2021

Al-Abdulrazzaq D, Al-Taiar A, Al-Haddad M, Al-Tararwa A, Al-Zanati N, Al-Yousef A, Davidsson L, Al-Kandari H. Cultural Adaptation of Health Literacy Measures: Translation Validation of the Newest Vital Sign in Arabic-Speaking Parents of Children With Type 1 Diabetes in Kuwait. Sci Diabetes Self Manag Care. 2021 Apr;47(2):164-172. doi: 10.1177/0145721721996309. Epub 2021 Feb 28.PMID: 34078178.

Jahromi M, Al-Otaibi T, Ashry Gheith O, Farouk Othman N, Mahmoud T, Nair P, A-Halim M, Aggarwal P, Messenger G, Chu P, De Serres SA, Azzi JR. Analysis of the frequency of single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine genes in patients with New Onset Diabetes After Transplant. Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 16;11(1):6014. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-84400-9. PMID: 33727573; PMCID: PMC7966742.

Katoue MG, Somerville SG, Barake R, Scott M. The perceptions of healthcare professionals about accreditation and its impact on quality of healthcare in Kuwait: a qualitative study. J Eval Clin Pract. 2021 Dec;27(6):1310-1320. doi: 10.1111/jep.13557. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33749091

Sindhu S, Leung YH, Arefanian H, Madiraju SRM, Al-Mulla F, Ahmad R, Prentki M. Neutral sphingomyelinase-2 and cardiometabolic diseases. Obes Rev. 2021 Aug;22(8):e13248. doi: 10.1111/obr.13248. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33738905.

Eaaswarkhanth M, Pathak AK, Ongaro L, Montinaro F, Hebbar P, Alsmadi O, Metspalu M, Al-Mulla F, Thanaraj TA. Unraveling a fine-scale high genetic heterogeneity and recent continental connections of an Arabian Peninsula population. Eur J Hum Genet. 2022 Mar;30(3):307-319. doi: 10.1038/s41431-021-00861-6. Epub 2021 Mar 22. PMID: 33753911; PMCID: PMC8904638.

Abu-Farha M, Tuomilehto J, Abubaker J. Editorial: Diabetes in the Middle East. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Feb 19;12:638653. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.638653. PMID: 33716990; PMCID: PMC7945692.

Khan A, Zia T, Suleman M, Khan T, Ali SS, Abbasi AA, Mohammad A, Wei DQ. Higher infectivity of the SARS-CoV-2 new variants is associated with K417N/T, E484K, and N501Y mutants: An insight from structural data. J Cell Physiol. 2021 Oct;236(10):7045-7057. doi: 10.1002/jcp.30367. Epub 2021 Mar 23. PMID: 33755190; PMCID: PMC8251074.

John SE, Channanath AM, Hebbar P, Nizam R, Thanaraj TA, Al-Mulla F. PharmaKU: A Web-Based Tool Aimed at Improving Outreach and Clinical Utility of Pharmacogenomics. J Pers Med. 2021 Mar 16;11(3):210. doi: 10.3390/jpm11030210. PMID: 33809530; PMCID: PMC7998233.

Hasan A, Al-Ozairi E, Al-Baqsumi Z, Ahmad R, Al-Mulla F. Cellular and Humoral Immune Responses in Covid-19 and Immunotherapeutic Approaches, ImmunoTargets and Therapy 2021:10 63–85

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060. PMID: 33685583; PMCID: PMC7943191.

Al-Ozairi E, Jallo MK, Hafidh K, Alhajeri DM, Ashour T, Mahmoud EFN, Abd ElAal Z, Loulou M. Prevalence of Cardiovascular and Renal Co-morbidities in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Gulf, a Cross-sectional Observational Study. Diabetes Ther. 2021 Apr;12(4):1193-1207. doi: 10.1007/s13300-021-01038-6. Epub 2021 Mar 10. PMID: 33694092; PMCID: PMC7994503.

