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Familial Mediterranean Fever: Observations from a pilot gene expression microarray analysis study

Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Kreidieh, Khalil; Khalek, Rabab Abdel; Yazbek, Soha N. (Cellular and Molecular Biology Association, 2017)

Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease affecting people of Mediterranean ancestry. The disease is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene located on chromosome 16p13.3. The aim ...
FARS2 Mutations: More Than Two Phenotypes? A Case Report

Hotait, Mostafa; Nasreddine, Wassim M.; El-Khoury, Riyad; Dirani, Maya M.; Nawfal, Omar; Beydoun, Ahmad A. (Frontiers Media S.A., 2020)

FARS2, a nuclear gene, encodes the mitochondrial phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (mtPheRS). Previous reports have described two distinct phenotypes linked to FARS2 gene mutation: an early onset epileptic encephalopathy and ...
Fatty acid composition including trans-fatty acids in selected cereal-based baked snacks from Lebanon

Habbal, Mohammad Zouheir; Toufeili, I.; Zuheir Habbal, M.; Nasreddine, Lara M. (Academic Press Inc., 2015)

Ten samples of biscuits (including plain, whole meal, cream-filled and chocolate-coated), 7 samples of cakes (including plain, chocolate and cream-filled), 4 samples of wafers (including plain, chocolate-filled, coated and ...
Feasibility of the Combination of Venetoclax and Asparaginase-based Chemotherapy for Adult Patients With Relapsed/Refractory Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

El-Cheikh, Jean; Moukalled, Nour M.; El Darsa, Haidar; Massoud, Radwan; Kanj, Souha S.; Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid (Elsevier Inc., 2018)
Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors of the head and neck: Comprehensive imaging-based review with pathologic correlation

Hourani, Roula G.; Taslakian, Bedros; Shabb, Nina Salem; Nassar, Lara J.; Hourani, Mukbil H.; Moukarbel, Roger V.; Sabri, Alain N.; Rizk, Toni (Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2015)

Fibroblastic and myofibroblastic tumors of the head and neck are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by the proliferation of fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, or both. These tumors may be further subclassified on ...
First insights on the genetic diversity of MDR Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Lebanon

Panossian, Balig; Salloum, Tamara; Araj, George F.; Khazen, Georges; Tokajian, Sima T. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)

Background: Lebanon hosts a heterogeneous population coming from underdeveloped and developing countries, resulting in increasing incidences of tuberculosis over the past years. The genetic heterogeneity and lineages ...
First report of a deletion encompassing an entire exon in the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase gene causing alkaptonuria

Habbal, Mohammad Zouheir; Bou-Assi, Tarek; Zhu, Jun; Owen, Renius X.; Chehab, Farid F. (Public Library of Science, 2014)

Alkaptonuria is often diagnosed clinically with episodes of dark urine, biochemically by the accumulation of peripheral homogentisic acid and molecularly by the presence of mutations in the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase ...
First report of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mcr-8.1 gene from a clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae isolate from Lebanon

Salloum, Tamara; Panossian, Balig; Bitar, Ibrahim; Bitar, Ibrahim; Hrabák, Jaroslav; Hrabák, Jaroslav; Araj, George F.; Tokajian, Sima T. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2020)

Colistin is considered as a last resort treatment for infections caused by multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae. Plasmid-mediated mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes contributed to the global spread of colistin ...
First report on HLA-DPA1 gene allelic distribution in the general Lebanese population

Haddad, Joseph; Shammaa, Dina M.R.; Abbas, Fatmeh Ibrahim; Mahfouz, Rami A.R. (Elsevier, 2016)

Aims: HLA-DPA1 is an important marker in bone marrow and organ transplantation and a highly emerging screening parameter in histocompatibility laboratories. Being highly polymorphic, it has another significant value in ...
FISH analyses for 1p and 19q status on gliomas: Reporting an 8 years' experience from a tertiary care center in the Middle East

Massaad, Elie; Tabbarah, Abeer Z.; Barmada, Mamdouha Abdab; Rbeiz, Jean; Nasser, Selim M.; Farra, Chantal G. (W.B. Saunders, 2022)

Diffuse gliomas are the most common primary malignancies of the central nervous system (CNS). The 2016 edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of CNS tumors opted to integrate current molecular data ...
Fludarabine-based reduced intensity regimen for matched related donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in acquired severe aplastic anemia

Ghanem, Khaled M.; Kharfan-Dabaja, M. A.; El-Solh, Hassan; Harris, Nariman; Kreidieh, Nabeela M.A.; Nehme, Rita; Muwakkit, Samar A.; Saab, Raya H.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid; Abboud, Miguel Raul (Elsevier Masson SAS, 2017)

Different conditioning regimens have been evaluated in matched-related donor allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) for acquired severe aplastic anemia (SAA) with varying results. In this manuscript, ...
Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma of the head and neck expressing thyroid transcription factor-1: A case report with clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical literature review

Jabbour, Mark N.; Fedda, Faysal A.; Tawil, Ayman N.; Shabb, Nina Salem; Boulos, Fouad I. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)

Follicular dendritic cell sarcoma (FDCS) is a rare neoplasm of follicular dendritic cells, most commonly affecting the lymph nodes and extranodal soft tissues of the head and neck, but also potentially arising in any ...
Frequency and mutational spectrum of PIK3CA gene mutations in breast cancer patients: Largest and first report from Lebanon

Hamadeh, Lama N.; Farhat, Lama; Hilal, Lamia; Assi, Hazem I.; Nasr, Fadi L.; Chahine, Georges Y.; Kattan, Joseph G.; Farhat, Fadi Sami; Kourié, Hampig Raphaël; El-Hachem, Georges; Ghosn, Marwan G.; El-Saghir, Nagi S.; Chamseddine, Nabil M.; Finianos, Antoine; Ghanem, Hady; Younes, Ahmad; Gerges, Dany Abi; Temraz, Sally N.; Haidar, Mohamad B.; Nabhan, Therese; Chamseddine, Ali; Tfayli, Arafat Hussein; Zaatari, Ghazi S.; Mahfouz, Rami A.R. (Elsevier B.V., 2023)

The PIK3CA pathway is one of the most frequently altered pathways in human cancers, especially in breast cancer with approximately 40% of HR+/HER2– advanced breast cancer cases exhibiting mutations in the PIK3CA gene. While ...
From cultivation to cancer: formation of N-nitrosamines and other carcinogens in smokeless tobacco and their mutagenic implications

Stanfill, Stephen B.; Hecht, Stephen S.; Joerger, Andreas C.; González, Pablo Javier; Maia, Luisa B.; Rivas, María Gabriela; MOURA, José J.G.; Gupta, Alpana Kumar; Le Brun, Nick E.; Crack, Jason C.; Hainaut, Pierre L.; Sparacino-Watkins, Courtney; Tyx, Robert E.; Pillai, Suresh D.; Zaatari, Ghazi S.; Henley, S. Jane; Blount, Benjamin C.; Watson, Clifford H.; Kaina, Bernd; Ravi, Mehrotra Kumar (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2023)

Tobacco use is a major cause of preventable morbidity and mortality globally. Tobacco products, including smokeless tobacco (ST), generally contain tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs), such as N′-nitrosonornicotine ...
Full genome characterization of human influenza A/H3N2 isolates from asian countries reveals a rare amantadine resistance-conferring mutation and novel PB1-F2 polymorphisms

Zaraket, Hassan; Kondo, Hiroshi; Hibino, Akinobu; Yagami, Ren; Odagiri, Takashi; Takemae, Nobuhiro; Tsunekuni, Ryota; Saito, Takehiko Saito; Kimura, Shinji; Kawashima, Takashi; Sato, Isamu; Hibi, Shigeyoshi; Kodo, Naoki; Masaki, Hironori; Shirahige, Yutaka; Asoh, Norichika; Kita, Yoshiko; Kuroki, Reiki; Nawata, Yasuo; Ono, Yasuhiko; Makiya, Tomoko; Takefuta, Kiyotaka; Myint, Yi Yi; Kyaw, Yadanar; Oo, Khin Yi; Tin, Htay Htay; Lin, Nay; Anh, Nguyen Phuong; Hang, Nguyen Le Khanh; Mai, Le Quynh; Hassan, Mohd Rohaizat; Shobugawa, Yugo; Tang, Julians Wei Tze; Dbaibo, Ghassan S.; Saito, Reiko (Frontiers Media S.A., 2016)

Influenza A viruses evolve at a high rate requiring continuous monitoring to maintain the efficacy of vaccines and antiviral drugs. We performed next generation sequencing analysis of 100 influenza A/H3N2 isolates collected ...
G-CSF plus preemptive plerixafor vs hyperfractionated CY plus G-CSF for autologous stem cell mobilization in multiple myeloma: Effectiveness, safety and cost analysis

Antar, Ahmad I.; Otrock, Zaher K.; Kharfan-Dabaja, M. A.; Ghaddara, Hussein Abou; Kreidieh, Nabeela M.A.; Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Bazarbachi, Ali Abdul Hamid (Nature Publishing Group, 2015)

The optimal stem cell mobilization regimen for patients with multiple myeloma (MM) remains undefined. We retrospectively compared our experience in hematopoietic cell mobilization in 83 MM patients using fractionated ...
Gene expression profiling of breast cancer in Lebanese women

Makoukji, Joelle; Makhoul, Nadine J.; Khalil, Maya K.; El-Sitt, Sally Boulos; Saad Aldin, Ehab; Jabbour, Mark N.; Boulos, Fouad I.; Gadaleta, Emanuela; Sangaralingam, Ajanthah; Chelala, Claude; Boustany, Rose Mary Naaman; Tfayli, Arafat Hussein (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)

Breast cancer is commonest cancer in women worldwide. Elucidation of underlying biology and molecular pathways is necessary for improving therapeutic options and clinical outcomes. Molecular alterations in breast cancer ...
Genetic markers of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a retrospective study of 312 patients from a reference center in Lebanon

Ayoub, Georges; Sinan, Hassan; Kourié, Hampig Raphaël; Kattan, Joseph G.; Nasr, Fadi L.; El-Karak, Fadi; Wakim, Jad; Ghosn, Marwan G.; Chahine, Georges Y.; Farra, Chantal G.; Chebly, Alain (Newlands Press Ltd, 2023)

Aim: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a highly heterogenous hemopathy. Genetic stratification of CLL patients has important prognostic and therapeutic values - mainly immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region gene ...
Genetic polymorphisms in candidate genes predict increased toxicity with methotrexate therapy in Lebanese children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Khoueiry-Zgheib, Nathalie; Akra-Ismail, Maya; Al-Aridi, Carol; Mahfouz, Rami A.R.; Abboud, Miguel Raul; El-Solh, Hassan; Muwakkit, Samar A. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)

BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to analyze polymorphisms in genes involved in 6-mercaptopurine detoxification (TPMT); methotrexate (MTX) metabolism including ABCB1 (or MDR1), ABCC2, SLC19A1 (or RFC1), and SLCO1B1; and ...
Genetics of myocardial infarction: The role of thrombosis-associated genes. A review article

Msheik, Ahmad; Mahfouz, Rami A.R. (Elsevier B.V., 2017)

Myocardial infarction (MI) is the death of myocytes due to prolonged ischemia which is the result of perfusion-demand mismatch in the corresponding tissues. Although the medical field has progressed tremendously in elaborating ...

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