Ahmed Zafer

National Research Council Canada — Canada

Medicine · Health Sciences

12h-index961citations20works3.32yr avg
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Research Topics

CAR-T cell therapy research(7), Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research(4), Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research(4), Immune Cell Function and Interaction(4), T-cell and B-cell Immunology(3)

Publications20 total

Broadly reactive anti-VHH antibodies for characterizing, blocking, or activating nanobody-based CAR-T cells
Antibody Therapeutics·2025Open Access
Broadly Reactive Anti-VHH Antibodies for Characterizing, Blocking, or Activating Nanobody-Based CAR-T Cells
2024Open Access
Discovery and preclinical development of a therapeutically active nanobody-based chimeric antigen receptor targeting human CD22
Molecular Therapy Oncology·2024· 10 citedOpen Access
Programmable Attenuation of Antigenic Sensitivity for a Nanobody-Based EGFR Chimeric Antigen Receptor Through Hinge Domain Truncation
Frontiers in Immunology·2022· 28 citedOpen Access
Application of blood brain barrier models in pre-clinical assessment of glioblastoma-targeting CAR-T based immunotherapies
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS·2022· 32 citedOpen Access
Application of blood brain barrier models in pre-clinical assessment of glioblastoma- targeting CAR-T based immunotherapies
Research Square (Research Square)·2022Open Access
A High-Throughput Method for Characterizing Novel Chimeric Antigen Receptors in Jurkat Cells
Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development·2020· 107 citedOpen Access
Improving The Cryopreservation Of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (Ipscs) And Human T-Cells With Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors (Iris)
Cryobiology·2019
Lack of functional selectin-ligand interactions enhances innate immune resistance to systemic <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> infection
Journal of Leukocyte Biology·2017· 5 citedOpen Access
A Highly Effective Component Vaccine against Nontyphoidal Salmonella enterica Infections
mBio·2015· 15 citedOpen Access
Modulation of Antigenic Location Converts Chronic into Acute Infection by Forcing CD8+ T Cell Recognition
Cell Reports·2012· 10 citedOpen Access
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Pregnancy Does not Deter the Development of a Potent Maternal Protective CD8<sup>+</sup> T‐Cell Acquired Immune Response Against <i>Listeria Monocytogenes</i> Despite Preferential Placental Colonization
American Journal of Reproductive Immunology·2009· 12 cited
Rapid Clonal Expansion and Prolonged Maintenance of Memory CD8+ T Cells of the Effector (CD44highCD62Llow) and Central (CD44highCD62Lhigh) Phenotype by an Archaeosome Adjuvant Independent of TLR2
The Journal of Immunology·2007· 50 citedOpen Access
A disc-based quantitative carrier test method to assess the virucidal activity of chemical germicides
Journal of Virological Methods·2003· 88 cited
Transgenic Expression of the Activating Natural Killer Receptor Ly49H Confers Resistance to Cytomegalovirus in Genetically Susceptible Mice
The Journal of Experimental Medicine·2003· 119 citedOpen Access
Haplotype mapping indicates two independent origins for the Cmv1 s susceptibility allele to cytomegalovirus infection and refines its localization within the Ly49 cluster
Immunogenetics·2001· 30 cited
Susceptibility to mouse cytomegalovirus is associated with deletion of an activating natural killer cell receptor of the C-type lectin superfamily
Nature Genetics·2001· 397 cited
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Nature Genetics·2001· 35 cited
Rapid Screening Method for Mycobactericidal Activity of Chemical Germicides That Uses <i>Mycobacterium terrae</i> Expressing a Green Fluorescent Protein Gene
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2001· 22 citedOpen Access
Mycobactericidal testing of chemical germicides: Comparison of conventional culture with a reporter gene assay.
uO Research (University of Ottawa)·1999· 1 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Scott McComb(8), Tina Nguyen(7), Komal Gurnani(6), Christine Gadoury(5), Robert A. Pon(5), Anne Marcil(5), Risini D. Weeratna(5), Subash Sad(5), Silvia M. Vidal(4), Darin Bloemberg(4), Lakshmi Krishnan(4), Anna Jezierski(4), Alex Shepherd(4), Maria Busà(3), Abdelmajid Belouchi(3), Seung Hwan Lee(3), Susanne MacLean(3), Julie Lippens(3), Martine Pagé(3), Annie Fortin(3)