• Association between waterpipe smoking and obesity: Population-based study in Qatar 

      Alkeilani, Abdulla A.; Khalil, Abdelrahman A.; Azzan, Afaf M.; Al-Khal, Noof A.; Al-Nabit, Noora H.; ... more authors ( European Publishing , 2022 , Article)
      Introduction: Over the past decade obesity prevalence has been increasing rapidly in the Gulf region (GR) including Qatar, becoming one of the major health issues in the region. Concomitantly, waterpipe (WP) smoking is ...
    • Breast Cancer During Pregnancy: A Marked Propensity to Triple-Negative Phenotype. 

      Allouch, Soumaya; Gupta, Ishita; Malik, Shaza; Al Farsi, Halema F; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)
      Breast and cervical cancers comprise 50% of all cancers during pregnancy. In particular, gestational breast cancer is considered one of the most aggressive types of cancers, which is a rare but fatal disease. However, the ...
    • Co-incidence of Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr Virus Is Associated With High to Intermediate Tumor Grade in Human Head and Neck Cancer in Syria. 

      Gupta, Ishita; Ghabreau, Lina; Al-Thawadi, Hamda; Yasmeen, Amber; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)
      High-risk human papillomaviruses (high-risk HPVs) have been recently reported to be co-present with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in different types of human cancers including head and neck (HN), where they can cooperate in the ...
    • Co-presence of Epstein-Barr virus and high-risk human papillomaviruses in Syrian colorectal cancer samples. 

      Malki, Mohammed I; Gupta, Ishita; Fernandes, Queenie; Aboulkassim, Tahar; Yasmeen, Amber; ... more authors ( Taylor & Francis , 2020 , Article)
      We recently performed two studies exploring the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and high-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) types 16, 18, 31, 33 and 35 in human colorectal cancers from the Syrian population. Herein, ...
    • The co-presence of high-risk human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus is linked with tumor grade and stage in Qatari women with breast cancer. 

      Gupta, Ishita; Jabeen, Ayesha; Al-Sarraf, Reem; Farghaly, Hanan; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( Taylor and Francis , 2020 , Article)
      High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPV) can be present and cooperate with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to promote the onset and/or progression of various cancers including cervical, breast, head and neck as well as colorectal. ...
    • Co-presence of human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus is linked with advanced tumor stage: a tissue microarray study in head and neck cancer patients. 

      Al-Thawadi, Hamda; Gupta, Ishita; Jabeen, Ayesha; Skenderi, Faruk; Aboulkassim, Tahar; ... more authors ( BMC , 2020 , Article)
      Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), known oncoviruses, can be co-present and cooperate in the initiation and/or progression of human carcinomas, including head and neck. Based on this fact, we ...
    • Coinfection of HPVs Is Associated with Advanced Stage in Colorectal Cancer Patients from Qatar 

      Fernandes, Queenie; Gupta, Ishita; Murshed, Khaled; Abo Samra, Hayan; Al-Thawadi, Hamda; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are considered risk factors in the origin of several human malignancies, such as breast, cervical, head and neck, as well as colorectal cancers. However, there are no data reported ...
    • Copresence of High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr Virus in Colorectal Cancer: A Tissue Microarray and Molecular Study from Lebanon 

      Nagi, Karim; Gupta, Ishita; Jurdi, Nawaf; Yasmeen, Amber; Vranić, Semir; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) have been reported to be present in different types of human cancers ...
    • Correction to: Co-prevalence of human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) in healthy blood donors from diverse nationalities in Qatar 

      Gupta, Ishita; Nasrallah, Gheyath K.; Sharma, Anju; Jabeen, Ayesha; Smatti, Maria K.; ... more authors ( BMC , 2020 , Other)
      Correction to: Cancer Cell Int (2020) 20:107 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12935-020-01190-2
    • E-Cigarette Liquid Provokes Significant Embryotoxicity and Inhibits Angiogenesis. 

