Publications by Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

Molecular codes and in vitro generation of hypocretin and melanin concentrating hormone neurons

Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres, Sha Li, Cyril Mikhail

Hypocretin/orexin (HCRT) and melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) neuropeptides are exclusively produced by the lateral hypothalamus and play important roles in sleep, metabolism, reward, and motivation. Loss of HCRT (ligands or receptors) causes the sleep ...

National Academy of Sciences2019

PROPER: global protein interaction network alignment through percolation matching

Matthias Grossglauser, Seyed Hamed Hassani, Ehsan Kazemi, Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

Background The alignment of protein-protein interaction (PPI) networks enables us to uncover the relationships between different species, which leads to a deeper understanding of biological systems. Network alignment can be used to transfer biological know ...

2016

Exosome-inspired targeting of cancer cells with enhanced affinity

Mohammad Mahdi Hasani-Sadrabadi, Ardalan Hosseini, Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

One of the major challenges in the area of novel drug delivery systems (NDDSs) is finding distinguished ligands for specific receptors represented by many cancer cells in order to enhance their cancer homing efficacy. Exosomes, the so-called natural nanoca ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2016

Understanding and Engineering Thermostability in DNA Ligase from Thermococcus sp 1519

Matteo Dal Peraro, Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

The physical chemical principles underlying,enzymatic thermostability are keys to understand the way evolution has shaped proteins,to adapt to a broad range of temperatures. Understanding the molecular determinants at the basis of protein thermostability i ...

Amer Chemical Soc2015

Modeling and Engineering Proteins Thermostability

Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

Enzymes have evolved during millions of years to become efficient catalysts for specific biochemical reactions within a specific range of working conditions in the cellular environment. The activity of an enzyme is directly related to its folded structure ...

EPFL2015

ComEA Is Essential for the Transfer of External DNA into the Periplasm in Naturally Transformable Vibrio cholerae Cells

Aleksandra Radenovic, Matteo Dal Peraro, Melanie Blokesch, Lorenz Jan Steinbock, Roman Bulushev, Patrick Martin Seitz, Hasan Pezeshgi Modarres

The DNA uptake of naturally competent bacteria has been attributed to the action of DNA uptake machineries resembling type IV pilus complexes. However, the protein(s) for pulling the DNA across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria remain speculativ ...

Public Library Science2014