Azin Khafipour

University of Manitoba | UMN · Department of Immunology

In order to effectively use microbial-based strategies to manage anaerobic digesters, it is necessary to distinguish between community shifts that are part of the natural dynamic of the system and shifts caused by environmental or operational disturbances. The objective of this research study was to evaluate the significance of changes in the micro...

The pro-inflammatory mediator receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) plays a significant role in the development of rheumatoid arthritis; however, its role in inflammatory bowel disease is unknown. Genome-wide association meta-analysis for Crohn’s disease (CD) identified a variant near the TNFSF11 gene that encodes RANKL and CD...

Stability of Reference Genes for Messenger RNA Quantification by Real-Time PCR in Mouse Dextran Sodium Sulfate Experimental Colitis Nour Eissa, Hayam Hussein, Mohammad F. Rabbi, Peris M. Munyaka, Azin Khafipour, Charles N. Bernstein, Jean-Eric Ghia Background: Many animal models have been developed to characterize the complexity of colonic inflam...

Background and aims: Postnatal maturation of the immune system is largely driven by exposure to microbes, and thus the nature of intestinal colonization may be associated with development of childhood diseases that may persist into adulthood. We investigated whether antepartum antibiotic (ATB) therapy can increase offspring susceptibility to exper...