Zeinab Shirvani

Associate Professor

Update: 2026-09-17

Zeinab Shirvani

Life Sciences and Bio-technology / Cell and Molecular Biology

Journal Paper

  1. "Autophagy and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Unraveling Molecular Mechanisms and Signaling Pathways"
    Amirhossein Habibzadeh, Zeinab Shirvani, Vahid Ehsanian Mofrad, Fateme Derijani
    CNS and Neurological Disorders-Drug Targets, Vol. 25, pp.261-275, 2026
  2. "Emerging roles of circular RNAs and enhancer RNAs: new insights into the development and management of neurodegenerative disorders"
    ASAL ZIAEI, Mohammadbagher Kargar Malekroodi, Zeinab Shirvani, Mahdieh MehrabMohseni
    Biomarker Research, Vol. 14, pp.1-33, 2026
  3. "Nanobiosensors in cancer diagnostics: From biomarker detection to point-of-care applications"
    Zahra Fathi, Sohameh Mohebbi, Amirhossein Ahmadi, Zeinab Shirvani
    MICROCHEMICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 217, pp.1-14, 2025
  4. "Altered expression of LINC03091 and LINC03090 LncRNAs in bipolar disorder: a case-control study"
    Zeynab Ganji Zeitooni, Zeinab Shirvani, Bahar Naghavi Gargari
    Scientific Reports, Vol. 15, pp.1-7, 2025
  5. "How to Design Genetic Biosensors for Medical Purposes?"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mahdieh Mehrab Mohseni
    Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, Vol. 10, pp.1075-1085, 2025
  6. "genotyping of rs1127354 and rs7270101 SNP in multiple sclerosis patients: correlation with ITPA gene expression"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Saeed Fardi, Mohammad-Ali Sahraian, Mehrdad Behmanesh
    Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Vol. 15, 2024
  7. "Assessment of Expression of lncRNAs in Autistic Patients"
    Saba Sane, Vera Ebrahimi, Zeinab Shirvani, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard
    JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE, Vol. 74, pp.1-10, 2024
  8. "An update on the molecular mechanisms of ZFAS1 as a prognostic, diagnostic, or therapeutic biomarker in cancers"
    Mahdieh Mehrab Mohsen, Hedyeh Zamani, Mina Momeni, Zeinab Shirvani
    Discover Oncology, Vol. 15, 2024
  9. "Noncoding RNAs in B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma"
    Zahra Abedi Kichi, Niloofar Dini, Mahbubeh Rojhannezhad, Zeinab Shirvani
    GENE, Vol. 917, 2024
  10. "The oxidative stress-associated long non-coding RNAs in pancreatic cancer"
    Setayesh Baradaran bagherian, Mahdieh Mehrab Mohseni, Roya Sharifi, Roya Amirinejad, Zeinab Shirvani
    Advances in Medical Sciences, Vol. 69, pp.231-237, 2024
  11. "The expression analysis of long noncoding RNAs PCAT-1, PCAT-29, and MER11C in bipolar disorder"
    Niloofar Dini, Mohammad Taheri, Zeinab Shirvani
    BMC Psychiatry, Vol. 24, pp.1-7, 2024
  12. "The Expression Analysis of Long Non-coding RNAs Related to Wnt/beta-Catenin Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Patients"
    Fatemeh Katouzian, Zahra Abedi Kichi, Roya Sharif, Zeinab Shirvani
    BIOCHEMICAL GENETICS, Vol. 63, pp.1605-1619, 2024
  13. "A review on the role of KCNQ1OT1 lncRNA in human disorders"
    Taheri Mohammad , Zeinab Shirvani, Harsij Atefeh , Mohadeseh Fathi, Sheyda Khalilian, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard, Aria Baniahmad
    PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, Vol. 255, 2024
  14. "Deregulation of NF-kB associated long non-coding RNAs in bipolar disorder"
    Razieh Ghasemi pirbalooti, Mahdieh Mehrab Mohseni, Mohammad Taheri, Seyedeh Morvarid Neishabouri, Zeinab Shirvani
    METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASE, Vol. 38, pp.2223-2230, 2023
  15. "Expression analysis of inhibitory B7 family members in Alzheimer's disease"
    Hani Sabaie, Parham Tamimi, Jalal Gharesouran, Zoha Salkhordeh, Mohammad Reza Asadi, Mirmohsen Sharifi-Bonab, Zeinab Shirvani, Mohammad Taheri, Arezou Sayad, Maryam Rezazadeh
    METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASE, Vol. 38, pp.2563-2572, 2023
  16. "Abnormal expression of long non-coding RNAs RMRP, CTC-487M23.5, and DGCR5 in the peripheral blood of patients with Bipolar disorder"
    Melina Ghamari goli, Mahdieh Mehrab Mohseni, Mohammad Taheri, Seyedeh Morvarid Neishabouri, Zeinab Shirvani
    METABOLIC BRAIN DISEASE, Vol. 39, pp.313-320, 2023
  17. "A gene expression analysis of long non-coding RNAs NKILA and PACER as well as their target genes, NF-KB and cox-2 in bipolar disorder patients"
    Reza Mola-Ali-Nejad, Saba Fakharianzadeh, Zahra Maloum, Mohammad Taheri, Zeinab Shirvani
    NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES and NUCLEIC ACIDS, Vol. 42, pp.527-537, 2023
  18. "TGF-B Isoforms and Receptors: A Gene Expression Analysis in Multiple Sclerosis Patients and Normal Individuals"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mehrdad Behmanesh, MohammadAli Sahraian
    Personalized Medicine Journal, Vol. 7, pp.43-47, 2022
  19. "Signifcant increasing of DISC2 long non-coding RNA expression as a potential biomarker in bipolar disorder"
    Bahar Naghavi-Gargaria, Alireza Zahirodin, Sayyed Mohammad Hossein Ghaderian, Zeinab Shirvani
    NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, Vol. 696, pp.206-211, 2019
  20. "The Expression of VDR mRNA but not NF- k B surprisingly Decreased after Vitamin D Treatment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Majid Pahlevan Kakhki, Bahar Naghavi Gargari, Roozita Doosti, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi, AmirReza Azimi, Mehrdad Behmanesh
    NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, Vol. 653, pp.258-263, 2017
  21. "HOTAIR but not ANRIL long non-coding RNA contributes to the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis"
    Majid Pahlevan Kakhki, Abbas Nikravesh, Zeinab Shirvani, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Mehrdad Behmanesh
    IMMUNOLOGY, Vol. 850, pp.1-9, 2017
  22. "Association study of two functional single nucleotide polymorphisms of neuropeptide y gene with multiple sclerosis"
    Seyed Mahdi Mohammadi, Zeinab Shirvani, Rozita Dosti, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Mehrdad Behmanesh
    NEUROPEPTIDES, Vol. 60, pp.1-6, 2016
  23. "Vitamin D levels in multiple sclerosis patients: Association with TGF-b2, TGF-bRI, and TGF-bRII expression"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mehrdad Behmanesh, sayed Mahdi Mohammadi, Abdorreza Naser Moghadasi
    LIFE SCIENCES, Vol. 134, pp.63-67, 2015
  24. "Inteleukin-10 but not Transforming Growth Factor B1 gene expression Up-regulate by vitamin D treatment in Multiple Sclerosis Patients"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Mohamd-Ali Sahraiyan
    JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES, Vol. 350, pp.8-23, 2015
  25. "RNA nanotechnology breakthrough for targeted release of RNA-based drugs using cell-based aptamers"
    Sohameh Mohebi, Nahid Bakhtiyari, Fahimeh Charbgoo, Zeinab Shirvani
    Vol. 29, pp.275-283, 2020
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    mina zafarpiran, Zeinab Shirvani
    Nafas journal, Vol. 5, pp.1-13, 2019

