Browsing by Author "Kobeissy, Firas"
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Advances in Cardiovascular Biomarker Discovery.
Ghantous, Crystal M; Kamareddine, Layla; Farhat, Rima; Zouein, Fouad A; Mondello, Stefania; Kobeissy, Firas; Zeidan, Asad... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article Review)Cardiovascular diseases are the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Among them, hypertension and its pathological complications pose a major risk for the development of other cardiovascular diseases, including heart ... -
Cannabinoids and Myocardial Ischemia: Novel insights, Updated Mechanisms, and Implications for Myocardial Infarction
El Dahan, Karim Seif; Machtoub, Dima; Massoud, Gaelle; Nasser, Suzanne A.; Hamam, Bassam; Kobeissy, Firas; Zouein, Fouad A.; Eid, Ali H.... more authors ... less authors ( Bentham Science Publishers , 2022 , Article)Cannabis is the most widely trafficked and abused illicit drug due to its calming psychoactive properties. It has been increasingly recognized as having potential health benefits and relatively less adverse health effects ... -
Early metabolic impairment as a contributor to neurodegenerative disease: Mechanisms and potential pharmacological intervention
Fakih, Walaa; Zeitoun, Ralph; AlZaim, Ibrahim; Eid, Ali H.; Kobeissy, Firas; Abd-Elrahman, Khaled S.; El-Yazbi, Ahmed F.... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2022 , Article Review)The metabolic syndrome comprises a family of clinical and laboratory findings, including insulin resistance, hyperglycemia, hypertriglyceridemia, low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, and hypertension, in addition ... -
G protein estrogen receptor as a potential therapeutic target in Raynaud’s phenomenon
Fardoun, Manal; Mondello, Stefania; Kobeissy, Firas; Eid, Ali H. ( Frontiers Media , 2022 , Article)Exaggerated cold-induced vasoconstriction can precipitate a pathogenesis called Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP). Interestingly, RP is significantly more prevalent in females than age-matched men, highlighting the potential ... -
Inflammasomes as biomarkers and therapeutic targets in traumatic brain injury and related-neurodegenerative diseases: A comprehensive overview
Dania, Kattan; Barsa, Chloe; Mekhijian, Sarin; Shakkour, Zaynab; Jammoul, Maya; Doumit, Mark; Zabala, Maria Camila Pareja; Darwiche, Nadine; Eid, Ali H.; Mechref, Yehia; Wang, Kevin K.; de Rivero Vaccari, Juan Pablo; Munoz Pareja, Jennifer C.; Kobeissy, Firas... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Given the ambiguity surrounding traumatic brain injury (TBI) pathophysiology and the lack of any Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved neurotherapeutic drugs, there is an increasing need to better understand the ... -
Nanoparticles: Attractive tools to treat colorectal cancer
Nour K., Younis; Roumieh, Rami; Bassil, Emmanuel P.; Ghoubaira, Joseph A.; Kobeissy, Firas; Eid, Ali H.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Colorectal Cancer (CRC) is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite the notable advances achieved over the last few decades, CRC remains a hard-to-treat deadly disease in many patients. This ... -
Novel therapeutic strategies for spinal osteosarcomas
M. Akhtar, Anwar; El-Baba, Chirine; Elnaggar, Muhammed H.; Elkholy, Yasmeen O.; Mottawea, Mohamed; Johar, Dina; Al Shehabi, Tuqa S.; Kobeissy, Firas; Moussalem, Charbel; Massaad, Elie; Omeis, Ibrahim; Darwiche, Nadine; Eid, A.H.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article Review)At the dawn of the third millennium, cancer has become the bane of twenty-first century man, and remains a predominant public health burden, affecting welfare and life expectancy globally. Spinal osteogenic sarcoma, a ... -
SARS-CoV-2 involvement in central nervous system tissue damage
Haidar, Muhammad Ali; Shakkour, Zaynab; Reslan, Mohammad Amine; Al-Haj, Nadine; Chamoun, Perla; Habashy, Karl; Kaafarani, Hasan; Shahjouei, Shima; Farran, Sarah H; Shaito, Abdullah; Saba, Esber S; Badran, Bassam; Sabra, Mirna; Kobeissy, Firas; Bizri, Maya... more authors ... less authors ( Wolters Kluwer , 2022 , Article Review)As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to spread globally, it became evident that the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects multiple organs including the brain. Several clinical studies revealed ... -
Visfatin : An emerging adipocytokine bridging the gap in the evolution of cardiovascular diseases
Dakroub, Ali; Nasser, Suzanne A; Kobeissy, Firas; Yassine, Hadi M; Orekhov, Alexander; Sharifi-Rad, Javad; Iratni, Rabah; El-Yazbi, Ahmed F; Eid, Ali H... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)Visfatin/nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) is an adipokine expressed predominately in visceral fat tissues. High circulating levels of visfatin/NAMPT have been implicated in vascular remodeling, vascular ...