Publications

Below, you’ll find my works. For questions on any specific publication, feel free to contact me.

1.  Mohammad S, Bhattacharjee J, Tzaneva V, Hutchinson KA, Shaikh M, Fernandes da Silva D, Burger D, Adamo KB. The Influence of Exercise-Associated Small Extracellular Vesicles on Trophoblasts In Vitro. Biomedicines. 2023; 11(3):857. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11030857.

2. Radford BN, Zhao X, Glazer T, Eaton M, Blackwell D, Mohammad S, Lo Vercio LD, Devine J, Shalom-Barak T, Hallgrimsson B, Cross JC, Sucov HM, Barak Y, Dean W, Hemberger M. Defects in placental syncytiotrophoblast cells are a common cause of developmental heart disease. Nature Communications. 2023 Mar 1;14(1):1174. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36740-5.

3. Abolbaghaei A*, Mohammad S*, da Silva DF, Hutchinson KA, Myette RL, Adamo KB, Burger D. Impact of acute moderate-intensity aerobic exercise on circulating extracellular vesicles in pregnant and non-pregnant women. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2022 Nov 18. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2022-0288.

*Co-first author

4. Mohammad S, Bhattacharjee J, Vasanthan T, Harris CS, Bainbridge S, Adamo KB. Metabolomics to understand placental biology: Where are we now? Tissue and Cell. 2021 Dec 1;73:101663. doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101663.

5. Mohammad S, Hutchinson KA, da Silva DF, Bhattacharjee J, McInnis K, Burger D, Adamo KB. Circulating small extracellular vesicles increase after an acute bout of moderate-intensity exercise in pregnant compared to non-pregnant women. Scientific Reports. 2021 Jun 16;11(1):12615. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92180-5.

6. Bhattacharjee J, Mohammad S, Adamo KB. Does exercise during pregnancy impact organs or structures of the maternal-fetal interface? Tissue and Cell. 2021 Apr 16;72:101543.  doi: 10.1016/j.tice.2021.101543.

7. Shearer J, Klein MS, Vogel HJ, Mohammad S, Bainbridge S, Adamo KB. Maternal and cord blood metabolite associations with gestational weight gain and pregnancy outcomes. Journal of Proteome Research. 2021 Mar 5;20(3):1630-1638. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.0c00854.

8. da Silva DF, Mohammad S, Nagpal TS, Souza SC, Colley RC, Adamo KB. How many valid days are necessary to assess physical activity data from accelerometry during pregnancy? Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2021 Feb 16;18(3):337-44. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0636.

9. Bhattacharjee J, Mohammad S, Goudreau AD, Adamo KB. Physical activity differentially regulates VEGF, PlGF, and their receptors in the human placenta. Physiological Reports. 2021 Jan;9(2):e14710.  doi: 10.14814/phy2.14710.

10. Everest C, Nagpal TS, Souza SCS, da Silva DF, Gaudet L, Mohammad S, Bhattacharjee J, Adamo KB. The Effect of Maternal Physical Activity and Gestational Weight Gain on Placental Efficiency. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 2021 Apr 1;53(4):756-762. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002524.

11.  Nagpal TS, Bhattacharjee J, da Silva DF, Souza SCS, Mohammad S, Puranda JL, Abu-Dieh A, Cook J, Adamo KB. Physical activity may be an adjuvant treatment option for substance use disorders during pregnancy: A scoping review. Birth Defects Research. 2021 Feb 1;113(3):265-275. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1803.

12. Dobson KL, da Silva DF, Dervis S, Mohammad S, Nagpal TS, Adamo KB. Physical activity and gestational weight gain predict physiological and perceptual responses to exercise during pregnancy. Birth Defects Research. 2021 Feb 1;113(3):276-286. doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1808.

