Publications

2024

Lama Lozon, Wafaa S. Ramadan, Rawan R. Kawaf, Aya M. Al-Shihabi, and Raafat el-awady,
Decoding cell death signalling: Impact on the response of breast cancer cells to approved therapies, Life Sciences , vol. 342, pp. 122525, 2024.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122525
File: S0024320524001140

2023

Bariaa Khalil, Narjes Sharif-Askari, and Rabih Halwani,
Role of inflammasome in severe, steroid-resistant asthma, Current Research in Immunology , vol. 4, pp. 100061, 06 2023.
DOI:10.1016/j.crimmu.2023.100061
Alya R. Alnuaimi, Justus Bottner, Vidhya A. Nair, Nival Ali, Razaz Alnakhli, Eva Dreyer, Iman M. Talaat, Hauke Busch, Sven Perner, Jutta Kirfel, Rifat Hamoudi, and Wael M. Abdel-Rahman,
Immunohistochemical Expression Analysis of Caldesmon Isoforms in Colorectal Carcinoma Reveals Interesting Correlations with Tumor Characteristics, International Journal of Molecular Sciences , vol. 24, no. 3, 2023.
DOI:10.3390/ijms24032275

2022

Lama Lozon, Ekram Saleh, Varsha Menon, Wafaa Ramadan, Amr Amin, and Raafat el-awady,
Effect of safranal on the response of cancer cells to topoisomerase I inhibitors: Does sequence matter?, Frontiers in Pharmacology , vol. 13, 09 2022.
DOI:10.3389/fphar.2022.938471
Alya R Alnuaimi, Vidhya A Nair, Lara J Bou Malhab, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Anu Vinod Ranade, Gianfranco Pintus, Mohamad Hamad, Hauke Busch, Jutta Kirfel, Rifat Hamoudi, and Wael M Abdel-Rahman,
Emerging role of caldesmon in cancer: A potential biomarker for colorectal cancer and other cancers, World journal of gastrointestinal oncology , vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1637—1653, 2022.
DOI:10.4251/wjgo.v14.i9.1637
Bariaa A Khalil, Sarra B Shakartalla, Swati Goel, Bushra Madkhana, Rabih Halwani, Azzam A Maghazachi, Habiba Alsafar, Basem Al-Omari, and Mohammad T Al Bataineh,
Immune Profiling of COVID-19 in Correlation with SARS and MERS, Viruses , vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 164, 2022.
DOI:10.3390/v14010164
Wafaa Abumustafa, Batoul Abi Zamer, Bariaa A. Khalil, Mawieh Hamad, Azzam A. Maghazachi, and Jibran Sualeh Muhammad,
Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 in colorectal carcinoma: Insights into mechanisms of pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy , vol. 145, pp. 112368, 2022.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112368
File: S0753332221011525

2021

Wafaa Ramadan, Iman Talaat, Mahmood Hachim, Annette Lischka, Timo Gemoll, and Raafat el-awady,
The impact of CBP expression in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer, Clinical Epigenetics , vol. 13, Dec. 2021.
DOI:10.1186/s13148-021-01060-2
Cijo Vazhappilly, Madumani Amararathna, Asha Cyril, Rebecca Linger, Rachel Matar, Maxime Merheb, Wafaa Ramadan, Rajan Radhakrishnan, and H P Vasantha Rupasinghe,
Current methodologies to refine bioavailability, delivery, and therapeutic efficacy of plant flavonoids in cancer treatment, The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry , vol. 94, pp. 108623, 03 2021.
DOI:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108623
Mahmood Hachim, Noha Elemam, Rakhee Ramakrishnan, Khuloud Bajbouj, Ronald Olivenstein, Ibrahim Hachim, Saba Al Heialy, Qutayba Hamid, Hauke Busch, and Rifat Hamoudi,
Wnt Signaling Is Deranged in Asthmatic Bronchial Epithelium and Fibroblasts, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology , vol. 9, 03 2021.
DOI:10.3389/fcell.2021.641404
Sofia Rahman, Shimy Mathew, Pooja Nair, Wafaa Ramadan, and Cijo Vazhappilly,
Health benefits of cyanidin-3-glucoside as a potent modulator of Nrf2-mediated oxidative stress, Inflammopharmacology , pp. 1-17, 03 2021.
DOI:10.1007/s10787-021-00799-7
Sarah Dhaiban, Mena Ani, Noha Elemam, Mahmood Alaawad, Zeinab Al-Rawi, and Azzam Maghazachi,
Role of Peripheral Immune Cells in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Sci , vol. 3, 02 2021.
DOI:10.3390/sci3010012
Bushra Mdkhana, Dana Zaher, Shifaa Abdin, and Hany Omar,
Tangeretin boosts the anticancer activity of metformin in breast cancer cells via curbing the energy production, Phytomedicine , vol. 83, pp. 153470, 01 2021.
DOI:10.1016/j.phymed.2021.153470
Bushra Mdkhana, Narjes Sharif-Askari, Rakhee Ramakrishnan, Swati Goel, Qutayba Hamid, and Rabih Halwani,
Nucleic Acid-Sensing Pathways During SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Expectations versus Reality, Journal of Inflammation Research , vol. Volume 14, pp. 199-216, 01 2021.
DOI:10.2147/JIR.S277716
Batoul Abi Zamer, Wafaa Abumustafa, Mawieh Hamad, Azzam A. Maghazachi, and Jibran Sualeh Muhammad,
Genetic Mutations and Non-Coding RNA-Based Epigenetic Alterations Mediating the Warburg Effect in Colorectal Carcinogenesis, Biology , vol. 10, no. 9, 2021.
DOI:10.3390/biology10090847
Bariaa A. Khalil, Noha Mousaad Elemam, and Azzam A. Maghazachi,
Chemokines and chemokine receptors during COVID-19 infection, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal , vol. 19, pp. 976-988, 2021.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.01.034
File: S2001037021000386