Al Juraibah F, Al Amiri E, Al Dubayee M, Al Jubeh J, Al Kandari H, Al Sagheir A, Al Shaikh A, Beshyah SA, Deeb A, Habeb A, Mustafa M, Zidan H, Mughal MZ. Diagnosis and management of X-linked hypophosphatemia in children and adolescent in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Arch Osteoporos. 2021 Mar 4;16(1):52. doi: 10.1007/s11657-021-00879-9. PMID: 33660084.

Cardona-Hernandez R, Schwandt A, Alkandari H, Bratke H, Chobot A, Coles N, Corathers S, Goksen D, Goss P, Imane Z, Nagl K, O'Riordan SMP, Jefferies C; SWEET Study Group. Glycemic Outcome Associated With Insulin Pump and Glucose Sensor Use in Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes. Data From the International Pediatric Registry SWEET. Diabetes Care. 2021 Mar 2:dc201674. doi:10.2337/dc20-1674. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33653821.

Oguoma VM, Coffee NT, Alsharrah S, Abu-Farha M, Al-Refaei FH, Alkandari A, Al-Mulla F, Daniel M. Anthropometric cut-points for discriminating diabetes and metabolic syndrome among Arabs and Asians: the Kuwait Diabetes Epidemiology Program. Br J Nutr. 2021 Mar 4:1-25. doi: 10.1017/S0007114521000751. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33658089.

Yan S, Kumari M, Xiao H, Jacobs C, Kochumon S, Jedrychowski M, Chouchani E, Ahmad R, Rosen ED. IRF3 reduces adipose thermogenesis via ISG15-mediated reprogramming of glycolysis. J Clin Invest. 2021 Apr 1;131(7):e144888. doi: 10.1172/JCI144888. PMID: 33571167; PMCID: PMC8011904.

Dashti M, Alsaleh H, Eaaswarkhanth M, John SE, Nizam R, Melhem M, Hebbar P, Sharma P, Al-Mulla F, Thanaraj TA. Delineation of Mitochondrial DNA Variants From Exome Sequencing Data and Association of Haplogroups With Obesity in Kuwait. Front Genet. 2021 Feb 11;12:626260. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.626260. PMID: 33659027; PMCID: PMC7920096.

Trocmé C, Gonnet N, Di Tommaso M, Samouda H, Cracowski JL, Cracowski C, Lambert-Porcheron S, Laville M, Nobécourt E, Gaddhab C, Le Lay A, Bohn T, Poitou C, Clément K, Al-Mulla F, Bitar MS, Bottari SP. Serum IRAP, a Novel Direct Biomarker of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes? Front Mol Biosci. 2021 Feb 16;7:596141. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.596141. PMID: 33665204; PMCID: PMC7921167.

Al-Mulla F, Mohammad A, Al Madhoun A, Haddad D, Ali H, Eaaswarkhanth M, John SE, Nizam R, Channanath A, Abu-Farha M, Ahmad R, Abubaker J, Thanaraj TA. ACE2 and FURIN variants are potential predictors of SARS-CoV-2 outcome: A time to implement precision medicine against COVID-19. Heliyon. 2021 Feb;7(2):e06133. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06133. Epub 2021 Jan 28. PMID:33532652; PMCID: PMC7843038.

Almari M, Mohammad A, Abubaker J, Ziyab AH. Obesity and Prediabetes are Jointly Associated with Lipid Abnormalities Among Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes. 2021 Jan 22;14:345-353. doi: 10.2147/DMSO.S290383

Alroughani R, Huppke P, Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska M, Blaschek A, Valis M, Aaen G, Pultz J, Peng X, Beynon V. Delayed-Release Dimethyl Fumarate Safety and Efficacy in Pediatric Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Front Neurol. 2021 Jan 4;11:606418. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2020.606418. PMID: 33473248; PMCID: PMC7812971.