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Early Hepatic Gene Expression Profile of Lipid Metabolism of Mice on High Fat Diet after Treatment with Anti‐Obesity Drugs
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FASEB
, 2020 , Conference Paper)
Obesity is a multifactorial disorder of global scale. The liver plays a vital role in fat metabolism. Disorder of hepatic fat metabolism is associated with obesity and fatty liver disease. This study aimed to detect the ...
Serum Uric Acid Level Is Positively Associated With Higher Bone Mineral Density at Multiple Skeletal Sites Among Healthy Qataris
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Frontiers Media
, 2021 , Article)
Background: Oxidative stress has been implicated as a fundamental mechanism in the decline of bone mass. Although serum uric acid (SUA) has potent antioxidant properties, the findings of many epidemiological and experimental ...
Thymoquinone Suppresses Cell Proliferation and Enhances Apoptosis of HL60 Leukemia Cells through Re-Expression of JAK/STAT Negative Regulators.
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West Asia Organization for Cancer Prevention (WAOCP)
, 2021 , Article)
The natural compound, thymoquinone (TQ) has demonstrated potential anticancer properties in inhibiting cell proliferation and promoting apoptosis in myeloid leukemia cells, breast cancer cells, and others. However, the ...
Epidemiological, molecular, and clinical features of rotavirus infections among pediatrics in Qatar
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Springer
, 2021 , Article)
Acute gastroenteritis (AGE) remains a major cause of diarrhea in developing and developed countries. Rotavirus (RV) is a leading cause of severe pediatric diarrhea worldwide. Here we report on the prevalence of circulating ...
Deciphering the Role of Filamin B Calponin-Homology Domain in Causing the Larsen Syndrome, Boomerang Dysplasia, and Atelosteogenesis Type I Spectrum Disorders via a Computational Approach.
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MDPI
, 2020 , Article)
Filamins (FLN) are a family of actin-binding proteins involved in regulating the cytoskeleton and signaling phenomenon by developing a network with F-actin and FLN-binding partners. The FLN family comprises three conserved ...
Distinct antibody repertoires against endemic human coronaviruses in children and adults.
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American Society for Clinical Investigation
, 2021 , Article)
Four endemic human coronaviruses (HCoVs) are commonly associated with acute respiratory infection in humans. B cell responses to these "common cold" viruses remain incompletely understood. Here we report a comprehensive ...
Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus among Healthy Blood Donors from Different National Populations Residing in Qatar
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
ObjectiveTo estimate the age- and nationality-specific West Nile virus (WNV) seroprevalence in select Middle East and North Africa (MENA) populations residing in Qatar. MethodsSera were collected from male blood donors ...
The spectrum of beta-thalassemia mutations in the 22 Arab countries: a systematic review
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Expert Reviews (formerly Future Drugs) / Taylor and Francis
, 2020 , Article)
To investigate the mutational spectrum in gene in Arab patients with Beta-Thalassemia (β-thal). Authors searched five databases (PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar) from the time of inception ...
A novel homozygous TPM1 mutation in familial pediatric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and in silico screening of potential targeting drugs.
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Verduci Editore s.r.l.
, 2020 , Article)
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic cardiac disease. While sarcomeric gene mutations explain many HCM cases, the genetic basis of about half of HCM cases remains elusive. Here we aimed to ...
Thymoquinone, as a Novel Therapeutic Candidate of Cancers
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MDPI
, 2021 , Article)
To date, natural products are widely used as pharmaceutical agents for many human
diseases and cancers. One of the most popular natural products that have been studied for anticancer
properties is thymoquinone (TQ). As ...