Dr Abbas Shafiee
Honorary Senior Fellow
Frazer Institute
Researcher biography
Dr Abbas Shafiee is leading a multidisciplinary program in Regenerative Dermatology and Biofabrication. His research integrates stem cell biology, organoid technology, and bioengineering to develop advanced human models and regenerative therapies for skin repair and disease.
Dr Shafiee completed his PhD in stem cell biology, discovering a previously unknown vascular stem cell population, termed the Meso-Endothelial Bipotent Progenitor, and mapping its molecular signatures (Stem Cell Reports 2018). This seminal discovery advanced the understanding of human vascular development and regeneration.
He subsequently joined Distinguished Professor Dietmar Hutmacher's group, where he developed humanised tissue-engineered bone and tumour models that mimic cancer metastasis and tumor–stroma interactions. These models (International Journal of Cancer (2018), Biomaterials (2018, 2020), and Bone Research (2019), Acta Biomaterialia (2020), Bone (2022)) provided unprecedented insights into human-specific cancer biology and preclinical drug testing.
Dr Shafiee joined Metro North Health (MNH) in 2020 to lead a research program and develop, implement, and evaluate the applications of 3D printing, scanning, cell therapies, and biofabrication technologies in skin wound settings, and dermatology research. His team has developed vascularised and immune-integrated skin organoids and 3D-printed bioengineered grafts that accelerate wound closure with minimal scarring (Biomaterials 2021; Advanced Healthcare Materials (2022; 2025); Small 2024; Burns & Trauma 2025). These breakthroughs underpin new patient-specific skin therapies, disease models, and drug screening platforms. This work led to the establishment of the International Consortium for Organoid Research in Dermatology, to accelerate discovery and translation in skin biology, rare genetic skin diseases, and regenerative dermatology.
Dr Shafiee has supervised more than 10 PhD, Masters, honours students and actively contributes to multiple professional and editorial roles. He has authored 82+ peer-reviewed publications (>4,600 citations, h-index 37) and delivered more than 40 presentations worldwide. He serves on multiple professional and editorial boards, including Australian Wound & Tissue Repair Society (AWTRS), and Burns & Trauma. He is the 2025 Queensland Young Tall Poppy Science Award Winner for his pioneering contributions to regenerative medicine and science communication.
He actively engages with the media, schools, and community programs to inspire future scientists and raise public awareness of regenerative medicine and organoid technologies. His outreach has reached millions nationwide through major media coverage (e.g., The Australian, 7NEWS, ABC NEWS) .
Research areas:
- Human iPSC-derived skin organoids and skin-on-chip models
- Vascularization and immune integration in skin tissue engineering
- Rare genetic skin diseases and personalized regenerative therapies
- Translational biofabrication and wound healing technologies
- Organoid-based preclinical drug discovery platforms
Honours, Masters, and PhD opportunities are available for motivated students interested in regenerative dermatology, biofabrication, and organoid biology.
Book Chapters
Hosseini, Motaharesadat and Shafiee, Abbas (2023). Vascularization of cutaneous wounds by stem cells. Stem cell in medicine. (pp. 327-350) Cambridge, MA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2023.03.002
Shafiee, Abbas and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2016). Perinatal tissue-derived endothelial progenitor cells. Perinatal tissue-derived stem cells: alternative sources of fetal stem cells. (pp. 65-80) edited by Babak Arjmand. Cham, Switzerland: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-46410-7_4
Journal Articles
Lakeh, Bahar and Shafiee, Abbas (2025). Advancing dermatology with skin equivalents and organoids in pathophysiology and drug testing. Acta Biomaterialia. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2025.10.008
Omidi, Mehrdad, Basiri, Arefeh, Mohammadnejad, Javad, Karbasi, Saeed and shafiee, Abbas (2025). Chitosan hydrogel reinforced with decellularized umbilical cord extracellular matrix and carbon nanotubes: a new trend for cartilage regeneration. Materials Today Chemistry, 49 103094, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mtchem.2025.103094
Mostina, Mitchell, Sun, Jane, Sim, Seen Ling, Ahmed, Imaan A., Souza-Fonesca-Guimaraes, Fernando, Wolvetang, Ernst J., Brown, Jason, Kumari, Snehlata, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Shafiee, Abbas (2025). Coordinated development of immune cell populations in vascularized skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Advanced Healthcare Materials e02108, e02108. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202502108
Sun, Jane, Ahmed, Imaan, Brown, Jason, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Shafiee, Abbas (2025). The empowering influence of air-liquid interface culture on skin organoid hair follicle development. Burns and Trauma, 13 tkae070, tkae070-13. doi: 10.1093/burnst/tkae070
Ahmed, Imaan A., Sun, Jane, Kong, Min Jie, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Shafiee, Abbas (2024). Generating skin‐derived precursor‐like cells from human‐induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived skin organoids. Experimental Dermatology, 33 (11) e70017, e70017. doi: 10.1111/exd.70017
Moradikhah, Farzad, Farahani, Mojtaba and Shafiee, Abbas (2024). Towards the development of sensation-enabled skin substitutes. Biomaterials Science, 12 (16), 4024-4044. doi: 10.1039/d4bm00576g
Zhao, Jilai, Sormani, Laura, Jacquelin, Sebastien, Li, Haiming, Styke, Cassandra, Zhou, Chenhao, Beesley, Jonathan, Oon, Linus, Kaur, Simranpreet, Sim, Seen-Ling, Wong, Ho Yi, Dight, James, Hashemi, Ghazaleh, Shafiee, Abbas, Roy, Edwige, Patel, Jatin and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2024). Distinct roles of SOX9 in self-renewal of progenitors and mesenchymal transition of the endothelium. Angiogenesis, 27 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1007/s10456-024-09927-7
Ahmed, Imaan, Sun, Jane, Brown, Jason, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Shafiee, Abbas (2024). An optimized protocol for generating appendage-bearing skin organoids from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Biology Methods and Protocols, 9 (1) bpae019, 1-10. doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpae019
Shafiee, Abbas, Sun, Jane, Ahmed, Imaan A., Phua, Felicia, Rossi, Gustavo R., Lin, Cheng‐Yu, Souza‐Fonseca‐Guimaraes, Fernando, Wolvetang, Ernst J., Brown, Jason and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2023). Development of physiologically relevant skin organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Small, 20 (16) e2304879, 1-14. doi: 10.1002/smll.202304879
Jin, Xuping, Alavi, Seyed Ebrahim, Shafiee, Abbas, Leite-Silva, Vania Rodrigues, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Mohammed, Yousuf (2023). Metamorphosis of topical semisolid products—understanding the role of rheological properties in drug permeation under the “in use” condition. Pharmaceutics, 15 (6) 1707, 1707. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15061707
Sadeghi, Somaye, Tehrani, Fahimeh Ramezani, Tahmasebi, Safa, Shafiee, Abbas and Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud (2023). Exosome engineering in cell therapy and drug delivery. Inflammopharmacology, 31 (1), 145-169. doi: 10.1007/s10787-022-01115-7
Hosseini, Motaharesadat, Dalley, Andrew J. and Shafiee, Abbas (2022). Convergence of biofabrication technologies and cell therapies for wound healing. Pharmaceutics, 14 (12) 2749, 2749. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14122749
Hosseini, Motaharesadat, Koehler, Karl R. and Shafiee, Abbas (2022). Biofabrication of human skin with its appendages. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 11 (22) 2201626, 1-17. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202201626
Hosseini, Motaharesadat, Brown, Jason, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash, Bayat, Ardeshir and Shafiee, Abbas (2022). Skin biomechanics: a potential therapeutic intervention target to reduce scarring. Burns and Trauma, 10 tkac036, tkac036. doi: 10.1093/burnst/tkac036
Cavalcanti, Amanda S., Diaz, Raquel Sanchez, Bolle, Eleonore C.L., Bartnikowski, Nicole, Fraser, John F., McGiffin, David, Savi, Flavia Medeiros, Shafiee, Abbas, Dargaville, Tim R. and Gregory, Shaun D. (2022). In vivo evaluation of skin integration with ventricular assist device drivelines. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 41 (8), 1032-1043. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2022.03.014
Sharifi, Esmaeel, Sadati, Seyede Athar, Yousefiasl, Satar, Sartorius, Rossella, Zafari, Mahdi, Rezakhani, Leila, Alizadeh, Morteza, Nazarzadeh Zare, Ehsan, Omidghaemi, Shadi, Ghanavatinejad, Fatemeh, Jami, Mohammad‐Saeid, Salahinejad, Erfan, Samadian, Hadi, Cláudia Santos, Ana, De Berardinis, Piergiuseppe, Shafiee, Abbas, R Tay, Franklin, Pourmotabed, Samiramis and Makvandi, Pooyan (2022). Cell loaded hydrogel incorporating Ag‐doped bioactive glass‐ceramic nanoparticles as skin substitute: antibacterial properties, immune response and scarless cutaneous wound regeneration. Bioengineering and Translational Medicine, 7 (3) e10386, 1-19. doi: 10.1002/btm2.10386
