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Impact of the Pro12Ala polymorphism of the PPARγ2 gene on diabetes and obesity in a highly consanguineous population.

Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism

Bener A, Zirie M, Al-Hamaq A, Nawaz Z, Samson N, Mohammad R.
PMID: 25593831
Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Jan-Feb;19(1):77-83. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.131766.

BACKGROUND: The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) are members of the nuclear hormone receptor subfamily of transcription factors. It has been reported that they play important roles in obesity and the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

Enterococcus faecalis from Food, Clinical Specimens, and Oral Sites: Prevalence of Virulence Factors in Association with Biofilm Formation.

Frontiers in microbiology

Anderson AC, Jonas D, Huber I, Karygianni L, Wölber J, Hellwig E, Arweiler N, Vach K, Wittmer A, Al-Ahmad A.
PMID: 26793174
Front Microbiol. 2016 Jan 11;6:1534. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01534. eCollection 2015.

Enterococci have gained significance as the cause of nosocomial infections; they occur as food contaminants and have also been linked to dental diseases. E. faecalis has a great potential to spread virulence as well as antibiotic resistance genes via...

Chronic Renal Failure among Children in Riyadh Military Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia

Al-Ghwery S, Al-Asmari A.
PMID: 18202474
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2004 Jan-Mar;15(1):75-8.

In a retrospective survey, 75 children with chronic renal failure (CRF) referred to our renal unit during 1989-2002 were studied. Their ages ranged from 10 days to 14 years (male to female ratio 1.7:1) and 64% of the cases...

Idiopathic chronic subdural hematoma in the newborn.

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

Hadzikaric N, Al-Habib H, Al-Ahmad I.
PMID: 16391937
Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Jul;22(7):740-2. doi: 10.1007/s00381-005-0032-0. Epub 2006 Jan 04.

BACKGROUND: Evidence of intrauterine development of chronic subdural hematoma (CSH) is extremely rare. A very limited number of cases with known and acceptable etiological explanation are reported. We were able to find out only four presented cases of intrauterine...

Influence of age and sex in modulating TSH level in primary hypothyroidism.

Annals of Saudi medicine

Hammami MM, Al-Saihati B, Al-Ahmari S.
PMID: 17589013
Ann Saudi Med. 1995 Nov;15(6):575-8. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.1995.575.

Previous studies addressing the interaction of age and sex with the function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyrotrophs axis yielded conflicting results, due in part to inability to control for the effect of variable free thyroid hormone levels. We studied the effect...

A two-port laparoscopic placement of peritoneal dialysis catheter: a preliminary report.

Saudi journal of kidney diseases and transplantation : an official publication of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Saudi Arabia

Al-Hashemy AM, Seleem MI, Al-Ahmary AM, Bin-Mahfooz AA.
PMID: 17642766
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2004 Apr-Jun;15(2):144-8.

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is a well established modality for treating patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The placement of a peritoneal dialysis catheter (PDC) is carried out either by the open method or by laparoscopy. The laparoscopic...

Modeling the blood-brain barrier using stem cell sources.

Fluids and barriers of the CNS

Lippmann ES, Al-Ahmad A, Palecek SP, Shusta EV.
PMID: 23305164
Fluids Barriers CNS. 2013 Jan 10;10(1):2. doi: 10.1186/2045-8118-10-2.

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a selective endothelial interface that controls trafficking between the bloodstream and brain interstitial space. During development, the BBB arises as a result of complex multicellular interactions between immature endothelial cells and neural progenitors, neurons,...

Effect of melittin on mice stomach.

Saudi journal of biological sciences

Abu-Zinadah O, Rahmy T, Alahmari A, Abdu F.
PMID: 24596505
Saudi J Biol Sci. 2014 Jan;21(1):99-108. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2013.08.002. Epub 2013 Aug 12.

Melittin, the main bee venom component, has many positive biological effects and a relatively low toxicity in various cell types. However, there is no evidence of the effect of melittin on gastrointestinal cells. In the present study, we investigated...

Complete Versus culprit-Lesion only PRimary PCI Trial (CVLPRIT): a multicentre trial testing management strategies when multivessel disease is detected at the time of primary PCI: rationale and design.

EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

Kelly DJ, McCann GP, Blackman D, Curzen NP, Dalby M, Greenwood JP, Fairbrother K, Shipley L, Kelion A, Heatherington S, Khan JN, Nazir S, Alahmar A, Flather M, Swanton H, Schofield P, Gunning M, Hall R, Gershlick AH.
PMID: 23425543
EuroIntervention. 2013 Feb 22;8(10):1190-8. doi: 10.4244/EIJV8I10A183.

AIMS: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the preferred strategy for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), with evidence of improved clinical outcomes compared to fibrinolytic therapy. However, there is no consensus on how best to manage multivessel coronary...

A multidisciplinary approach in the treatment of tempromandibular joint pain associated with qat chewing.

Case reports in dentistry

Shariff M, Al-Moaleem MM, Al-Ahmari NM.
PMID: 23573427
Case Rep Dent. 2013;2013:139419. doi: 10.1155/2013/139419. Epub 2013 Mar 13.

Pain of the tempro-mandibular joint (TMJ) has a direct bearing to missing teeth and excessive physical activity. Consumption of qat requires chewing on the leaves to extract their juice for long hours. A 65-year-old male Yemeni patient, a Qat...

Papillary Renal Cell Carcinomas Rewire Glutathione Metabolism and Are Deficient in Both Anabolic Glucose Synthesis and Oxidative Phosphorylation.

Cancers

Al Ahmad A, Paffrath V, Clima R, Busch JF, Rabien A, Kilic E, Villegas S, Timmermann B, Attimonelli M, Jung K, Meierhofer D.
PMID: 31484429
Cancers (Basel). 2019 Sep 03;11(9). doi: 10.3390/cancers11091298.

Papillary renal cell carcinoma (pRCC) is a malignant kidney cancer with a prevalence of 7-20% of all renal tumors. Proteome and metabolome profiles of 19 pRCC and patient-matched healthy kidney controls were used to elucidate the regulation of metabolic...

Double Hall sensor structure reducing voltage offset.

The Review of scientific instruments

Oszwaldowski M, El-Ahmar S.
PMID: 28764546
Rev Sci Instrum. 2017 Jul;88(7):075005. doi: 10.1063/1.4993615.

In this paper, we report on the double Hall sensor structure (DHSS) in which the voltage offset can be effectively reduced. The DHSS is composed of two standard Hall sensors that are activated with two currents from electrically independent...

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