Moutih Rafei

Moutih Rafei is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, affiliated with the Department of Pharmacology and Physiology and the Department of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. His research focuses on T lymphocyte biology, mesenchymal stem cell engineering, and neuroimmune interactions in cancer and inflammatory diseases.

• University: University of Montreal
• School: Faculty of Medicine
• Departments: Pharmacology and Physiology; Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology
• Academic Rank: Professor

Research Interests:

• Stimulating T cell development post-stem cell transplantation
• Engineering fusokines for immunomodulation
• Genetic modification of mesenchymal stem cells as vaccines
• Neuroimmune axis in asthma and tumor immunology
• Regulatory B cell expansion for autoimmune therapy
• CCR2-targeted immunosuppressive agents

Article Trends (2022-2025): His work spans immunology, neurobiology, and oncology, emphasizing mesenchymal cell-based vaccines, neuroimmune signaling in asthma and cancer, and antigen degradation strategies for immunogenicity. Recent studies highlight nociceptor neurons in tumor surveillance and cytokine reprogramming of sensory neurons.

Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned in the text.