Plaques that build up in the lining of the coronary arteries are made up of lipids, inflammatory cells, smooth muscle cells and connective tissue. Thormbosis of a not necessarily occlusive but unstable plaque most often ...

Toxoplasmosis is the most widespread infection worldwide due to the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. The protozoan is a ubiquitous pathogen of warm-blooded animals, including man. In man it is responsible for fetal damage and ...

Obesity and type 2 diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance which has been reported as the major risk factors associated with the development of the endothelial dysfunction and vascular complications such as ...

Introduction: Doha city has a high feral cat population that is estimated to outnumber its human inhabitants by 2-3:1 with a total population of 2-3 million cats according to Qatar Cat Control Unit (QCCU). Doha had a ...

We analysed the prevalence of helminth infection in a dataset of 31,008 records of subjects referred for stool examination at the Hamad Medical Corporation over the course of a decade (2005 to 2014, inclusive). Overall ...

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disorder that is steadily increasing worldwide and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), 346 million ...

Background. Cancer metastasis is the major cause of cancer death. We previously reported novel isosteviols derivatives which induced cytotoxicity in lung cancer cells. The understanding of mechanisms which regulate lung ...

Chicken meat from the shelves of supermarkets in Qatar was tested for the presence of Camplobacter spp., and the presence of five virulence genes (htrB, cdtB, clpB, cadF and ciaB) was assessed in isolates. Forty eight ...

Title: Obesity is associated with the upregulation of TLR4 protein but not associated with polymorphisms of TLR4D299G TLR4T399I.Background: Toll-like-receptor 4 (TLR4) is a pathogen-specific receptor, expressed in white ...

Background: HEV is the etiologic agent of acute hepatitis E. Although HEV usually causes a self-limiting infection, the disease may develop into a chronic or fulminant form of Hepatitis. Sporadic HEV infections spread in ...