DDI Publications List

Khadir A, Kavalakatt S, Madhu D, Tiss A. Fetuin-a expression profile in mouse and human adipose tissue. Lipids Health Dis. 2020;19(1):38. Published 2020 Mar 12. doi:10.1186/s12944-020-01225-7

Al-Ozairi E, Rivard CJ, Sanchez Lozada LG, Lanaspa MA, Bjornstad P, Al Salem D, Alhubail A, Megahed A, Kuwabara M, Johnson RJ, Asad RA. Fructose tolerance test in obese people with and without type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes. 2020 Mar;12(3):197-204.

Alhuwail D, Albaj R, Ahmad F, Aldakheel K. The state of mental digi-therapeutics: A systematic assessment of depression and anxiety apps available for Arabic speakers. Int J Med Inform. 2020 Mar;135:104056. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.104056.

Rahme Z, Aljaser F, Taha N, Othman N, Mesbah N, Kamkar M. The role of diabetes educators in promoting diabetes-based knowledge on insulin pump therapy to school nurses and physicians. World J Pediatr, 1(1);1-6

Egginton S, Kissane RWP, Al-Shammari AA, Gaffney EA. Quantifying fiber type-specific local capillary supply. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2020 Feb 1;128(2):458-459.

Davidsson L, Alkhabbaz E, Vijayan V, Alhubail A, Shaltout A, Alkandari H. Intermediate hyperglycaemia, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome among obese Arab children (12-17 years old) in Kuwait. Prim Care Diabetes. 2020 Feb 18. pii: S1751-9918(19)30597-2.

Shiju R, Alarouj M, Jaakko T, Bennakhi A. Yoga and Its Effect on Glycemic Control and Oxidative Stress in People with Type 2 Diabetes in A Randomized Trial: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. W J Yoga Phys Ther & Rehabil 2(2): 2020. WJYPR.MS.ID.000531

Jahromi M, Jacob SP, Taha N, Lin PY, Yang KL. Identification of HLA-C*16:46 allele in a Kuwaiti individual. HLA. 2020 Jan;95(1):71-72. doi: 10.1111/tan.13705. Epub 2019 Oct 8. PMID: 31577860.

Jahromi M, Al-Khuwari M, Lin PY, Yang KL. HLA-DQB1*04:02:13, an HLA-DQB1*04:02 variant, identified in a Kuwaiti individual. HLA. 2020 Jan;95(1):80-81. doi: 10.1111/tan.13714. Epub 2019 Oct 15. PMID: 31589374.

Haddad D, Al Madhoun A, Nizam R, Al-Mulla F. Role of Caveolin-1 in Diabetes and Its Complications. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2020 Jan 27;2020:9761539. doi:10.1155/2020/9761539.

Hebbar P, Abu-Farha M, Alkayal F, Nizam R, Elkum N, Melhem M, John SE, Channanath A, Abubaker J, Bennakhi A, Al-Ozairi E, Tuomilehto J, Pitkaniemi J, Alsmadi O, Al-Mulla F, Thanaraj TA. Genome-wide association study identifies novel risk variants from RPS6KA1, CADPS, VARS, and DHX58 for fasting plasma glucose in Arab population. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 13;10(1):152. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-57072-9.

Hebbar P, Abu-Farha M, Mohammad A, Alkayal F, Melhem M, Abubaker J, Al-Mulla F, Thanaraj TA. FTO Variant rs1421085 Associates With Increased Body Weight, Soft Lean Mass, and Total Body Water Through Interaction With Ghrelin and Apolipoproteins in Arab Population. Front Genet. 2020 Jan 31;10:1411.

Khadir A, Madhu D, Kavalakatt S, Cherian P, Alarouj M, Bennakhi A, Abubaker J, Tiss A, Elkum N. PR3 levels are impaired in plasma and PBMCs from Arabs with cardiovascular diseases.PLoS One. 2020 Jan 14;15(1):e0227606.

Al-Ozairi E, El Samad A, Al Kandari J, Aldibbiat AM. Intermittent Fasting Could Be Safely Achieved in People With Type 1 Diabetes Undergoing Structured Education and Advanced Glucose Monitoring. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019 Dec 5;10:849. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00849. eCollection 2019.

Al-Kandari H, Al-Abdulrazzaq, D, Davidsson L, Sharma, P, Al-Tararwa, A, Mandani F, Al-Shawaf F, Al-Hussaini F, Qabazard M, Haddad D, Al-Mahdi M, Al-Jasser F, Al-Anzi A, Al-Sanea H, Al-Basari I, Al-Adsani A, Shaltout A, AbdulRasoul M. Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in Kuwaiti Children and Adolescents: Results From the Childhood-Onset Diabetes Electronic Registry (CODeR). Front. Endocrinol. 10:836. Dec,2019.

Jahromi M, Al-Ozairi E. Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and Islet Autoantibodies Are Tools to Characterize Type 1 Diabetes in Arab Countries: Emphasis on Kuwait. Dis Markers. 2019 Nov 20;2019:9786078. doi: 10.1155/2019/9786078. eCollection 2019.

Sindhu S, Thomas R, Kochumon S, Wilson A, Abu-Farha M, Bennakhi A, Al-Mulla F, Ahmad R. Increased Adipose Tissue Expression of Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF)-5 in Obesity: Association with Metabolic Inflammation.Cells . 2019 Nov 11;8(11). pii: E1418. doi: 10.3390/cells8111418

Kavalakatt S, Khadir A, Madhu D, Hammad M, Devarajan S, Abubaker J, Al-Mulla F, Tuomilehto J, Tiss A. Urocortin 3 Levels Are Impaired in Overweight Humans With and Without Type 2 Diabetes and Modulated by Exercise. Front. Endocrinol. 10:762. Nov 6,2019.

Alsaeed D, Al-Kandari J, Al-Ozairi E. Fasting in Ramadan with type 1 diabetes: A dose adjustment for normal eating workshop in Kuwait. Health Soc Care Community. 2019 Nov;27(6):1421-1429.

Kenawy AS, Gheith O, Al-Otaibi T, Othman N, Abo Atya H, Al-Otaibi M, Nagy MS. Medication compliance and lifestyle adherence in renal transplant recipients in Kuwait. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2019 Aug 30;13:1477-1486. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S209212. eCollection 2019.