2021

Khan A, Mohammad A, Haq I, Nasar M, Ahmad W, Yousafi Q, Suleman M, Ahmad S, Albutti A, Khan T, Marafie SK, Alshawaf E, Ali SS, Abubaker J, Wei DQ. Structural-Dynamics and Binding Analysis of RBD from SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) and GRP78 Receptor Revealed Basis for Higher Infectivity. Microorganisms. 2021 Nov 11;9(11):2331. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9112331. PMID: 34835456; PMCID: PMC8619099.

Al-Shammari AA, Ali H, Alahmad B, Al-Refaei FH, Al-Sabah S, Jamal MH, Alshukry A, Al-Duwairi Q and Al-Mulla F. The Impact of Strict Public Health Measures on COVID-19 Transmission in Developing Countries: The Case of Kuwait. Front. Public Health. 2021. 9:757419. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.757419

Gil-Recio C, Montori S, Al Demour S, Ababneh MA, Ferrés-Padró E, Marti C, Ferrés-Amat E, Barajas M, Al Madhoun A, Atari M. Chemically Defined Conditions Mediate an Efficient Induction of Dental Pulp Pluripotent-Like Stem Cells into Hepatocyte-Like Cells. Stem Cells International, Volume 2021, Article ID 5212852, 14 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/5212852

Hebbar P, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J, Channanath AM, Al-Mulla F, Thanaraj TA. Generalizability of GWA-Identified Genetic Risk Variants for Metabolic Traits to Populations from the Arabian Peninsula. Genes (Basel). 2021 Oct 18;12(10):1637. doi: 10.3390/genes12101637. PMID: 34681031; PMCID: PMC8535608

Alterki A, Al Shawaf E, Al-Khairi I, Cherian P, Sriraman D, Hammad M, Thanaraj TA, Ebrahim MAK, Al-Mulla F, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J. The Rise of IGFBP4 in People with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Multilevel Sleep Surgery Recovers Its Basal Levels. Dis Markers. 2021 Oct 4;2021:1219593. doi: 10.1155/2021/1219593. PMID: 34646401; PMCID: PMC8505101

Al-Abdulrazzaq D, Alkandari A, Alhusaini F, Alenazi N, Gujral UP, Venkat Narayan KM, Al-Kandari H; CODeR group. Higher rates of diabetic ketoacidosis and admission to the paediatric intensive care unit among newly diagnosed children with type 1 diabetes in Kuwait during the COVID-19 pandemic. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2021 Oct 22:e3506. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3506. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34679258

Khan A, Khan T, Ali S, Aftab S, Wang Y, Qiankun W, Khan M, Suleman M, Ali S, Heng W, Ali SS, Wei DQ, Mohammad A. SARS-CoV-2 new variants: Characteristic features and impact on the efficacy of different vaccines. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 Nov;143:112176. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112176. Epub 2021 Sep 11. PMID: 34562770; PMCID: PMC8433040

Al Madhoun A, Sindhu S, Haddad D, Atari M, Ahmad R, Al-Mulla F. Dental Pulp Stem Cells Derived From Adult Human Third Molar Tooth: A Brief Review. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Oct 12;9:717624. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2021.717624. PMID: 34712658; PMCID: PMC8545885.

Ferrés-Amat E, Al Madhoun A, Ferrés-Amat E, Al Demour S, Ababneh MA, Ferrés- Padró E, Marti C, Carrio N, Barajas M, Atari M. Histologic and Histomorphometric Evaluation of a New Bioactive Liquid BBL on Implant Surface: A Preclinical Study in Foxhound Dogs. Materials (Basel). 2021 Oct 19;14(20):6217. doi:10.3390/ma14206217. PMID: 34683810; PMCID: PMC8540508

Al-Ozairi E, Brown R, Hamdan Y, Alabdullah L, Voase N, Al Kandari J, Alsaeed D, Al Ozairi A, Hasan A, Al-Mulla F, Katikireddi SV, Gray SR, Gill JMR, Celis-Morales CA, Sattar N, Welsh P. Risk of mortality among inpatients with COVID-19 and type 2 diabetes: National data from Kuwait. Endocrinol Diabetes Metab. 2021 Oct;4(4):e00287. doi: 10.1002/edm2.287. Epub 2021 Jul 10. PMID: 34505420; PMCID: PMC8420596.

Ma KS, Wu MC, Thota E, Wang YH, Alqaderi H, Wei JC. Tonsillectomy as a risk factor of periodontitis: a population-based cohort study. J Periodontol. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.1002/JPER.21-0215. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34710237.

Alibrahim A, Abdulsalam Y, Al Mutawa S, Behbehani H, Alhuwail D, Al Jenaei S. Towards value-based healthcare: Establishing baseline pharmacy care costs for diabetes management. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3370. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34713500.

Cherian P, Al-Khairi I, Jamal M, Al-Sabah S, Ali H, Dsouza C, Alshawaf E, Al- Ali W, Al-Khaledi G, Al-Mulla F, Abu-Farha M, Abubaker J. Association Between Factors Involved in Bone Remodeling (Osteoactivin and OPG) With Plasma Levels of Irisin and Meteorin-Like Protein in People With T2D and Obesity. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Oct 29;12:752892. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.752892. PMID: 34777249; PMCID: PMC8588843

Van der Schueren B, Ellis D, Faradji RN, Al-Ozairi E, Rosen J, Mathieu C. Obesity in people living with type 1 diabetes. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 Nov;9(11):776-785. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00246-1. Epub 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34600607

Arefanian H, Al-Khairi I, Khalaf NA, Cherian P, Kavalakatt S, Madhu D, Mathur A, Qaddoumi MG, Al-Mulla F, Abubaker J, Abu-Farha M. Increased expression level of ANGPTL8 in white adipose tissue under acute and chronic cold treatment. Lipids Health Dis. 2021 Sep 26;20(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12944-021-01547-0. PMID:34565390; PMCID: PMC8466641.

Kochumon S, Al-Sayyar A, Jacob T, Hasan A, Al-Mulla F, Sindhu S, Ahmad R. TNF-α Increases IP-10 Expression in MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells via Activation of the JNK/c-Jun Pathways. Biomolecules. 2021; 11(9):1355. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11091355

Kochumon S, Arefanian H, Sindhu S, Shenouda S, Thomas R, Al-Mulla F, Tuomilehto J, Ahmad R. Adipose Tissue Steroid Receptor RNA Activator 1 (SRA1) Expression Is Associated with Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Inflammation. Cells. 2021; 10(10):2602. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10102602

Akhter N, Wilson A, Thomas R, Al-Rashed F, Kochumon S, Al-Roub A, Arefanian H, Al-Madhoun A, Al-Mulla F, Ahmad R, Sindhu S. ROS/TNF-α Crosstalk Triggers the Expression of IL-8 and MCP-1 in Human Monocytic THP-1 Cells via the NF-κB and ERK1/2 Mediated Signaling. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(19):10519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms221910519

Hasan A, Al-Mulla MR, Abubaker J, Al-Mulla F. Early insight into antibody- dependent enhancement after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2021 Sep 20:1-5. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2021.1969855. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34543154; PMCID: PMC8459929.

Al Youha S, Alowaish O, Ibrahim IK, Alghounaim M, Abu-Sheasha GA, Fakhra Z, Al Hendi S, AlQabandi Y, Almazeedi S, Al Asoomi F, Al-Sabah S. Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection amongst healthcare workers in a COVID-19 designated hospital. J Infect Public Health. 2021 Sep;14(9):1226-1232. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2021.08.012. Epub 2021 Aug 16. PMID: 34450510; PMCID: PMC8366051.