Conference Paper

  1. "Systematic Review of Long Non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in the Epigenetic Regulation of Pluripotency: Implications for Stem Cell Therapy"
    Mohammadbagher Kargar Malekroodi, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 26th Royan International Twin Congress, No 1 , pp.138-139, 2025
  2. "Downregulation of CBR3-AS1 in Patients with Bipolar Disorder"
    Peyman Yaghoubi, Mobina Teimouri, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 26th Royan International Twin Congress, No 1 , pp.201-202, 2025
  3. "Downregulation Of Itih4-As1 in Patients with Bipolar Disorder"
    Mobina Teimouri, Peyman Yaghoubi, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 26th Royan International Twin Congress, No 1 , pp.200-200, 2025
  4. "Reduction of LOC101928237 in patients with bipolar disorder"
    Mobina Teimouri, Zeynab Ganji Zeitooni, Zeinab Shirvani
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.1253-1254, 2024
  5. "Reduction of lincRNA-RoR expression in children with autism"
    Mohammadbagher Kargar Malekroodi, Masoud Sheydaei, Vera Ebrahimi, Zeinab Shirvani
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.616-617, 2024
  6. "Investigating the expression level of PINT lncRNA in children with autism spectrum disorder"
    ASAL ZIAEI, Zeinab Shirvani
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.852-853, 2024
  7. "Upregulation of HOTAIRM1 in patients with bipolar disorder"
    Peyman Yaghoubi, Zeynab Ghafari, Zeinab Shirvani
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.1228-1229, 2024
  8. "The role of long non-coding RNA in bipolar disorder"
    Mansoure sadat Hashem Jazi, Zeinab Shirvani, Masoud Sheydaei
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.760-761, 2024
  9. "Examination of LOC105375675 gene expression in bipolar disorder"
    Mansoure sadat Hashem Jazi, Zeynab Ganji Zeitooni, Zeinab Shirvani, Masoud Sheydaei
    6th International Congress and 18th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.850-851, 2024
  10. "Emerging diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for colorectal cancer"
    Ali Rezaei, Ali Yousefzadeh Dastjerd, Ali Amirian, Zeinab Shirvani
    the 7th international congress on Biomedicine, pp.1-2, 2023
  11. "MicroRNAs as prognostic biomarkers inNeuroblastoma"
    Vera Ebrahimi, Zeinab Shirvani
    The First International Congress of Cancer Genomics, pp.1-2, 2023
  12. "Evaluation of expression of RMRP genes in patients with Bipolar disorder and healthy people"
    Melina Ghamari goli, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.1-1, 2022
  13. "DILC expression in patients with bipolar disorder and healthy individuals"
    Razieh Ghasemi pirbalooti, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.2-2, 2022
  14. "long non-coding RNAs in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients"
    Niloofar Dini, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.93-93, 2021
  15. "MiRNA in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"
    Razieh Ghasemi pirbalooti, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.7-7, 2021
  16. "The function of Circulating microRNAs in pathogenesis of iron overload in children with Transfusion-Dependent beta -Thalassemia major"
    Melina Ghamari goli, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.8-8, 2021
  17. "microRNAs roles on apoptosis in pancreatic cancer"
    Arezoo Mosharraf ghahfarokhi, Zeinab Shirvani
    International Congress of Isfahan Biomedical Sciences, 2020
  18. "SNPs within miRNA Binding Sites of Inflammatory Genes in Multiple sclerosis: an in silico study"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mina Zafarpiran
    ISCB-LA SoIBio EMBnet 2018, pp.38-38, 2018
  19. "Expression Analysis of a new Long Non-coding RNA in multiple sclerosis"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mina Rezaei, Shirin Farivar
    3rd international and 15th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.138-138, 2018
  20. "long noncoding RNAs in regulation of inflammatory pathways of MS"
    Mina Rezaei, Zeinab Shirvani, Shirin Farivar
    3rd international and 15th Iranian Genetics Congress, pp.127-127, 2018
