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Moosa Mohammadi is affiliated with New York University Langone Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Molecular Biology. Additional fields of study include Medicine, Cell Biology, Genetics, Physiology, and Surgery.

The main topics covered in their work include Fibroblast Growth Factor Research, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Pancreatic function and diabetes, Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, and Proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research.

Mohammadi has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Fibroblast growth factor signalling in osteoarthritis and cartilage repair, 2020, Nature Reviews Rheumatology
  • FGF6 and FGF9 regulate UCP1 expression independent of brown adipogenesis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Structural basis for FGF hormone signalling, 2023, Nature
  • Activating Adenosine Monophosphate-Activated Protein Kinase Mediates Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 Protection From Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Mice, 2020, Hepatology
  • Paracrine FGFs target skeletal muscle to exert potent anti-hyperglycemic effects, 2021, Nature Communications

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Mohammadi include Lingfeng Chen, Gaozhi Chen, Xiaokun Li, Allen Zinkle, and Zhifeng Huang.

The primary venues for Mohammadi's publications are:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biophysical Journal

Best Publications

  • The FGF family: biology, pathophysiology and therapy.

    Andrew Beenken;Moosa Mohammadi

  • Endocrine Regulation of the Fasting Response by PPARα-Mediated Induction of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21

    Takeshi Inagaki;Paul Dutchak;Guixiang Zhao;Xunshan Ding

  • Crystal Structure of a Ternary FGF-FGFR-Heparin Complex Reveals a Dual Role for Heparin in FGFR Binding and Dimerization

    Joseph Schlessinger;Alexander N. Plotnikov;Omar A. Ibrahimi;Anna V. Eliseenkova

  • Structures of the tyrosine kinase domain of fibroblast growth factor receptor in complex with inhibitors.

    Moosa Mohammadi;Gerald McMahon;Li Sun;Cho Tang

  • Receptor specificity of the fibroblast growth factor family. The complete mammalian FGF family.

    Xiuqin Zhang;Omar A. Ibrahimi;Shaun K. Olsen;Hisashi Umemori

  • Catalytic specificity of protein-tyrosine kinases is critical for selective signalling

    Zhou Songyang;Zhou Songyang;Kermit L. Carraway;Michael J. Eck;Stephen C. Harrison

  • The parathyroid is a target organ for FGF23 in rats

    Iddo Z. Ben-Dov;Hillel Galitzer;Vardit Lavi-Moshayoff;Regina Goetz

  • Structural basis for fibroblast growth factor receptor activation

    Moosa Mohammadi;Shaun K. Olsen;Omar A. Ibrahimi

  • Cloning of PI3 kinase-associated p85 utilizing a novel method for expression/cloning of target proteins for receptor tyrosine kinases

    E.Y. Skolnik;B. Margolis;M. Mohammadi;E. Lowenstein

  • Tissue-specific Expression of βKlotho and Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF) Receptor Isoforms Determines Metabolic Activity of FGF19 and FGF21

    Hiroshi Kurosu;Mihwa Choi;Yasushi Ogawa;Addie S. Dickson

  • Structural basis for FGF receptor dimerization and activation.

    Alexander N Plotnikov;Joseph Schlessinger;Stevan R Hubbard;Moosa Mohammadi

  • The function of GRB2 in linking the insulin receptor to ras signaling pathways

    EY Skolnik;A Batzer;N Li;CH Lee

  • FGF21 induces PGC-1α and regulates carbohydrate and fatty acid metabolism during the adaptive starvation response

    Matthew J. Potthoff;Takeshi Inagaki;Santhosh Satapati;Xunshan Ding

  • Research resource: Comprehensive expression atlas of the fibroblast growth factor system in adult mouse.

    Klementina Fon Tacer;Angie L. Bookout;Xunshan Ding;Hiroshi Kurosu

  • SU6668 Is a Potent Antiangiogenic and Antitumor Agent That Induces Regression of Established Tumors

    A. Douglas Laird;Peter Vajkoczy;Laura K. Shawver;Andreas Thurnher

  • βKlotho is required for metabolic activity of fibroblast growth factor 21

    Yasushi Ogawa;Hiroshi Kurosu;Masaya Yamamoto;Animesh Nandi

  • Molecular insights into the klotho-dependent, endocrine mode of action of fibroblast growth factor 19 subfamily members

    Regina Goetz;Andrew Beenken;Omar A. Ibrahimi;Juliya Kalinina

  • Exploring mechanisms of FGF signalling through the lens of structural biology.

    Regina Goetz;Moosa Mohammadi

  • Crystal structure of an angiogenesis inhibitor bound to the FGF receptor tyrosine kinase domain.

    Moosa Mohammadi;Scott Froum;James M. Hamby;Mel C. Schroeder

  • Circulating FGF21 is Liver Derived and Enhances Glucose Uptake During Refeeding and Overfeeding

    Kathleen R. Markan;Meghan C. Naber;Magdalene K. Ameka;Maxwell D. Anderegg

Frequent Co-Authors

Joseph Schlessinger
Joseph Schlessinger Yale University
Thomas A. Neubert
Thomas A. Neubert New York University
Robert J. Linhardt
Robert J. Linhardt Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Makoto Kuro-o
Makoto Kuro-o Jichi Medical University
Xiaokun Li
Xiaokun Li Wenzhou Medical University
Stevan R. Hubbard
Stevan R. Hubbard New York University
Steven A. Kliewer
Steven A. Kliewer The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Beate Lanske
Beate Lanske Harvard University
Fuming Zhang
Fuming Zhang Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Axel Ullrich
Axel Ullrich Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

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