Nano, Rachel, Sim, Seen Ling, Shafiee, Abbas, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Patel, Jatin (2022). High-yield isolation of pure fetal endothelial colony forming cells and mesenchymal stem cells from the human full-term placenta. STAR Protocols, 3 (2) 101354, 101354. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101354
Lahr, Christoph A., Landgraf, Marietta, Wagner, Ferdinand, Cipitria, Amaia, Moreno-Jiménez, Inés, Bas, Onur, Schmutz, Beat, Meinert, Christoph, Mashimo, Tomoji, Miyasaka, Yoshiki, Holzapfel, Boris M., Shafiee, Abbas, McGovern, Jacqui A. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2022). A humanised rat model reveals ultrastructural differences between bone and mineralised tumour tissue. Bone, 158 116018, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116018
Hosseini, Motaharesadat, Brown, Jason and Shafiee, Abbas (2022). Strategies to induce blood vessel ingrowth into skin grafts and tissue-engineered substitutes. Tissue Engineering. Part C. Methods, 28 (3), 113-126. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEC.2021.0213
McGovern, Jacqui A., Bock, Nathalie, Shafiee, Abbas, Martine, Laure C., Wagner, Ferdinand, Baldwin, Jeremy G., Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Meinert, Christoph, Williams, Elizabeth D., Pollock, Pamela M., Denham, Jim, Russell, Pamela J., Risbridger, Gail P., Clements, Judith A., Loessner, Daniela, Holzapfel, Boris M. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021). A humanized orthotopic tumor microenvironment alters the bone metastatic tropism of prostate cancer cells. Communications Biology, 4 (1) 1014, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02527-x
Hosseini, Motaharesadat and Shafiee, Abbas (2021). Engineering bioactive scaffolds for skin regeneration. Small, 17 (41) 2101384, 2101384. doi: 10.1002/smll.202101384
Khosrojerdi, Arezou, Soudi, Sara, Hosseini, Ahmad Zavaran, Eshghi, Fateme, Shafiee, Abbas and Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud (2021). Immunomodulatory and therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells on organ dysfunction in sepsis. Shock, 51 (4), 423-440. doi: 10.1097/shk.0000000000001644
Farahani, Mojtaba and Shafiee, Abbas (2021). Wound healing: from passive to smart dressings. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 10 (16) 2100477, 2100477. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202100477
Shafiee, Abbas, Cavalcanti, Amanda S., Saidy, Navid T., Schneidereit, Dominik, Friedrich, Oliver, Ravichandran, Akhilandeshwari, De-Juan-Pardo, Elena M. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2021). Convergence of 3D printed biomimetic wound dressings and adult stem cell therapy. Biomaterials, 268 120558, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.120558
Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Meinert, Christoph, Shokoohmand, Ali, Pollock, Pamela M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Shafiee, Abbas and McGovern, Jacqui A. (2020). Correction: Humanized bone facilitates prostate cancer metastasis and recapitulates therapeutic effects of Zoledronic acid in vivo. Bone Research, 8 (1) 17, 17. doi: 10.1038/s41413-020-0092-5
Lahr, Christoph A., Landgraf, Marietta, Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Dang, Hoang Phuc, Wagner, Ferdinand, Bas, Onur, Bray, Laura J., Tran, Phong, Holzapfel, Boris M., Shafiee, Abbas, McGovern, Jacqui and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2020). A 3D-printed biomaterials-based platform to advance established therapy avenues against primary bone cancers. Acta Biomaterialia, 118, 69-82. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2020.10.006
Sadeghi, Somaye, Soudi, Sara, Shafiee, Abbas and Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud (2020). Mesenchymal stem cell therapies for COVID-19: current status and mechanism of action. Life Sciences, 262 118493, 118493. doi: 10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118493
Abbasi-Kenarsari, Hajar, Heidari, Neda, Baghaei, Kaveh, Amani, Davar, Zali, Mohammad Reza, Gaffari Khaligh, Sahar, Shafiee, Abbas and Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud (2020). Synergistic therapeutic effect of mesenchymal stem cells and tolerogenic dendritic cells in an acute colitis mouse model. International Immunopharmacology, 88 107006, 107006. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2020.107006
Dang, Hoang Phuc, Vaquette, Cedryck, Shabab, Tara, Pérez, Román A., Yang, Ying, Dargaville, Tim R., Shafiee, Abbas and Tran, Phong A. (2020). Porous 3D printed scaffolds for guided bone regeneration in a rat calvarial defect model. Applied Materials Today, 20 100706, 100706. doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100706