13.  Nagpal TS, Everest C, Souza SCS, da Silva DF, Mohammad S, Bhattacharjee J, Adamo KB. Does ‘sitting’ stand alone? A brief report evaluating the health effects of prenatal sedentary time on maternal and newborn outcomes related to the future risk of obesity. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 2020 Aug 17;17(9):915-919. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2020-0175.

14. da Silva DF, Mohammad S, Hutchinson KA, Adamo KB. Cross-Validation of Ratings of Perceived Exertion Derived from Heart Rate Target Ranges Recommended for Pregnant Women. International Journal of Exercise Science. 2020 Sep 1;13(3):1340-1351. PMCID: PMC7523906.

15.  Hutchinson KA, Vuong NH, Mohammad S, Everest C, Leung ML, Bhattacharjee J, Adamo KB. Physical Activity During Pregnancy Is Associated with Increased Placental FATP4 Protein Expression. Reproductive. Sciences. 2020 Oct;27(10):1909-1919. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00210-w.

16.  da Silva DF, Mohammad S, Hutchinson KA, Adamo KB. Determination of minimal recording period to assess resting heart rate variability during pregnancy. Journal of Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism. 2020 Apr;45(4):431-436. doi: 10.1139/apnm-2019-0351.

17.  Hutchinson KA, Mohammad S, Garneau L, McInnis K, Aguer C, Adamo KB. Examination of the Myokine Response in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women Following an Acute Bout of Moderate-Intensity Walking. Frontiers in Physiology. 2019 Oct 10;10:1188. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01188.

18.  Dutton H, Doyle M, Buchan CA, Mohammad S, Adamo KB, Shorr R, Fergusson D. Antibiotic exposure and risk of weight gain and obesity: Protocol for a systematic scoping review. Systematic Reviews. 2017 Aug 24;6(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0565-9.

19.  Redhead ML, Portilho NA, Felker AM, Mohammad S, Mara DL, Croy BA. The Transcription Factor NFIL3 Is Essential for Normal Placental and Embryonic Development but not for Uterine Natural Killer (UNK) Cell Differentiation in Mice. Biology of Reproduction. 2016 May;94(5):101. doi: 10.1095/biolreprod.116.138495.

20. Rätsep MT, Paolozza A, Hickman A, Maser B, Kay VR, Mohammad S, Pudwell J, Smith GN, Brien D, Stroman PW, Adams MA, Reynolds JN, Croy BA, Forkert ND. Brain Structural and Vascular Anatomy Is Altered in Offspring of Pre-Eclamptic Pregnancies: A Pilot Study. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2016 May;37(5):939-45. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4640. 

1. Klein M, Shearer JE, Mohammad S, Ferraro ZM, Holcik M, Bainbridge S, Adamo KB. Second trimester serum metabolomics profiles can predict excessive gestational weight gain. J Dev Orig Health Dis. (2017), 8 (Suppl I), p.S319 (PA3.06.06).

2. Croy BA, Redhead ML, Felker AM, Mara DL, Portilho NA, Mohammad S. Riddles posed by pregnancy-associated mouse uterine natural killer cells. Journal of Reproductive Immunolology. (2016), 115 p.50 (S18).

3. Mohammad S, Wachholz KLC, Krishnan L, Murphy SP, Croy BA. Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium infection and pregnancy disruption. American Journal of Reproductive Immunolology. (2015), 73 (Suppl. 2), p.80 (Abstract #G86).

4. Wachholz KLC, Gurnani K, Mohammad S, Murphy SP, Croy BA, Krishnan L. Murine placental infection by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium: pathogenic mechanisms and the role of inflammatory cell death. American Journal of Reproductive Immunolology. (2015), 73 (Suppl. 2), p.58 (Abstract #G44).

1. Bogosavljević K, Mohammad S, Landry N, Steeves A. Forgotten and Let Down: Early Impacts of COVID-19 on Graduate Students at uOttawa. Report prepared for University of Ottawa Graduate Student Association. January 2021. Retrieved from: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uIuxnGedvzL9OQl7BprtT7ni2jT2BghD/view.