  21. "The study of Vitamin D effect on VDR gene expression in multiple sclerosis patients."
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Mohammadali Sahraian
    American Society of Human Genetics 67th Annual Meeting October 1721 2017 in Orlando Florida, pp.612-612, 2017
  22. "The controlling role of Vitamin D3 treatment on the inflammatory responses of Multiple sclerosis patients Evidence from HOTAIR and ANRIL Long non-Coding RNAs"
    Majid Pahlevan Kakhki , Abbas Nikravesh , Zeinab Shirvani, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Mehrdad Behmanesh
    XXVI AINI congress and 16th ESNI course, pp.20-20, 2017
  23. "The effect of VDR knockdown on T Cell Apoptosis"
    Zeinab Shirvani, mehrdad Behmanesh
    American Society of Human Genetics 66th Annual Meeting, pp.1249-1249, 2016
  24. "Expression of TGF- RI and TGF- RII Genes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis following Vitamin D Supplementation"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mehrdad Behmanesh, Mohammad ali Sahraian
    9th Royan International Congress on Stem Cell Biology and Technology, pp.79-80, 2013
  25. "The vitamin D and expression of IL-10 and NF-KB genes in Iranian multiple sclerosis patients"
    Zeinab Shirvani, mehrdad behmanesh, mohammad ali sahraian, rozita doosti
    15th international congress of immunology, pp.771-771, 2013
  26. "The Study of Effect of Vitamin D on expression of TGF- I gene in Iranian Multiple sclerosis patients"
    Zeinab Shirvani, mehrdad behmanesh, mohammad ali sahraian, rozita doosti
    the 9th international MS congressof Iran, pp.72-72, 2012
  27. "Positive Correlation Between the Expression Level of MIAT lncRNA and the Age of People with ASD"
    ASAL ZIAEI, Zeinab Shirvani
    23rd National and 11th International Iranian Biology Congress (IBC), pp.326-326, 2024
  28. "Significant Increase of BDNF-AS1 Expression in Children with Autism: A Potential Biomarker for Early Diagnosis"
    Mohammadbagher Kargar Malekroodi, Masoud Sheydaei, Zeinab Shirvani
    23rd National and 11th International Iranian Biology Congress (IBC), pp.248-249, 2024
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    Razieh Ghasemi pirbalooti, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.29-31, 2022
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    Melina Ghamari goli, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.22-23, 2022
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    Niloofar Dini, Zeinab Shirvani
    , pp.24-26, 2022
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    Bita Zamani Alaei, Zeinab Shirvani
    , 2021
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    Fatemeh Katouzian, Zeinab Shirvani
    , 2021
  34. "long non-coding RNA H19 in bipolar disorder"
    Zahra Maloum, Zeinab Shirvani
    4th International & 16th Iranian Genetics Congress, 2020
  35. "a novel non coding RNA in pancreatic cancer"
    Setayesh Baradaran bagherian, Zeinab Shirvani
    4th International & 16th Iranian Genetics Congress, 2020
  36. "a new long non coding RNA in pancreatic cancer"
    Arezoo Mosharraf ghahfarokhi, Masoud Sheydaei, Zeinab Shirvani
    4th International & 16th Iranian Genetics Congress, 2020
  37. "DNA Methylation patterns in bipolar disorder"
    Ali Malmir, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 3rd International Congress on Biomedicine, 2019
  38. "Non-coding RNAs novel biomarkers in pancreatic cancer"
    Setayesh Baradaran bagherian, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 3rd International Congress on Biomedicine, 2019
  39. "Long non-coding RNAs as biomarkers in bipolar disorder"
    Zahra Maloum, Zeinab Shirvani
    The 3rd International Congress on Biomedicine, 2019
  40. "SNPs within miRNA Binding Sites of Genes in Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a computational study"
    Zeinab Shirvani, Mina Zafarpiran , Adel Abdi
    the international personalized medicine congress, pp.190-190, 2019
  41. "VDR Knockdown using RNAi Changes the Expression of Several Genes in Jurkat T and U87-MG cells"
    Zeinab Shirvani, mehrdad behmanesh
    The 3rd National Festival and International Congress on Stem cell and regenerative medicine, pp.119-119, 2018