Shafiee, Abbas, Moradi, Lida, Lim, Mayasari and Brown, Jason (2020). Coronavirus disease 2019: A tissue engineering and regenerative medicine perspective. Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 10 (1) sctm.20-0197, 27-38. doi: 10.1002/sctm.20-0197
Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Calvo, Isabel A., Flandes-Iparraguirre, Maria, Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Shafiee, Abbas, Granero-Molto, Froilán, Saez, Borja, Mazo, Manuel M., Paiva, Bruno, de Juan Pardo, Elena, Nicol, Andrew, Prosper, Felipe, Bray, Laura J. and McGovern, Jacqui A. (2020). Engineering a humanised niche to support human haematopoiesis in mice: novel opportunities in modelling cancer. Cancers, 12 (8) 2205, 2205-23. doi: 10.3390/cancers12082205
Dang, Hoang Phuc, Shafiee, Abbas, Lahr, Christoph A., Dargaville, Tim R. and Tran, Phong A. (2020). Local doxorubicin delivery via 3D‐printed porous scaffolds reduces systemic cytotoxicity and breast cancer recurrence in mice. Advanced Therapeutics, 3 (9) 2000056, 2000056. doi: 10.1002/adtp.202000056
Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Kaur, Ishdeep, Shafiee, Abbas, Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Janowicz, Phillip W., Ravichandran, Akhilandeshwari, Howard, Christopher B., Cifuentes-Rius, Anna, McGovern, Jacqui A., Voelcker, Nicolas H. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2020). Targeted camptothecin delivery via silicon nanoparticles reduces breast cancer metastasis. Biomaterials, 240 119791, 119791. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2020.119791
Shafiee, Abbas (2020). Design and Fabrication of Three-Dimensional Printed Scaffolds for Cancer Precision Medicine. Tissue Engineering Part A, 26 (5-6), 305-317. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2019.0278
Shokoohmand, Ali, Ren, Jiongyu, Baldwin, Jeremy, Atack, Anthony, Shafiee, Abbas, Theodoropoulos, Christina, Wille, Marie-Luise, Tran, Phong A., Bray, Laura J., Smith, Deborah, Chetty, Naven, Pollock, Pamela M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Clements, Judith A., Williams, Elizabeth D. and Bock, Nathalie (2019). Microenvironment engineering of osteoblastic bone metastases reveals osteomimicry of patient-derived prostate cancer xenografts. Biomaterials, 220 119402, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119402
Landgraf, Marietta, Lahr, Christoph A., Sanchez-Herrero, Alvaro, Meinert, Christoph, Shokoohmand, Ali, Pollock, Pamela M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Shafiee, Abbas and McGovern, Jacqui A. (2019). Humanized bone facilitates prostate cancer metastasis and recapitulates therapeutic effects of zoledronic acid in vivo. Bone Research, 7 (1) 31, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41413-019-0072-9
Lahr, Christoph A., Wagner, Ferdinand, Shafiee, Abbas, Rudert, Maximilian, Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Holzapfel, Boris Michael (2019). Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein 7 exerts osteo-catabolic effects on bone grafts that outweigh its osteo-anabolic capacity. Calcified Tissue International, 105 (3), 331-340. doi: 10.1007/s00223-019-00574-5
Dang, Hoang Phuc, Shabab, Tara, Shafiee, Abbas, Peiffer, Quentin C., Fox, Kate, Tran, Nhiem, Dargaville, Tim R., Hutmacher, Dietmar W. and Tran, Phong A. (2019). 3D printed dual macro-, microscale porous network as a tissue engineering scaffold with drug delivering function. Biofabrication, 11 (3) 035014, 035014. doi: 10.1088/1758-5090/ab14ff
Sim, Seen-Ling, Alexis, Josue, Shafiee, Abbas, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Patel, Jatin (2019). Abstract 576: Immunosuppression Agent Cyclosporine Reduces Self-Renewal and Vessel Regeneration Potentiation of Human Endothelial Colony Forming Cells. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 39 (Suppl_1). doi: 10.1161/atvb.39.suppl_1.576
Amani, Hamed, Arzaghi, Hamidreza, Bayandori, Mehrdad, Dezfuli, Amin Shiralizadeh, Pazoki-Toroudi, Hamidreza, Shafiee, Abbas and Moradi, Lida (2019). Controlling Cell Behavior through the Design of Biomaterial Surfaces: A Focus on Surface Modification Techniques. Advanced Materials Interfaces, 6 (13) 1900572, 1900572. doi: 10.1002/admi.201900572
McGovern, Jacqui A., Shafiee, Abbas, Wagner, Ferdinand, Lahr, Christoph A., Landgraf, Marietta, Meinert, Christoph, Williams, Elizabeth D., Russell, Pamela J., Clements, Judith A., Loessner, Daniela, Holzapfel, Boris M., Risbridger, Gail P. and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Humanization of the prostate microenvironment reduces homing of PC3 prostate cancer cells to human tissue-engineered bone. Cancers, 10 (11) 438, 438. doi: 10.3390/cancers10110438
