
Ali Naji
Physician · COBIUS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
Credentials: · · ·
History
- Present
COBIUS HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS
- 1970–1971
- 1969–1970

- 1965–1968
Shiraz University School of Medicine
Research
Thymic selection of CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells induced by an agonist self-peptide
Nature Immunology · 2001 · 1,239 citations
Improvement in outcomes of clinical islet transplantation: 1999-2010
Diabetes Care · 2012 · 547 citations
Cell stem cell · 2020 · 539 citations
- CB
155 papers

72 papers · 41 as a resident

46 papers · 13 as a resident
- HN
35 papers

34 papers

29 papers · 11 as a resident

21 papers · 2 as a fellow
- RG
20 papers
Grants
- 2026–2031
Innovative Strategies to Inhibit Humoral Immunity in Renal Xenotransplantation
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
PI · $1.3M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2025–2030
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · R01
Contact PI · $3.3M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2019–2029
Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 2 Diabetes (HPAP-T2D)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · U01
PI · $25M · University of Pennsylvania
- 2016–2029
Human Pancreas Analysis Program for Type 1 Diabetes - HPAP-T1D
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · U01
Contact PI · $46.8M · University of Pennsylvania
Clinical trials
- 2024–2042
CAR-T Cell Therapy for Desensitization in Kidney Transplantation
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 1
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- 2011–2017
Extended Follow-Up After Islet Transplantation in T1D
Principal investigator · Completed
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- 2010–2011
Desensitization With Belimumab in Sensitized Patients Awaiting Kidney Transplant
Principal investigator · Terminated · Phase 2
University of Pennsylvania
- 2006–2011
B-Lymphocyte Immunotherapy in Islet Transplantation
Study chair · Terminated · Phase 2
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)



