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Shahragim Tajbakhsh

Shahragim Tajbakhsh

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
81
Citations
24918
World Ranking
958
National Ranking
27

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Shahragim Tajbakhsh is affiliated with the Institut Pasteur in France, with a focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, genetics, physiology, surgery, and cell biology.

Their published work extensively covers several main topics, among which are:

  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Research
  • Congenital Heart Defects Research
  • Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics

Tajbakhsh's recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Dynamics of Asymmetric and Symmetric Divisions of Muscle Stem Cells In Vivo and on Artificial Niches," 2020, Cell Reports
  • "Unexpected Contribution of Fibroblasts to Muscle Lineage as a Mechanism for Limb Muscle Patterning," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Transcriptome and Epigenome Diversity and Plasticity of Muscle Stem Cells Following Transplantation," 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • "Local Retinoic Acid Signaling Directs Emergence of the Extraocular Muscle Functional Unit," 2020, PLoS Biology
  • "Longitudinal High-resolution Imaging through a Flexible Intravital Imaging Window," 2021, Science Advances

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Glenda Comai
  • Brendan Evano
  • Maria Benavente-Diaz
  • Frédéric Relaix
  • Daniela Di Girolamo

Tajbakhsh has published predominantly in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Nature Communications
  • Development
  • Experimental Cell Research

Throughout their career, Tajbakhsh has contributed significantly to areas concerning muscle stem cell biology and developmental mechanisms. Their work covers experimental approaches including transcriptome analysis, epigenome plasticity, and imaging techniques relevant to muscle tissue studies.

In 2016, Tajbakhsh was recognized as a member of Academia Europaea.

Best Publications

  • Expression of Cd34 and Myf5 Defines the Majority of Quiescent Adult Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells

    Jonathan R. Beauchamp;Louise Heslop;David S.W. Yu;Shahragim Tajbakhsh

  • Pax7-expressing satellite cells are indispensable for adult skeletal muscle regeneration.

    Ramkumar Sambasivan;Roseline Yao;Adrien Kissenpfennig;Laetitia Van Wittenberghe

  • Redefining the genetic hierarchies controlling skeletal myogenesis: Pax-3 and Myf-5 act upstream of MyoD.

    Shahragim Tajbakhsh;Didier Rocancourt;Giulio Cossu;Margaret Buckingham

  • Pax3 and Pax7 have distinct and overlapping functions in adult muscle progenitor cells

    Frédéric Relaix;Didier Montarras;Stéphane Zaffran;Barbara Gayraud-Morel

  • Mrf4 determines skeletal muscle identity in Myf5:Myod double-mutant mice

    Lina Kassar-Duchossoy;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Danielle Gomès;Didier Rocancourt

  • Muscle satellite cells and endothelial cells: close neighbors and privileged partners.

    Christo Christov;Fabrice Chrétien;Rana Abou-Khalil;Rana Abou-Khalil;Guillaume Bassez;Guillaume Bassez

  • Pax3/Pax7 mark a novel population of primitive myogenic cells during development

    Lina Kassar-Duchossoy;Ellen Giacone;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Aurélie Jory

  • Asymmetric division and cosegregation of template DNA strands in adult muscle satellite cells.

    Vasily Shinin;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Danielle Gomès;Shahragim Tajbakhsh

  • In vivo satellite cell activation via Myf5 and MyoD in regenerating mouse skeletal muscle.

    R.N. Cooper;S. Tajbakhsh;V. Mouly;G. Cossu

  • Comparative study of injury models for studying muscle regeneration in mice

    David Hardy;Aurore Besnard;Mathilde Latil;Grégory Jouvion;Grégory Jouvion

  • A critical requirement for notch signaling in maintenance of the quiescent skeletal muscle stem cell state

    Philippos Mourikis;Ramkumar Sambasivan;David Castel;Pierre Rocheteau

  • A Subpopulation of Adult Skeletal Muscle Stem Cells Retains All Template DNA Strands after Cell Division

    Pierre Rocheteau;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Irene Siegl-Cachedenier;Maria A. Blasco

  • Differential activation of Myf5 and MyoD by different Wnts in explants of mouse paraxial mesoderm and the later activation of myogenesis in the absence of Myf5

    S. Tajbakhsh;U. Borello;E. Vivarelli;R. Kelly

  • Pericytes resident in postnatal skeletal muscle differentiate into muscle fibres and generate satellite cells.

    A. Dellavalle;G. Maroli;D. Covarello;E. Azzoni

  • Adenovirus as an expression vector in muscle cells in vivo

    Beatrice Quantin;Leslie D. Perricaudet;Shahragim Tajbakhsh;Jean-Louis Mandel

  • Differentiation of pluripotent stem cells to muscle fiber to model Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

    Jérome Chal;Masayuki Oginuma;Ziad Al Tanoury;Bénédicte Gobert

  • Segmenting and tracking fluorescent cells in dynamic 3-D microscopy with coupled active surfaces

    A. Dufour;V. Shinin;S. Tajbakhsh;N. Guillen-Aghion

  • Distinct Regulatory Cascades Govern Extraocular and Pharyngeal Arch Muscle Progenitor Cell Fates

    Ramkumar Sambasivan;Barbara Gayraud-Morel;Gérard Dumas;Clémire Cimper

  • Skeletal muscle stem cells in developmental versus regenerative myogenesis

    S. Tajbakhsh

  • Myosin light chain 3F regulatory sequences confer regionalized cardiac and skeletal muscle expression in transgenic mice.

    R Kelly;S Alonso;S Tajbakhsh;G Cossu

Frequent Co-Authors

Margaret Buckingham
Margaret Buckingham Institut Pasteur
Giulio Cossu
Giulio Cossu University of Manchester
Fabrice Chrétien
Fabrice Chrétien Université Paris Cité
Frédéric Relaix
Frédéric Relaix Paris-Est Créteil University
Ana Cumano
Ana Cumano Institut Pasteur
Robert G. Kelly
Robert G. Kelly Aix-Marseille University
Peter S. Zammit
Peter S. Zammit King's College London
Vincent Mouly
Vincent Mouly Université Paris Cité
Ahmed Mansouri
Ahmed Mansouri Max Planck Society
Wolf Reik
Wolf Reik Babraham Institute

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