Sim, Seen-Ling, Alexis, Josue, Roy, Edwige, Shafiee, Abbas, Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Patel, Jatin (2018). Immunosuppression agent cyclosporine reduces self-renewal and vessel regeneration potentiation of human endothelial colony forming cells: deleterious effect of cyclosporine on ECFC. STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, 8 (2), 162-168. doi: 10.1002/sctm.18-0103
Shafiee, Abbas and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Modelomics to investigate cancer bone metastasis. Current Molecular Biology Reports, 4 (2), 88-100. doi: 10.1007/s40610-018-0094-x
Shafiee, Abbas, McGovern, Jacqui A., Lahr, Christoph A., Meinert, Christoph, Moi, Davide, Wagner, Ferdinand, Landgraf, Marietta, De-Juan-Pardo, Elena, Mazzieri, Roberta and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Immune system augmentation via humanization using stem/progenitor cells and bioengineering in a breast cancer model study. International Journal of Cancer, 143 (6), 1470-1482. doi: 10.1002/ijc.31528
Wagner, Ferdinand, Holzapfel, Boris M., McGovern, Jacqui A., Shafiee, Abbas, Baldwin, Jeremy G., Martine, Laure C., Lahr, Christoph A., Wunner, Felix M., Friis, Thor, Bas, Onur, Boxberg, Melanie, Prodinger, Peter M., Shokoohmand, Ali, Moi, Davide, Mazzieri, Roberta, Loessner, Daniela and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2018). Humanization of bone and bone marrow in an orthotopic site reveals new potential therapeutic targets in osteosarcoma. Biomaterials, 171, 230-246. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.04.030
Shafiee, Abbas, Patel, Jatin, Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Fisk, Nicholas M. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2018). Meso-Endothelial Bipotent Progenitors from Human Placenta Display Distinct Molecular and Cellular Identity. Stem Cell Reports, 10 (3), 890-904. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.01.011
Shafiee, Abbas and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2017). In vitro co-culture of mesenchymal stem cells and endothelial colony forming cells. Bio-Protocol, 7 (20) e2587, e2587. doi: 10.21769/bioprotoc.2587
Shafiee, Abbas, Patel, Jatin, Lee, James S, Hutmacher, Dietmar W, Fisk, Nicholas M and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2017). Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells enhance engraftment, vasculogenic and pro-angiogenic activities of endothelial colony forming cells in immunocompetent hosts. Scientific reports, 7 (1) 13558, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13971-3
Shafiee, Abbas, Baldwin, Jeremy G., Patel, Jatin, Holzapfel, Boris M., Fisk, Nicholas M., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2017). Fetal Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Enhance Humanization and Bone Formation of BMP7 Loaded Scaffolds. Biotechnology Journal, 12 (12) 1700414, 1700414. doi: 10.1002/biot.201700414
Sardesai, Varda S., Shafiee, Abbas, Fisk, Nicholas M. and Pelekanos, Rebecca A. (2017). Avoidance of maternal cell contamination and overgrowth in isolating fetal chorionic villi mesenchymal stem cells from human term placenta. Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 6 (4), 1070-1084. doi: 10.1002/sctm.15-0327
Shafiee, Abbas, Patel, Jatin, Wong, Ho Yi, Donovan, Prudence, Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Fisk, Nicholas M. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2017). Priming of endothelial colony-forming cells in a mesenchymal niche improves engraftment and vasculogenic potential by initiating mesenchymal transition orchestrated by NOTCH signaling. The FASEB Journal, 31 (2), 610-624. doi: 10.1096/fj.201600937
Abumaree, M. H., Almutairi, A., Cash, S., Boeuf, P., Chamley, L. W., Gamage, T., James, J. L., Kalionis, B., Khong, T. Y., Kolahi, K. S., Lim, R., Liong, S., Morgan, T. K., Motomura, K., Peiris, H. N., Pelekanos, R. A., Pelzer, E., Shafiee, A., Lash, G. E. and Natale, D. (2016). IFPA meeting 2015 workshop report IV: placenta and obesity; stem cells of the feto-maternal interface; placental immunobiology and infection. Placenta, 48 (S1), S17-S20. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2016.08.001
Patel, Jatin, Wong, Ho Yi, Wang, Weili, Alexis, Josue, Shafiee, Abbas, Stevenson, Alexander J., Gabrielli, Brian, Fisk, Nicholas M. and Khosrotehrani, Kiarash (2016). Self-renewal and high proliferative colony forming capacity of late-outgrowth endothelial progenitors is regulated by cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors driven by notch signaling. Stem Cells, 34 (4), 902-912. doi: 10.1002/stem.2262
