Description of Research Expertise
My basic research is focused on evaluating the basic mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of Age Related Macular Degeneration. I am evaluating signaling pathways that have a role in RPE apoptosis and photoreceptor degeneration.
Selected Publications
Ebrahimi K, Hang A, O'Brien J.: Current Management of Retinoblastoma. Albert and Jakobiec’s Principles and Practices of Ophthalmology : 2020.
Farazdaghi MK, Ebrahimi KB: Role of the Choroid in Age-related Macular Degeneration: A Current Review. J Ophthalmic Vis Res 14 (1): 78-87,2019.
Shafer B, Pan W, Kheir W, Lad E, Ying G, Ebrahimi K.: Outer Plexiform layer Remodeling in Aging and AMD. ARVO : 2019.
Ebrahimi Katayoon B, Cano Marisol, Rhee John, Datta Sayantan, Wang Lei, Handa James T: Oxidative Stress Induces an Interactive Decline in Wnt and Nrf2 Signaling in Degenerating Retinal Pigment Epithelium. Antioxidants & redox signaling 29 (4): 389-407,2018.
Ebrahimi KB.: Outer Plexiform layer Remodeling in Aging and AMD. 5th Biennial International Symposium on AMD (Harvard). : 2018.
Light Jacob G, Fard Masoud A, Yaseri Mehdi, Aiyetan Paul, Handa James T, Ebrahimi Katayoon B: STARGARDT DISEASE: Beyond Flecks and Atrophy. Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 37 (12): 2352-2361,2017.
Datta Sayantan, Cano Marisol, Ebrahimi Katayoon, Wang Lei, Handa James T: The impact of oxidative stress and inflammation on RPE degeneration in non-neovascular AMD. Progress in retinal and eye research 60 : 201-218,2017.
Moghimi S, Afzali M, Akbari M, Ebrahimi K B, Khodabande A, Yazdani-Abyaneh A R, Ghafouri S N H, Coh P, Okhravi S, Fard M A: Crowded optic nerve head evaluation with optical coherence tomography in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy. Eye (London, England) 31 (8): 1191-1198,2017.
Ebrahimi KB: Age related macular degeneration: Beyond RPE and Drusen. Annual Duke Eye center meeting : 2017.
Wang Lei, Cano Marisol, Datta Sayantan, Wei Hong, Ebrahimi Katayoon B, Gorashi Yara, Garlanda Cecilia, Handa James T: Pentraxin 3 recruits complement factor H to protect against oxidative stress-induced complement and inflammasome overactivation. The Journal of pathology 240 (4): 495-506,2016.
Academic Contact Information
Scheie Eye Institute, UPenn
51 N. 39th Street, Suite 502
Philadelphia,
PA
19104
Phone: 215-662-8063
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366