Introduction
Shiraz Transplant Research Center (STRC) began its activities in 2001 with the aim of research in different fields of transplantation, especially because:
- Shiraz University of Medical Sciences is one of the active centers of transplantation in kidney.
- Liver transplantation is exclusively done in Shiraz.
- There is an active team of bone marrow transplantation in hematology department.
- Corneal transplant is done in ophthalmology department.
Objectives STRC was developed to carry out the following goals:
- Carry out research in different aspects of transplantation , to apply new tests for transplanted patients to create better life quality for them.
- Gathering and registering exact and detail information about all of our transplanted patients, to have complete data from these patients such as viral markers and so on.
- Training manpower for carrying out research and applying activities in the field of transplantation
Academic Staff Strength
| Research Area | Rank | Academic Staff |
| Pathology | MD Professor | S.Z. Tabei |
| Surgery | MD , Associate Professor | S.A. Malekhosseini |
| Pathology | MD , Associate Professor | B. Geramizadeh |
| Hematology Department | MD , Associate Professor | M. Zakerinia |
| Ophthalmology | MD Assistant Professor | H.R Jahadi Hosseini |
| Physiology | PhD Assistant Professor | M. Varedi |
| Pathology | MD , Assistant Professor | N.Azarpira |
| Medical Genetics | PhD , Student | M.Ayatollahi |
| Molecular Biology | MS | M.Aghdaei |
| Virology | PhD, Associate Professor | A.Behzad-Behbahani |
| Virology | PhD , Assistant Professor | R.Yaghoobi |
Current Research
Establishment of amniotic membrane tissue bank
Evaluation of amplified variable number of tandem repeats ( VNTR) in the detection of chimerism following bone marrow transplantation
Isolation , growth and function of neonatal and adult rat islet cells
Apoptosis and expression of Fas , Fas L , GMP 17 in cytotoxic T lymphocytes in renal transplant recipients and relation with acute rejection
Determination of humancytomegalovirus ( gN ) genotypes polymorphism in organ transplant patients
Construction of tissue-engineered heart valves
Autologous transplantation of tissue engineered urothelium into demucosalized ileal segments for experimental bladder wall reconstruction
Evaluation of the correlation between cystatin level & Cr,BUN & Apoptotic markers : GMP – 17 , fas , fas ligand , CD8+ T cells
Evaluation of the value of serum cystatin C as a surrogate marker for creatinine in liver & renal transplant patients
Effects of quercetin on the expression and adhesion of a2 B1 – integrin in kidney fibroblast from cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity in rats
The effect of cytokine gene Polymorphism INFδ , TNFα , IL10 in acute rejection following renal transplantation
Therapeutic use of human adult bone marrow stem cell for neurigical disorders such as multiple sclerosis
Evaluation of effects of heparanase administration on skin autograft and allograft healin in rat
Comparison between IHC findings of HBSAg and HBCAg with grade and stage in HBV
Correlation of the hum oral immunologic factors with infectious complication after organ transplantation
Evaluation of the role of HBV virus genotype on inflammation , fibrosis and surface and core antigen level in liver biopsies of hepatitis B patients
Establishment of transplant sample bank
The effect of IL-10 promoter gene polymorphism with an occurrence of graft versus host disease in bone marrow transplant patients in Nemazi hospital
Isolation , characterization and deposition of human endothelial cells