Gheisari, Yousof, Vasei, Mohammad, Shafiee, Abbas, Soleimani, Masoud, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Omidhkoda, Azadeh, Langroudi, Ladan and Ahmadbeigi, Naser (2016). A three-dimensional scaffold-based system for modeling the bone marrow tissue. Stem Cells and Development, 25 (6), 492-498. doi: 10.1089/scd.2015.0182
Kheiri Manjili, Hamidreza, Ma'mani, Leila, Tavaddod, Sharareh, Mashhadikhan, Maedeh, Shafiee, Abbas and Naderi-Manesh, Hossein (2016). D, l-sulforaphane loaded Fe3O4@ gold core shell nanoparticles: A potential sulforaphane delivery system. PLoS One, 11 (3) e0151344, 1-20. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151344
Shafiee, Abbas, Kabiri, Mahboubeh, Langroudi, Lida, Soleimani, Masoud and Ai, Jafar (2016). Evaluation and comparison of the in vitro characteristics and chondrogenic capacity of four adult stem/progenitor cells for cartilage cell-based repair. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A, 104 (3), 600-610. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35603
Langroudi, Lida, Jamshidi-Adegani, Fatemeh, Shafiee, Abbas, Rad, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Keramati, Farid, Azadmanesh, Kayhan, Arefian, Ehsan and Soleimani, Masoud (2015). MiR-371-373 cluster acts as a tumor-suppressor-miR and promotes cell cycle arrest in unrestricted somatic stem cells. Tumor Biology, 36 (10), 7765-7774. doi: 10.1007/s13277-015-3519-7
Mobarra, Naser, Shafiee, Abbas, Rad, Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, Tasharrofi, Nooshin, Soufi-zomorod, Mina, Hafizi, Maryam, Movahed, Marjan, Kouhkan, Fatemeh and Soleimani, Masoud (2015). Overexpression of microRNA-16 declines cellular growth, proliferation and induces apoptosis in human breast cancer cells. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Animal, 51 (6), 604-611. doi: 10.1007/s11626-015-9872-4
Kabiri, Mahboubeh, Oraee-Yazdani, Saeed, Shafiee, Abbas, Hanaee-Ahvaz, Hana, Dodel, Masumeh, Vaseei, Mohammad and Soleimani, Masoud (2015). Neuroregenerative effects of olfactory ensheathing cells transplanted in a multi-layered conductive nanofibrous conduit in peripheral nerve repair in rats. Journal of Biomedical Science, 22 (35) 35, 35. doi: 10.1186/s12929-015-0144-0
Shafiee, Abbas, Fisk, Nicholas M., Hutmacher, Dietmar W., Khosrotehrani, Kiarash and Patel, Jatin (2015). Fetal endothelial and mesenchymal progenitors from the human term placenta: potency and clinical potential. Stem Cells Translational Medicine, 4 (5), 419-423. doi: 10.5966/sctm.2014-0224
Amrollahi, P., Ataie, A., Nozari, A., Seyedjafari, E. and Shafiee, A. (2015). Cytotoxicity evaluation and magnetic characteristics of mechano-thermally synthesized CuNi nanoparticles for hyperthermia. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 24 (3), 1220-1225. doi: 10.1007/s11665-015-1398-0
Jamshidi-Adegani, Fatemeh, Langroudi, Lida, Shafiee, Abbas, Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh, Abdollah, Ardeshirylajimi, Abdolreza, Barzegar, Mansoureh, Azadmanesh, Keyhan, Naderi, Mahmood, Arefian, Ehsan and Soleimani, Masoud (2014). Mir-302 cluster exhibits tumor suppressor properties on human unrestricted somatic stem cells. Tumor Biology, 35 (7), 6657-6664. doi: 10.1007/s13277-014-1844-x
Shafiee, Abbas, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Taherzadeh, Elham Sadat, Dinarvand, Peyman, Soleimani, Masoud and Ai, Jafar (2014). Enhanced chondrogenesis of human nasal septum derived progenitors on nanofibrous scaffolds. Materials Science and Engineering C-Materials for Biological Applications, 40, 445-454. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.04.027
Patel, J., Shafiee, A., Wang, W., Fisk, N. M. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2014). Novel isolation strategy to deliver pure fetal-origin and maternal-origin mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) populations from human term placenta. Placenta, 35 (11), 969-971. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.09.001
Fallah, Parviz, Arefian, Ehsan, Naderi, Mahmood, Aghaee-Bakhtiari, Seyed Hamid, Atashi, Amir, Ahmadi, Katayoun, Shafiee, Abbas and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). miR-146a and miR-150 promote the differentiation of CD133(+) cells into T-lymphoid lineage. Molecular Biology Reports, 40 (8), 4713-4719. doi: 10.1007/s11033-013-2567-6
Saadat, Abbas, Behnamghader, AliAsghar, Karbasi, Saeed, Abedi, Daryoush, Soleimani, Masoud and Shafiee, Abbas (2013). Comparison of acellular and cellular bioactivity of poly 3-hydroxybutyrate/hydroxyapatite nanocomposite and poly 3-hydroxybutyrate scaffolds. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 18 (3), 587-593. doi: 10.1007/s12257-012-0744-4
Adegani, Fatemeh Jamshidi, Langroudi, Lida, Arefian, Ehsan, Shafiee, Abbas, Dinarvand, Peyman and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). A comparison of pluripotency and differentiation status of four mesenchymal adult stem cells. Molecular Biology Reports, 40 (5), 3693-3703. doi: 10.1007/s11033-012-2445-7
Dinarvand, Peyman, Farhadian, Shirin, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Shafiee, Abbas, Jalali, Arash, Sanaei-rad, Parisa, Dinarvand, Babak and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). Novel approach to reduce postsurgical adhesions to a minimum: administration of losartan plus atorvastatin intraperitoneally. Journal of Surgical Research, 181 (1), 91-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.05.035
Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud, Hassan, Zuhair Mohammad, Pourfathollah, Ali Akbar, Soudi, Sara, Shafiee, Abbas and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). Comparative immunomodulatory properties of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells conditioned media from BALB/c, C57BL/6, and DBA mouse strains. Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, 114 (4), 955-965. doi: 10.1002/jcb.24437
Mohammadi-Sangcheshmeh, Abdollah, Shafiee, Abbas, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Dinarvand, Peyman, Toghdory, Abdolhakim, Bagherizadeh, Iman, Schellander, Karl, Cinar, Mehmet Ulas and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). Isolation, characterization, and mesodermic differentiation of stem cells from adipose tissue of camel (Camelus dromedarius). In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology-Animal, 49 (2), 147-154. doi: 10.1007/s11626-012-9578-9
Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud, Hassan, Zuhair Mohammad, Pourfathollah, Ali Akbar, Soudi, Sara, Shafiee, Abbas and Soleimani, Masoud (2013). In vitro immunomodulatory properties of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiated mesenchymal stem cells isolated from three inbred mouse strains. Biotechnology Letters, 35 (1), 135-142. doi: 10.1007/s10529-012-1051-z
Gheisari, Yousof, Azadmanesh, Kayhan, Ahmadbeigi, Naser, Nassiri, Seyed Mahdi, Golestaneh, Azadeh Fahim, Naderi, Mahmood, Vasei, Mohammad, Arefian, Ehsan, Mirab-Samiee, Siamak, Shafiee, Abbas, Soleimani, Masoud and Zeinali, Sirous (2012). Genetic modification of mesenchymal stem cells to overexpress CXCR4 and CXCR7 does not improve the homing and therapeutic potentials of these cells in experimental acute kidney injury. Stem Cells and Development, 21 (16), 2969-2980. doi: 10.1089/scd.2011.0588
Ahmadbeigi, Naser, Soleimani, Masoud, Babaeijandaghi, Farshad, Mortazavi, Yousef, Gheisari, Yousof, Vasei, Mohammad, Azadmanesh, Kayhan, Rostami, Shahrbano, Shafiee, Abbas and Nardi, Nance Beyer (2012). The aggregate nature of human mesenchymal stromal cells in native bone marrow. Cytotherapy, 14 (8), 917-924. doi: 10.3109/14653249.2012.689426
Golestaneh, Azadeh Fahim, Atashi, Amir, Langroudi, Lida, Shafiee, Abbas, Ghaemi, Nasser and Soleimani, Masoud (2012). miRNAs expressed differently in cancer stem cells and cancer cells of human gastric cancer cell line MKN-45. Cell Biochemistry and Function, 30 (5), 411-418. doi: 10.1002/cbf.2815
Yazdani, Saeed Oraee, Golestaneh, Azadeh Fahim, Shafiee, Abbas, Hafizi, Maryam, Omrani, Hossein-Ali Ghelichnia and Soleimani, Masoud (2012). Effects of low level laser therapy on proliferation and neurotrophic factor gene expression of human schwann cells in vitro. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, B: Biology, 107 (1), 9-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.11.001
Shafiee, Abbas, Kabiri, Mahboubeh, Ahmadbeigi, Naser, Yazdani, Saeed Oraee, Mojtahed, Mohammad, Amanpour, Saeid and Soleimani, Masoud (2011). Nasal septum-derived multipotent progenitors: a potent source for stem cell-based regenerative medicine. Stem Cells and Development, 20 (12), 2077-2091. doi: 10.1089/scd.2010.0420
Shafiee, Abbas, Soleimani, Masoud, Chamheidari, Gholamreza Abedi, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Dodel, Masumeh, Atashi, Amir and Gheisari, Yousof (2011). Electrospun nanofiber-based regeneration of cartilage enhanced by mesenchymal stem cells. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A, 99A (3), 467-478. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.33206
Doostmohammadi, Ali, Monshi, Ahmad, Salehi, Rasoul, Fathi, Mohammad Hossein, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Shafiee, Abbas and Soleimani, Masoud (2011). Cytotoxicity evaluation of 63S bioactive glass and bone-derived hydroxyapatite particles using human bone-marrow stem cells. Biomedical Papers, 155 (4), 323-326. doi: 10.5507/bp.2011.028
