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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.; Talab, Omar M.; Al-Hajri, Rahaf A.; Rahmoon, Samreen M.; Ashour, Anas A.; Gupta, Ishita; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin; Malki, Mohammed I... more authors ... less 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 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; Yasmeen, Amber; Malki, Mohammed I; Batist, Gerald; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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 ... -
E-Cigarette Liquid Provokes Significant Embryotoxicity and Inhibits Angiogenesis.
Ashour, Anas; Alhussain, Hashim; Rashid, Umar Bin; Abughazzah, Labiba; Gupta, Ishita; Malki, Ahmed; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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; Al-Asmakh, Maha; Moustafa, Ala Eddin Al... more authors ... less 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.; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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 ... -
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; Das, Probir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin; Ouhtit, Allal... more authors ... less 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; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less 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 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; Batist, Gerald; Vranic, Semir; Al-Moustafa, Ala Eddin... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Nature , 2021 , Article)Background: 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 ... -
Human Papillomaviruses-Related Cancers: An Update on the Presence and Prevention Strategies in the Middle East and North African Regions.
Fernandes, Queenie; Allouch, Soumaya; Gupta, Ishita; Elmakaty, Ibrahim; Elzawawi, Khaled E; Amarah, Ahmed; Al-Thawadi, Hamda; Al-Farsi, Halema; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a non-enveloped double-stranded DNA virus capable of infecting skin and mucosa epithelial cells. Commonly, HPV infection is associated with sexually transmitted diseases and is considered ... -
Implications of Gut Microbiota in Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition and Cancer Progression: A Concise Review
Gupta, Ishita; Pedersen, Shona; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala Eddin ( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)Advancement in the development of molecular sequencing platforms has identified infectious bacteria or viruses that trigger the dysregulation of a set of genes inducing the epithelial– mesenchymal transition (EMT) event. ... -
Oncoproteins of High-Risk HPV and EBV Cooperate to Enhance Cell Motility and Invasion of Human Breast Cancer Cells Erk1/Erk2 and β-Catenin Signaling Pathways.
Gupta, Ishita; Jabeen, Ayesha; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin; Al-Thawadi, Hamda ( Frontiers Media , 2021 , Article)Breast cancer is a leading cause of death in women around the world. Most breast cancer-related deaths are a result of complications from the metastatic spread. Several recent studies reported that high-risk human ... -
Substantial cell apoptosis provoked by naked PAMAM dendrimers in HER2-positive human breast cancer via JNK and ERK1/ERK2 signalling pathways
Hadeel, Kheraldine; Gupta, Ishita; Alhussain, Hashim; Jabeen, Aayesha; Cyprian, Farhan S.; Akhtar, Saghir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin; Rachid, Ousama... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)HER2-positive breast cancer is one of its most challenging subtypes, forming around 15–25% of the total cases. It is characterized by aggressive behavior and treatment resistance. On the other hand, poly (amidoamine) (PAMAM) ... -
The Combination of Dasatinib and PD L1 inhibitor prevents the progression of epithelial mesenchymal transition and dramatically blocks cell invasion of HER2 positive breast cancer cells
Kheraldine, Hadeel; Gupta, Ishita; Cyprian, Farhan; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin ( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Poster)Introduction: Both Dasatinib (DA), a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that is used for targeted cancer therapy, and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) inhibitor that is an immune checkpoint therapy, play a vital role in the ... -
Triple Negative Breast Cancer Profile, from Gene to microRNA, in Relation to Ethnicity.
Gupta, Ishita; Sareyeldin, Rasha M.; Al-Hashimi, Israa; Al-Thawadi, Hamda A.; Al Farsi, Halema; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2019 , Article)Breast cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related deaths among women worldwide. It is classified into four major molecular subtypes. Triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs), a subgroup of breast cancer, are defined ... -
Water-Pipe Smoking Exposure Deregulates a Set of Genes Associated with Human Head and Neck Cancer Development and Prognosis.
López-Ozuna, Vanessa M; Gupta, Ishita; Kiow, Ryan Liu Chen; Matanes, Emad; Kheraldine, Hadeel; Yasmeen, Amber; Khalil, Ashraf; Vranic, Semir; Al Moustafa, Ala-Eddin; Farsi, Halema F Al... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)Water-pipe smoking (WPS) is becoming the most popular form of tobacco use among the youth, especially in the Middle East, replacing cigarettes rapidly and becoming a major risk of tobacco addiction worldwide. Smoke from ...