      Ashour, Anas; Alhussain, Hashim; Rashid, Umar Bin; Abughazzah, Labiba; Gupta, Ishita; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      E-cigarette smoking (ECS) is a new method of tobacco smoking that is gaining popularity as it is thought to be a "healthy method" of tobacco consumption. The adverse outcomes of ECS on the respiratory and cardiovascular ...
    • The effect of surface-modified gold nanorods on the early stage of embryonic development and angiogenesis: Insight into the molecular pathways 

      Mahmoud, Nouf N.; Zakaria, Zain Zaki; Kheraldine, Hadeel; Gupta, Ishita; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Gold nanorods have been implicated in several biomedical applications. Herein, the effect of two surface-modified gold nanorods on the early stages of embryogenesis and angiogenesis was investigated using avian embryos at ...
    • Fascin in Gynecological Cancers: An Update of the Literature 

      Gupta, Ishita; Vranic, Semir; Al-Thawadi, Hamda; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Fascin is an actin-binding protein that is encoded by the gene (located on chromosome 7). It triggers membrane projections and stimulates cell motility in cancer cells. Fascin overexpression has been described in different ...
    • Gene expression and miRNAs profiling: Function and regulation in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) - positive breast cancer 

      Sareyeldin, Rasha M.; Gupta, Ishita; Al-Hashimi, Israa; Al-Thawadi, Hamda A.; Al Farsi, Halema F.; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)
      Breast cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. It is a heterogeneous disease with four major molecular subtypes. One of the subtypes, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 ...
    • Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 

      Alize J, Ferrari; Santomauro, Damian Francesco; Aali, Amirali; Abate, Yohannes Habtegiorgis; Abbafati, Cristiana; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)
      BackgroundDetailed, comprehensive, and timely reporting on population health by underlying causes of disability and premature death is crucial to understanding and responding to complex patterns of disease and injury burden ...
    • Haematococcus pluvialis Microalgae Extract Inhibits Proliferation, Invasion, and Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells 

      Alateyah, Nouralhuda; Ahmad, Salma M. S.; Gupta, Ishita; Fouzat, Arij; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2022 , Article)
      Breast cancer (BC) is the most common malignant cancer in females worldwide. Drug resistance, toxicity, and the failure of current therapies to completely cure BC has challenged conventional medicine. Consequently, ...
    • High-Risk HPV Oncoproteins and PD-1/PD-L1 Interplay in Human Cervical Cancer: Recent Evidence and Future Directions 

      Allouch, Soumaya; Malki, Ahmed; Allouch, Asma; Gupta, Ishita; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media , 2020 , Article)
      Cervical cancer is the fourth most common malignancy in women worldwide and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality in developing countries. Important etiological factors in this cancer are high-risk human papillomaviruses ...
    • High-Risk Human Papillomaviruses (HPV) and Epstein - Barr virus (EBV) are Commonly Present in Rectal Cancer 

      Gupta, Ishita; Jabeen, Ayesha; Skenderi, Faruk; Malki, Mohammed; Al-Thawadi, Hamda; ... more authors ( Springer Nature , 2020 , Conference Paper)
      Background: Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) are well-established oncoviruses that can be co-present and cooperate in the initiation and/or progression of various human cancers. We recently reported ...
    • High-risk human papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr virus in breast cancer in Lebanese women and their association with tumor grade: a molecular and tissue microarray study. 

      Nagi, Karim; Gupta, Ishita; Jurdi, Nawaf; Jabeen, Ayesha; Yasmeen, Amber; ... more authors ( BMC , 2021 , Article)
      High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are present and can cooperate with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to initiate and/or enhance the progression of several types of human carcinomas including cervical as well as head and ...
    • HPV and Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis: A Brief Review 

      Ouda, Amr Mohamed; Elsabagh, Ahmed Adel; Elmakaty, Ibrahim Mohamed; Gupta, Ishita; Vranic, Semir; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare but severe manifestation of human papillomavirus (HPV). As our knowledge about HPV infections has expanded, it has become possible to understand the course of RRP disease ...
    • Human Papillomaviruses and Epstein-Barr Virus Interactions in Colorectal Cancer: A Brief Review. 

      Fernandes, Queenie; Gupta, Ishita; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) and the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) are the most common oncoviruses, contributing to approximately 10%-15% of all malignancies. Oncoproteins of high-risk HPVs (E5 and E6/E7), as well as EBV (LMP1, ...