College of Pharmacy: Recent submissions
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EVALUATION OF A CUMULATIVE EXIT-FROM-DEGREE OBJECTIVE STRUCTURED CLINICAL EXAMINATION (OSCE) IN A GULF CONTEXT
(2016 , Master Thesis)This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the 2nd iteration of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) for graduating pharmacy students in Qatar. A secondary objective of this study was to ... -
PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF METFORMIN IN AN IN VITRO MODEL OF PROTEINURIC KIDNEY DISEASE
(2017 , Master Thesis)Albuminuria, a hallmark of chronic kidney disease (CKD), plays a crucial role in the etiology of CKD. High albumin levels are thought to induce endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activate the AKT pathway, and lead to ... -
Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Different Piperine Analogs for Therapeutic Potential to Prevent ER Stress
(2015 , Master Thesis)Background: Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the chief organelle involved in protein folding and maturation. Emerging studies implicate the role of ER stress in the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Thus, there is ... -
STANDARDIZATION OF AN IN VITRO MODEL OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY IN RENAL TUBULAR CELLS AND INVESTIGATION OF THE ROLE OF ALDOSE REDUCTASE PATHWAY IN HIGH GLUCOSE-INDUCED RENAL CELL INJURY
(2015 , Master Thesis)Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is the leading cause of end stage renal disease, and one of the most serious microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus. Increase in the shift of glucose into the aldose reductase pathway ... -
The Cellular Interplay Between Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform I and Osteopontin in Cardiac Hypertrophy
(2014 , Master Thesis)The Na+/H+ exchanger-1 (NHE1) is a ubiquitously expressed housekeeping glycoprotein that functions to regulate intracellular pH. Enhanced expression/activity of NHE1 has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy (CH). Recently, ...
