Room 102B Crowe Research Building
(901) 448-7824
FAX (901) 448-7300
nshahabi@utmem.edu

1968 B.S. Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (Animal Science)
1970 M.S. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois (Reproductive Physiology)
1974 Ph.D. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois (Reproductive Physiology);

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Shahabi, N.A., W. Heagy, and B.M. Sharp: b-Endorphin enhances concanavalin-A-stimulated calcium mobilization by murine splenic T-cell. Endocrinology 137:3386-3393, 1996.

Sharp, B.M., N.A. Shahabi, W. Heagy, K. McAllen, M. Bell, C. Huntoon, and D. McKean: Dual signal transduction through delta opioid receptors in a transfected human T-cell line. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93:8294-8299, 1996.

Woods, J.A., N.A. Shahabi, and B.M. Sharp: Characterization of a naloxone-insensitive b-endorphin receptor on murine peritoneal macrophages. Life Sci. 60:573-586, 1997.

Sharp, B., N.A. Shahabi, D. McKean, M.D. Li, and K. McAllen: Detection of basal levels and induction of delta opioid receptor mRNA in murine splenocytes. J. Neuro-immunol. 78: 198-202, 1997.

Shahabi, NA, Daaka Y, McAllen K, and Sharp BM. Delta opioid receptors expressed by stably transfected jurkat cells signal through the map kinase pathway in a ras-independent manner. J. neuroimmunology. 1999, 94:48-57.

Shahabi, NA, McAllen K, Matta SG and Sharp BM. Expression of delta opioid receptors by splenocytes from SEB-treated mice and effects on phosphorylation of MAP kinase. Cellular Immunol. 2000, 205(2):84-93.

Sharp B, Li MD, Matta SG, McAllen K and Shahabi NA. Expression of delta opioid receptors and transcripts by splenic T-cells. Annals of the New York Academy of Science 2000, 917:764-770.

Sharp, BM, McAllen K, Gekker G, Shahabi NA and Peterson PK. Immunofluorescence detection of delta opioid receptors (DOR) on human peripheral blood CD4+ T-cells and DOR-dependent suppression of HIV-1 expression. J. Immunol. 2001, 167:1097-1102