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[[File:Amir Landi.png|200px|thumb|right]] '''Abdolamir Landi''', MD, PhD, also known as, '''Amir Landi''', is a senior research scientist and principal investigator in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta, [[Canada]]. He serves as a member of the ME/CFS committee of the Alberta Medical Association and a Research and Medical Advisor to [[National ME/FM Action Network]], Canada. He has been working on the immunologic aspects of ME/CFS since 2010.<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://fourwaves-sots.s3.amazonaws.com/static/media/uploads/5FFGG5h0kBRlJTgexdugaQ%3D%3D/2018/04/24/me_cfs_final-program.pdf | title=ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference program | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> Dr. Landi leads the [[Diagnostic biomarker|biomarker]] team in Professor [[Michael Houghton]]'s laboratory in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta, Canada, working to validate a panel of cytokine biomarkers for ME/CFS.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://batemanhornecenter.org/september-buzz/ | title = What's the Buzz - September | date = 2016-09-23 | website = Bateman Horne Center|language=en-US | access-date = 2019-03-31}}</ref> Dr. Landi is a scientific member of the executive committee and the chair of the working group Infection & Immunity of [[Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative ME]] (ICanCME) Research Network. == Education == * 1995, MD - Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url = https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-landi-3793a641/ | title = Amir Landi | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = LinkedIn| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-03-31}}</ref> * 2009, PhD - Immunovirology / Vaccinology from University of Saskatchewan, Canada<ref name=":0" /> * 2010, post-doctorate fellowship - Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada<ref name=":0" /> * 2015, post-doctorate fellowship - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada == Clinical care guidelines == * 2016, Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) ME/CFS Clinical Practice Guidelines<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.topalbertadoctors.org/cpgs/0242896 | title = Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syn - Toward Optimized Practice (TOP) - CPGs | website = topalbertadoctors.org | access-date = 2019-08-27}}</ref> == Patents == * 2019, Methods and compositions in diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis. US Patent: 10,408,844'''. '''The patent is for two assay algorithms of specific cytokines and chemokines for a serologic diagnostic test for CFS/ME. Inventors: Abdolamir Landi, David Broadhurst,D. Lorne J. Tyrrell, [[Michael Houghton]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://patents.justia.com/inventor/michael-houghton | title = Michael Houghton Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search | website = patents.justia.com | access-date = 2019-11-06}}</ref> == Research studies == * 2011, No evidence for [[Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus|XMRV]] nucleic acids, infectious virus or anti-XMRV antibodies in Canadian patients with chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Steffen | first = Imke | author-link = | last2 = Tyrrell | first2 = D. Lorne | author-link2 = | last3 = Stein | first3 = Eleanor | author-link3 = Eleanor Stein | last4 = Montalvo | first4 = Leilani | author-link4 = | last5 = Lee | first5 = Tzong-Hae | author-link5 = | last6 = Zhou | first6 = Yanchen | last7 = Lu | first7 = Kai | last8 = Switzer | first8 = William M. | last9 = Tang | first9 = Shaohua | last10 = Jia | first10 = Hongwei | author-link10 = | last11 = Hockman | first11 = Darren | author-link11 = | last12 = Santer | first12 = Deanna M. |author-link12 = | last13 = Logan | first13 = Michael | author-link13 = | last14 = Landi | first14 = Amir | author-link14 = Amir Landi | last15 = Law | first15 = John | author-link15 = | last16 = Houghton | first16 = Michael | author-link16 = Michael Houghton | last17 = Simmons | first17 = Graham | author-link17 = | date = 2011-11-17 | title = No Evidence for XMRV Nucleic Acids, Infectious Virus or Anti-XMRV Antibodies in Canadian Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | url =http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027870 | journal = PLoS ONE|language=en | volume = 6 | issue = 11| pages = e27870|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0027870|issn=1932-6203|pmc=3219700|pmid=22114717|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3219700/ (Full text)] *2016, Reductions in circulating levels of [[Interleukin 16|IL-16]], [[Interleukin 7|IL-7]] and [[Vascular endothelial growth factor|VEGF]]-A in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Landi | first = Abdolamir | author-link = Amir Landi | last2 = Broadhurst | first2 = David | author-link2 = | last3 = Vernon | first3 = Suzanne D. | author-link3 = Suzanne Vernon | last4 = Tyrrell | first4 = D. Lorne J. | author-link4 = | last5 = Houghton | first5 = Michael | author-link5 = Michael Houghton | date = Feb 2016 | title = Reductions in circulating levels of IL-16, IL-7 and VEGF-A in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome | url =https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1043466615301071 | journal = Cytokine|language=en | volume = 78 | issue = | pages = 27–36|doi=10.1016/j.cyto.2015.11.018|quote=|via=}}</ref> - [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1043466615301071 (Full text)] ==Talks and interviews== *27-30 May 2015, [[Biomedical Research into ME Colloquium]] (BRMEC5)''',''' London, UK - Speech title: ''Cytokine and Chemokine Profiles of ME/CFS Patients''. *3-5 May 2018, [[ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference|ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference]], Montreal, Canada - Speech title: ''Diagnosis of ME/CFS: Can Immune Modulators Play a Role?''<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://fourwaves-sots.s3.amazonaws.com/static/media/uploads/5FFGG5h0kBRlJTgexdugaQ%3D%3D/2018/04/24/me_cfs_final-program.pdf | title=ME/CFS Canadian Collaborative Team Conference program | last = | first = | author-link = | date = | website = | archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | access-date=2019-03-06}}</ref> *14 & 15 Dec. 2018, CIHR ME/CFS Strengthening Workshop, Montreal, Canada - Speech title: ''Immunobiology of ME/CFS: From pathogen discovery to pathogenesis.'' *24 October 2019, Canadian CBC Radio, Morning Episodes *28 October 2019, Canadian Global NEWS Edmonton TV interview: Global News, Health Matters == Online presence == * [https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-landi-3793a641/ LinkedIn] * [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amir_Landi ResearchGate] ==See also== *[[Michael Houghton]] ==Learn more== == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Researchers]] [[Category:Canada researchers]]
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