2020

Narjes Sharif-Askari, Fatemeh Sharif-Askari, Bushra Mdkhana, Saba Al Heialy, Elaref Ratemi, Malak Ghamdi, Salah Abusnana, Tarek Kashour, Qutayba Hamid, and Rabih Halwani,
Effect of common medications on the expression of SARS-CoV-2 entry receptors in liver tissue, Archives of Toxicology , vol. 94, Dec. 2020.
DOI:10.1007/s00204-020-02869-1
Sarah Hammoudeh, Thenmozhi Venkatachalam, Abdul Ansari, Riyad Bendardaf, Qutayba Hamid, Mohamed Rahmani, and Rifat Hamoudi,
Systems Immunology Analysis Reveals an Immunomodulatory Effect of Snail-p53 Binding on Neutrophil- and T Cell-Mediated Immunity in KRAS Mutant Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Frontiers in Immunology , vol. 11, Dec. 2020.
DOI:10.3389/fimmu.2020.569671
Koippallil Rani, Mohamad Hamad, Dana Zaher, Scott Sieburth, Navid Madani, and Taleb Al-Tel,
Drug development post COVID-19 pandemic: toward a better system to meet current and future global health challenges, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery , vol. 16, pp. 1-7, Dec. 2020.
DOI:10.1080/17460441.2021.1854221
Wafaa Ramadan, Ekram Saleh, Varsha Menon, Cijo Vazhappilly, Hajjaj Abdu-allah, Abdel-Nasser El-Shorbagi, Wael Mansour, and Raafat el-awady,
Induction of DNA damage, apoptosis and cell cycle perturbation mediate cytotoxic activity of new 5-aminosalicylate–4-thiazolinone hybrid derivatives, Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy , vol. 131, pp. 110571, Nov. 2020.
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110571
Narjes Sharif-Askari, Fatemeh Sharif-Askari, Bushra Mdkhana, Saba Al Heialy, Habiba Alsafar, Rifat Hamoudi, Qutayba Hamid, and Rabih Halwani,
Enhanced expression of immune checkpoint receptors during SARS-CoV-2 viral infection, Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development , vol. 20, Nov. 2020.
DOI:10.1016/j.omtm.2020.11.002
T. Altel, Raafat el-awady, Hany Omar, Wafaa Ramadan, and Dana Zaher,
Disrupting cancer dynamics by a novel pleiotropic benzopyrane derivative, European Journal of Cancer , vol. 138, pp. S38, Oct. 2020.
DOI:10.1016/S0959-8049(20)31174-6
Sarah Dhaiban, Mena Ani, Noha Elemam, and Azzam Maghazachi,
Targeting Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors in Multiple Sclerosis and Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, Journal of Inflammation Research , 09 2020.
DOI:10.2147/JIR.S270872
Mony Nader, Bariaa Khalil, Wejdan Kattuah, Nduna Dzimiri, and Dana Bakheet,
Striatin translocates to the cytosol of apoptotic cells and is proteolytically cleaved in a caspase 3-dependent manner, Heliyon , vol. 6, pp. e04990, 09 2020.
DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04990