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Jump to: Abdelrahman Zaied, MBBCH     Dania Al Jabri, MD     Omar Elsayed, MBBCH      Internal Medicine Clinical Pathway

 

Abdelrahman Zaied, MBBCH

Abdelrahman Aied, MBBCH

Mansoura University Faculty of Medicine 

PGY-3

Currently working on:

  • Role of monocytes in pathophysiology and progression of the disease in patients with PAD.

Published

Articles

Kovacs-Kasa A, Zaied AA, Leanhart S, Koseoglu M, Sridhar S, Lucas R, Fulton DJ, Vazquez JA, Annex BH. Elevated Cytokine Levels in Plasma of Patients with SARS-CoV-2 Do Not Contribute to Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Permeability. Microbiol Spectr. 2022 Feb 23;10(1):e0167121. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01671-21. Epub 2022 Feb 16. PMID: 35171047; PMCID: PMC8849075.

Zaied, A. A., Ushio‐Fukai, M., Fukai, T., Kovacs-Kasa, A., Alhusban S., Sudhahar V., Ganta, V. C., and Annex B.H. (2023) “Pentose Pathway Activation Is Superior to Increased Glycolysis for Therapeutic Angiogenesis in Peripheral Arterial Disease” Journal of American Heart Association. 2023;12:e027986. DOI: doi:10.1161/JAHA.122.027986

Alhusban S., Nofal, M., Kovacs-Kasa, A., Kress, T., Koseoglu, M., Zaied, A. A., Chantemele E.B., Annex, B. H. (2024) “Glucosamine Mediated Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway Activation Utilizes ATF4 to Promote “Exercise-Like” Angiogenesis and Perfusion Recovery in Peripheral Arterial Disease”. Accepted. Circulation

Zaied, A. A., Al Jabri, D., Hamilton, A., Leanhart, S., Annex, B. H. (2024) “Patients with CLTI Have Elevated Intermediate Monocytes Which Have VEGF165 b-Mediated Impaired VEGFR1 Phosphorylation: A Clue Linking Legs and Life in PAD?” in preparation for Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. 

Aluhusban, S., Zaied, A. A., Eldahshan, W., Kovascs-Kasa, A., Koseoglu, M., Annex, B. H. (2020) “Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway as a Potential Therapeutic Pathway in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Diseases. 

Zaied, A. A., Ushio‐Fukai, M., Fukai, T., Kovacs-Kasa, A., Alhusban S., Ganta, V. C., and Annex B.H. (2021) “MicroRNA-93 Induces Functional Angiogenesis by Activating Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Hypoxic Endothelium”. ACP GA Chapter. Resident Research

Zaied, A. A., Ushio‐Fukai, M., Fukai, T., Kovacs-Kasa, A., Alhusban S., Ganta, V. C., and Annex B.H. (2022) “MicroRNA-93 Induces Functional Angiogenesis by Activating Pentose Phosphate Pathway in Hypoxic Endothelium”. ACP Nationals. Chicago, IL. 

Zaied, A. A., Brewer, L., Rezaee, S., Threlkeld, E., Leanhart, S., Hamilton, A., Annex, B. H. (2022) “Monocyte Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1 Signaling in Peripheral Artery Disease” Circulation. 2022;146:A14054 

Zaied, A. A., Eldahshan, W., Scanlan, L., Koseoglu, M., Annex, B. H. (2022) “Antisense IGF2R RNA (Airn) Impairs Perfusion Recovery Following Hind Limb Ischemia”. ACS. San Diego CA

Rezaee, S., Threlkeld, E., Naeini, S. E., Bhandari, B., Meeks, W., Meeks A., Zaied, A. A., Leanhart, S., Brewer, L., Hamilton A., Hess, D. C., Annex, B. H., Salles, E., Baban, B. (2023) “Sexual Dimorphism And Elabela Expression In Peripheral Artery Disease”. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2023;43:A374

Aluhusban S., Kovascs-Kasa, A., Nofal, M., Zaied, A. A., Koseoglu, M., Annex, B. H. (2024) "Unveiling Cell Metabolic Pathways II21 Driven Angiogenesis And Barrier Stability in Ischemic Conditions" ATVB 2024 Vol. 44 

 

Dania Al Jabri, MD

aljabri2024

 

Qassim University School of Medicine 

PGY-3

Currently working on:

  • Anti-angiogenic VEGF165b and VEGFR1 Signaling on monocytes in Peripheral Artery Disease.
  • Glucosamine effect on human  derived macrophages

