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Zohreh Erfani

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterORCID 0000-0002-6754-5684Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Organism:rat· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Erik J. PlautziD· 2 shared Jae Mo ParkiD· 2 shared Baljeet SeniwaliD· 1 shared Brenda Bartnik‐OlsoniD· 1 shared Erin H. SeeleyiD· 1 shared Eunsook S. JiniD· 1 shared Joseph ParkiD· 1 shared Sasanka Wathukara DewageiD· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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Traumatic brain injury alters hepatic gluconeogenic metabolism assessed using hyperpolarized pyruvate

Zohreh Erfani, Baljeet Seniwal, Erik J. Plautz, Joseph Park, Sasanka Wathukara Dewage, Sung‐Han Lin, Shawn C. Burgess, Eunsook S. Jin, Jae Mo Park

This study uses hyperpolarized pyruvate to show traumatic brain injury increases hepatic gluconeogenic metabolism in fasted rats.

bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry

Distinct spatiotemporal immunometabolic remodeling following acute traumatic brain injury

Zohreh Erfani, Erin H. Seeley, Erik J. Plautz, Brenda Bartnik‐Olson, Jae Mo Park

This study characterizes the spatiotemporal metabolic changes in the brain after traumatic injury, identifying distinct metabolic responses in microglia/macrophages and astrocytes.

bioRxiv · Jul 29, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry