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Ava Dashti

PhD student

Publications

2026

Dina Javidjam, Petros Moustardas, Ava Dashti, Daniel Aberdam, Arnaud Schweitzer-Chaput, Salvatore Cisternino, Dominique Bremond-Gignac, Neil Lagali (2026) Transcriptomic Analysis in a Model of Aniridia-Associated Keratopathy for Target Discovery and Evaluation of Duloxetine Therapy Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Vol. 67, Article 37 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.67.1.37
Meichen Ji, Yan Song, Jenny Roth, Ava Dashti, Jorge Lazo, Alisa Lincke, Antonio Filipe Teixeira Macedo, Welf Lowe, Neil Lagali (2026) Deep learning-based segmentation and density estimation of corneal nerves and dendritic cells from In Vivo confocal microscopy images Scientific Reports, Vol. 16, Article 1620 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-34412-6

2025

Ava Dashti, Petros Moustardas, Yedizza Rautavaara, Dina Javidjam, Israa Sefawi, Neil S Lagali (2025) Targeting insulin receptor substrate-1 delays disease progression in a murine model of aniridia-associated keratopathy Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, Vol. 191, Article 118506 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2025.118506
Yedizza Rautavaara, Israa Sefawi, Meri Vattulainen, Petros Moustardas, Dina Javidjam, Ava Dashti, Neil Lagali (2025) Central Corneal Epithelial Wounding Accelerates Aniridia-Associated Keratopathy in PAX6-Deficient Mice Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Vol. 66, Article 33 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.14.33
Dina Javidjam, Petros Moustardas, Mojdeh Abbasi, Ava Dashti, Yedizza Rautavaara, Neil Lagali (2025) A human-like model of aniridia-associated keratopathy for mechanistic and therapeutic studies JCI Insight, Vol. 10, Article e183965 (Article in journal) https://dx.doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.183965