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Biology and Biochemistry
Iran
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
23428
World Ranking
2621
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Iran Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Iran Leader Award

Overview

Hamed Mirzaei is affiliated with Kashan University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Their research portfolio spans a range of topics primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to medicine. The body of work includes 377 publications in broad fields and 201 within medicine specifically. More focused subfields represented in their publications are molecular biology, cancer research, oncology, immunology, and epidemiology.

The main topics that characterize Mirzaei's research include:

  • MicroRNA in disease regulation
  • Circular RNAs in diseases
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • Curcumin's biomedical applications
  • Autophagy in disease and therapy

Some recent papers authored by or associated with Mirzaei cover diverse areas of biomedical science, including:

  • Chitosan-based nanoparticles against bacterial infections (2020, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • Quercetin and cancer: new insights into its therapeutic effects on ovarian cancer cells (2020, Cell & Bioscience)
  • Recent advances and challenges of RT-PCR tests for the diagnosis of COVID-19 (2021, Pathology - Research and Practice)
  • Exosomal microRNAs derived from mesenchymal stem cells: cell-to-cell messages (2020, Cell Communication and Signaling)
  • TGF-β and WNT signaling pathways in cardiac fibrosis: non-coding RNAs come into focus (2020, Cell Communication and Signaling)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mirzaei include:

  • Michael R. Hamblin
  • Javid Sadri Nahand
  • Maryam Mahjoubin-Tehran
  • Michael Aschner
  • Neda Rahimian

Recurring publication venues for Mirzaei's work feature a mix of journals related to pharmacology, pathology, and cell signaling:

  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (14 publications)
  • Pathology - Research and Practice (10 publications)
  • Frontiers in Pharmacology (8 publications)
  • Frontiers in Oncology (8 publications)
  • Cell Communication and Signaling (6 publications)

In addition to journal articles, Mirzaei has contributed to book literature, including a publication under Morgan & Claypool Publishers titled Exosomes and MicroRNAs in Biomedical Science (2022).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global age-sex-specific fertility, mortality, healthy life expectancy (HALE), and population estimates in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2019: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Haidong Wang;Kaja M. Abbas;Mitra Abbasifard;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • A Periodic Diet that Mimics Fasting Promotes Multi-System Regeneration, Enhanced Cognitive Performance, and Healthspan

    Sebastian Brandhorst;In Young Choi;Min Wei;Chia Wei Cheng

  • Zinc oxide nanoparticles: Biological synthesis and biomedical applications

    Hamed Mirzaei;Majid Darroudi

  • Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Cristiana Abbafati;Kaja M. Abbas;Mohammad Abbasi

  • The global, regional, and national burden of colorectal cancer and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Farin Kamangar;Dariush Nasrollahzadeh;Saeid Safiri;Sadaf G Sepanlou

  • Fasting-mimicking diet and markers/risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

    Min Wei;Sebastian Brandhorst;Mahshid Shelehchi;Hamed Mirzaei

  • Phytosomal curcumin: A review of pharmacokinetic, experimental and clinical studies.

    Hamed Mirzaei;Abolfazl Shakeri;Bahman Rashidi;Amin Jalili

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • NLRP3 inflammasome: Its regulation and involvement in atherosclerosis

    Zahra Hoseini;Fatemeh Sepahvand;Bahman Rashidi;Amirhossein Sahebkar

  • Breast cancer diagnosis: Imaging techniques and biochemical markers.

    Seyed Hamed Jafari;Zahra Saadatpour;Arash Salmaninejad;Fatemeh Momeni

  • Chitosan-based nanoparticles against bacterial infections.

    Somaye Rashki;Kasra Asgarpour;Hossein Tarrahimofrad;Maryam Hashemipour

  • Curcumin: A new candidate for melanoma therapy?

    Hamed Mirzaei;Gholamreza Naseri;Ramin Rezaee;Mohsen Mohammadi

  • MicroRNA: A novel target of curcumin in cancer therapy.

    Hamed Mirzaei;Aria Masoudifar;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Naser Zare

  • Glioblastoma: exosome and microRNA as novel diagnosis biomarkers

    L Saadatpour;E Fadaee;S Fadaei;R Nassiri Mansour

  • Quercetin and cancer: new insights into its therapeutic effects on ovarian cancer cells.

    Asma Vafadar;Zahra Shabaninejad;Zahra Shabaninejad;Ahmad Movahedpour;Farzaneh Fallahi

  • Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes: a new therapeutic approach to osteoarthritis?

    Elaheh Mianehsaz;Hamid Reza Mirzaei;Maryam Mahjoubin-Tehran;Alireza Rezaee

  • A novel target of curcumin in cancer therapy

    Hamed Mirzaei;Aria Masoudifar;Amirhossein Sahebkar;Naser Zare

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Hamblin
Michael R. Hamblin University of Johannesburg
Amirhossein Sahebkar
Amirhossein Sahebkar Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Zatollah Asemi
Zatollah Asemi Kashan University of Medical Sciences
Mahmoud Reza Jaafari
Mahmoud Reza Jaafari Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Michael Aschner
Michael Aschner Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Mohammad Ali Mansournia
Mohammad Ali Mansournia Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Nima Rezaei
Nima Rezaei Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Zahid A Butt
Zahid A Butt University of Waterloo
Syed Mohamed Aljunid
Syed Mohamed Aljunid Kuwait University
Amir Avan
Amir Avan Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

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