• Advances in Cardiovascular Biomarker Discovery. 

      Ghantous, Crystal M; Kamareddine, Layla; Farhat, Rima; Zouein, Fouad A; Mondello, Stefania; ... more 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 ...
    • The effect of clopidogrel and aspirin on the severity of traumatic brain injury in a rat model 

      Firas, Kobeissy; Mallah, Khalil; Zibara, Kazem; Dakroub, Fatima; Dalloul, Zeinab; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Aspirin (ASA) and clopidogrel (CLOP) are antiplatelet agents that inhibit platelet aggregation. They are implicated in worsening ...
    • 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 ...
    • Hormones in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) animal models 

      Ghareghani, Majid; Ghanbari, Amir; Eid, Ali; Shaito, Abdullah; Mohamed, Wael; ... more authors ( De Gruyter , 2021 , Article)
      Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in which activated immune cells attack the CNS and cause inflammation and demyelination. While the etiology of MS is still ...
    • Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 

      Rafael, Lozano; Fullman, Nancy; Mumford, John Everett; Knight, Megan; Barthelemy, Celine M; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      BackgroundAchieving universal health coverage (UHC) involves all people receiving the health services they need, of high quality, without experiencing financial hardship. Making progress towards UHC is a policy priority ...
    • Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury. 

      Hasan, Anwarul; Deeb, George; Rahal, Rahaf; Atwi, Khairallah; Mondello, Stefania; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2017 , Article)
      Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized by a disruption in the normal function of the brain due to an injury following a trauma, which can potentially cause severe physical, cognitive, and emotional impairment. The ...
    • Mitoquinone supplementation alleviates oxidative stress and pathologic outcomes following repetitive mild traumatic brain injury at a chronic time point 

      Maha, Tabet; El-Kurdi, Marya; Haidar, Muhammad Ali; Nasrallah, Leila; Reslan, Mohammad Amine; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)
      Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of disability and death. Mild TBI (mTBI) constitutes ~75% of all TBI cases. Repeated exposure to mTBI (rmTBI), leads to the exacerbation of the symptoms compared to single mTBI. ...