Published

Article

Musa A Sharkawi, Sean McMahon, Dania Al Jabri, Paul D Thompson, Current perspectives on location of monitoring and length of stay following PPCI for ST elevation myocardial infarction, European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care, Volume 8, Issue 6, 1 September 2019, Pages 562–570, https://doi.org/10.1177/2048872619860217

Omar Elsayed, MBBCH

elsayed2024

October 6 - University Faculty of Medicine

PGY-2

Currently working on:

  • Investigating the complex interaction between inflammation, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases using proteomics data.
  • Leveraging population health science tools to understand health disparities in the field fo cardio-oncology.
  • Using longitudinal data to identify risk factors for developing cardiovascular diseases in cancer patients.

Published

Articles

Makram, O. M., Okwuosa, T., Addison, D., Cortes, J., Dent, S., Bevel, M., Ganatra, S., Al‐Kindi, S., Hedrick, C. C., Weintraub, N. L., Wang, X., & Guha, A. August 2024. Cardiovascular Diseases Increase Cancer Mortality in Adults: NHANES‐Continuous Study. Journal of the American Heart Association, e035500. DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.124.035500

Makram, O. M., Kunhiraman, H. H., Harris, R. A., Hedrick, C. C., Nasir, K., Weintraub, N. L., Wang, X., & Guha, A. April 2024. Examining the interplay between cardiovascular disease and cancer incidence: Data from NHANES III and continuous. American Heart Journal Plus, 40, 100380. DOI: 10.1016/j.ahjo.2024.100380

Makram, O. M., Pan, A., Maddock, J. E., & Kash, B. A. January 2024. Nature and Mental Health in Urban Texas: A NatureScore-Based Study. International journal of environmental research and public health, 21(2), 168. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21020168

Seth, L., Makram, O. M., Essa, A., Patel, V., Jiang, S., Bhave, A., Yerraguntla, S., Gopu, G., Malik, S., Swaby, J., Rast, J., Padgett, C. A., Shetewi, A., Nain, P., Weintraub, N., Miller, E. D., Dent, S., Barac, A., Shiradkar, R.,…Guha, A. July 2024. Laterality of Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer is Not Associated with Increased Risk for Coronary Artery Disease in the Contemporary Era. Advances in Radiation Oncology. DOI: 10.1016/j.adro.2024.101583

Nain, P., Stabellini, N., Makram, O. M., Rast, J., Yerraguntla, S., Gopu, G., Bhave, A., Seth, L., Patel, V., Jiang, S., Malik, S., Shetewi, A., Montero, A. J., Cullen, J., Agarwal, N., Wang, X., Ky, B., Baldassarre, L. A., Weintraub, N. L.,…Guha, A. August 2024. Adverse Social Determinants of Health Elevate Uncontrolled Hypertension Risk: A Cardio-Oncology Prospective Cohort Study. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkae064

Sammour, Y. M., Bou Chaaya, R. G., Hatab, T., Zaid, S., Aoun, J., Makram, O. M., Wessly, P., Samimi, S., Nagueh, S. F., Zoghbi, W. A., Atkins, M. D., Reardon, M. J., Faza, N., Little, S. H., Kleiman, N. S., & Goel, S. S. June 2024. Impact of Left Atrial Pressure on Outcomes After Mitral Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014055

Nwana, N., Makram, O. M., Nicolas, J. C., Pan, A., Gullapelli, R., Parekh, T., Javed, Z., Titus, A., Al-Kindi, S., Guan, J., Sun, K., Jones, S. L., Maddock, J. E., Chang, J., & Nasir, K. May 2024. Neighborhood Walkability Is Associated With Lower Burden of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Cancer Patients. JACC CardioOncology, 6(3), 421-435. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccao.2024.03.009

Makram, O. M., Nwana, N., Nicolas, J. C., Gullapelli, R., Pan, A., Bose, B., Parekh, T., Al-Kindi, S., Yahya, T., Hagan, K., Javed, Z., Patel, K., Sharma, G., Jones, S. L., Cainzos-Achirica, M., Maddock, J. E., & Nasir, K. June 2023. Favorable Neighborhood Walkability is Associated With Lower Burden of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Patients Within an Integrated Health System: The Houston Methodist Learning Health System Outpatient Registry. Current Problems in Cardiology, 48(6), 101642. DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.101642


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