Dinaryand, Peyman, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Shafiee, Abbas, Jandaghi, Ali Babaei, Doostmohammadi, Ali, Fathi, Mohammad Hossein, Farhadian, Shirin and Soleimani, Masoud (2011). New approach to bone tissue engineering: simultaneous application of hydroxyapatite and bioactive glass coated on a poly(L-lactic acid) scaffold. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 3 (11), 4518-4524. doi: 10.1021/am201212u
Ahmadbeigi, Naser, Soleimani, Masoud, Gheisari, Yousof, Vasei, Mohammad, Amanpour, Saeid, Bagherizadeh, Iman, Shariati, Seyed Ali Mohammad, Azadmanesh, Kayhan, Amini, Sepideh, Shafiee, Abbas, Arabkari, Vahid and Nardi, Nance Beyer (2011). Dormant phase and multinuclear cells: two key phenomena in early culture of murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Stem Cells and Development, 20 (8), 1337-1347. doi: 10.1089/scd.2010.0266
Shafiee, Abbas, Seyedjafari, Ehsan, Soleimani, Masoud, Ahmadbeigi, Naser, Dinarvand, Peyman and Ghaemi, Nasser (2011). A comparison between osteogenic differentiation of human unrestricted somatic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow and adipose tissue. Biotechnology Letters, 33 (6), 1257-1264. doi: 10.1007/s10529-011-0541-8
Ahmadbeigi, N., Shafiee, A., Seyedjafari, E., Gheisari, Y., Vassei, M., Amanpour, S., Amini, S., Bagherizadeh, I. and Soleimani, M. (2011). Early spontaneous immortalization and loss of plasticity of rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Cell Proliferation, 44 (1), 67-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2010.00731.x
Bakhshandeh, Haleh, Soleimani, Masoud, Hosseini, Saied Shah, Hashemi, Hassan, Shabani, Iman, Shafiee, Abbas, Nejad, Amir Houshang Behesht, Erfan, Mohammad, Dinarvand, Rassoul and Atyabi, Fatemeh (2011). Poly (epsilon-caprolactone) nanofibrous ring surrounding a polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel for the development of a biocompatible two-part artificial cornea. International journal of nanomedicine, 6, 1509-1515. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S19011
Abedi, Gholamreza, Sotoudeh, Amir, Soleymani, Masoud, Shafiee, Abbas, Mortazavi, Pejhman and Aflatoonian, Mohammad Reza (2011). A collagen-poly(vinyl alcohol) nanofiber scaffold for cartilage repair. Journal of Biomaterials Science-Polymer Edition, 22 (18), 2445-2455. doi: 10.1163/092050610x540503
Conference Papers
Mcgovern, J. A., Landgraf, M., Frankenbach, T., Fletcher, N., Howard, C., Ravichandran, A., Shafiee, A., Thurecht, K. and Hutmacher, D. W. (2024). Evaluating the efficacy of targeted vs non-targeted dox nanoparticles in treating triple negative breast cancer bone metastases in a humanized mouse model. 7th Termis World Congress, Seattle, WA USA, 25-28 June 2024. New Rochelle, NY USA: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers.
Frankenbach, Tina, Landgraf, Marietta, Fletcher, Nicholas, Howard, Christopher, Ravichandran, Akhilandeshwari, Akhter, Dewan, Shafiee, Abbas, Holzapfel, Boris M., Thurecht, Kristofer, McGovern, Jacqui and Hutmacher, Dietmar W. (2023). Dox- loaded mpeg nanoparticles as a promising treatment in a humanized mouse model for breast cancer bone metastasis. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), Krakow, Poland, 28 June - 1 July 2022. New Rochelle, NY United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
Styke, C., Kaur, S., Sim, S., Zhao, J., Shafiee, A., Zhou, C., Wong, H. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2023). PDGFRA-expressing endovascular progenitors contribute to differentiated endothelium of aorta and wounds. 1st International Societies for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 10 - 13 May 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.03.1476
Shafiee, A., Sun, J., Ahmed, I., Brown, J. and Khosrotehrani, K. (2023). 1439 Development of a complex skin organ in human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids. 1st International Societies for Investigative Dermatology Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, 10 - 13 May 2023. Oxford, United Kingdom: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.03.1455
Shafiee, Abbas (2022). Repair versus regeneration - cell delivery via a 3d printed biomimetic wound dressing. TERMIS World Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 15-19 November 2021. New Rochelle, NY, United States: Mary Ann Liebert.
Shafiee, Abbas (2019). Humanized bioengineered models of cancer metastasis. Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society – Asia Pacific Chapter, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 14-17 October 2019.