronal Death in Human Post-Mortem Cerebral Cortex in Patients with COVID-19. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00111 * Contributed equally to this work

• Alizadeh, R.*, Eskandarian Boroujeni, M.*, Kamrava, S.K., Tehrani, A.M., Bagher, Z., Heidari, F., Bluyssen, H.A. and Farhadi, M., 2021. From Transcriptome to Behavior: Intranasal Injection of Late Passage Human Olfactory Stem Cells Displays Potential in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s disease. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00225 * Contributed equally to this work

• Simorgh, S., Bagher, Z., Farhadi, M., Kamrava, S.K., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Namjoo, Z., Hour, F.Q., Moradi, S. and Alizadeh, R., 2021. Magnetic Targeting of Human Olfactory Mucosa Stem Cells Following Intranasal Administration: a Novel Approach to Parkinson’s disease Treatment. Molecular Neurobiology, pp.1-13, DOI: 10.1007/s12035-021-02392-z

• Ezi, S.*, Eskandarian Boroujeni, M.*, Khatmi, A., Vakili, K., Fathi, M., Abdollahifar, M.A., Aghajanpour, F., Soltani, R., Mirbehbahani, S.H., Khodagholi, F. and Aliaghaei, A., 2021. Chronic Exposure to Tramadol Induces Neurodegeneration in the Cerebellum of Adult Male Rats. Neurotoxicity Research, pp.1-14, DOI: 10.1007/s12640-021-00354-w * Contributed equally to this work

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Peirouvi, T., Shaerzadeh, F., Ahmadiani, A., Abdollahifar, M.A. and Aliaghaei, A., 2020. Differential gene expression and stereological analyses of the cerebellum following methamphetamine exposure. Addiction biology, 25(1), p.e12707, DOI: 10.1111/adb.12707

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Aliaghaei, A., Maghsoudi, N. and Gardaneh, M., 2020. Complementation of dopaminergic signaling by Pitx3–GDNF synergy induces dopamine secretion by multipotent Ntera2 cells. Journal of cellular biochemistry, 121(1), pp.200-212. DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.134478

• Aghajanpour, F., Eskandarian Boroujeni, M., Jahanian, A., Soltani, R., Ezi, S., Khatmi, A., Abdollahifar, M.A., Mirbehbahani, S.H., Toreyhi, H., Aliaghaei, A. and Amini, A., 2020. Tramadol: a Potential Neurotoxic Agent Affecting Prefrontal Cortices in Adult Male Rats and PC-12 Cell Line. Neurotoxicity research. DOI: 10.1007/s12640-020-00214-z

• Golsorkhdan, S.A.*, Eskandarian Boroujeni, M.*, Aliaghaei, A., Abdollahifar, M.A., Ramezanpour, A., Nejatbakhsh, R., Anarkooli, I.J., Barfi, E. and Fridoni, M.J., 2020. Methamphetamine administration impairs behavior, memory and underlying signaling pathways in the hippocampus. Behavioural brain research, 379, p.112300. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112300 * Contributed equally to this work

• Aliaghaei, A.*, Eskandarian Boroujeni, M.*, Ahmadi, H., Bayat, A.H., Tavirani, M.R., Abdollahifar, M.A., Pooyafar, M.H. and Mansouri, V., 2019. Dental pulp stem cell transplantation ameliorates motor function and prevents cerebellar atrophy in rat model of cerebellar ataxia. Cell and tissue research, 376(2), pp.179-187., DOI: 10.1007/s00441-018-02980-x. * Contributed equally to this work

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M. and Gardaneh, M., 2018. The superiority of sucrose cushion centrifugation to ultrafiltration and PEGylation in generating high-titer lentivirus particles and transducing stem cells with enhanced efficiency. Molecular biotechnology, DOI: 10.1007/s12033-017-0044-5

• Eskandarian Boroujeni, M. and Gardaneh, M., 2017. Umbilical cord: an unlimited source of cells differentiable towards dopaminergic neurons. Neural regeneration research, 2017; 12:1186-92, DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.211201