DDI Publications List

Alsmadi O, Melhem M, Hebbar P, Channanath A, Thareja G, John SE, Alkayal F, Behbehani K, Thanaraj TA. Response to leptin and nitric oxide in blood pressure regulation in humans. Am J Hypertens. 2014;27(11):1429-30.

Kalo Z, Alabbadi I, Al AO, Al-Badriyeh D, Alowayesh M, Al-Saggabi AH, ...Alsultan H, et al. Implications Of External Price Referencing of Pharmaceuticals in Middle East Countries. Value Health. 2014;17(7):A409.

Elkum N, Alkayal F, Noronha F, Ali MM, Melhem M, Al-Arouj M, Bennakhi A, Behbehani K, Alsmadi O, Abubaker J. Vitamin D insufficiency in Arabs and South Asians positively associates with polymorphisms in GC and CYP2R1 genes. PloS one. 2014;9(11):e113102.

Hassanein M, Belhadj M, Abdallah K, Bhattacharya AD, Singh AK, Tayeb K, AlArouj M et al. Management of Type 2 diabetes in Ramadan: Low-ratio premix insulin working group practical advice.Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2014;18(6):794-9.

Van Hees VT, Fang Z, Langford J, Assah F, Mohammad A, da Silva IC, et al. Autocalibration of accelerometer data for free-living physical activity assessment using local gravity and temperature: an evaluation on four continents. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014;117(7):738-44.

Alroughani R. High discontinuation rate of natalizumab in JC virus seropositive patients due to significant anxiety and safety feelings. Mult Scler.2014;20(12):1667-8.

Alroughani R. Fingolimod-associated amenorrhea: a report of three cases. Mult Scler. 2014;20(12):1662-4

Alroughani R, Almulla A, Lamdhade S, Thussu A. Multiple sclerosis reactivation postfingolimod cessation: is it IRIS? BMJ Case Rep. 2014;2014

Jahromi M, Ahmed A, Behbehani K. Networking Between Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms Profile and HLA in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes (APilot Study). MOJ Immunol. 2014, 1(4): 00023

Jahromi M, Ahmed A, Behbehani K, Mohammad A. Critical Association study of Olfactory Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Diabetic Complications. Immunome Res. 2014; 10:2

Abu-Farha M, Dehbi M, Noronha F, Tiss A, Alarouj M, Behbehani K, Bennakhi A, Elkum N. Gender differences in ghrelin association with cardiometabolic risk factors in arab population. Int J Endocrinol. 2014;2014:730472

Ahmad R, Shihab PK, Jasem S, Behbehani K. FSL-1 induces MMP-9 production through TLR-2 and NF-kappaB /AP-1 signaling pathways in monocytic THP-1 cells. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2014;34(3):929-42

Hassanein M, AlArouj M, Almadani A, Alawadi F, Bennaki A. The Challenges of Diabetes Management during Ramadan Fasting. Kompendium Diabetes 9.Jahrg.2014

Halawa N. Evidence-based medicine: the conundrum of grading systems. Consult Pharm. 2014;29(8):536-46.

Alsmadi O, Melhem M, Hebbar P, Thareja G, John SE, Alkayal F, Behbehani K, Thanaraj TA. Leptin in association with common variants of MC3R mediates hypertension. Am J Hypertens. 2014;27(7):973-81.

Al-Ghimlas F, Subbramaniam K, Al-Owaish O, Bilas MT, Behbehani K. The Effects of Supervised Exercise Program on Health-Related Physical Fitness in Kuwait. Br J Medicine Med Res. 2014;4(32): 5083-5097

Tiss A, Khadir A, Abubaker J, Abu-Farha M, Al-Khairi I, Cherian P, John J, Kavalakatt S, Warsame S, Al-Ghimlas F, Elkum N, Behbehani K, Dermime S, Dehbi M. Immunohistochemical Profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetics subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue. Lipids Health Dis. 2014;13:106

Alsmadi O, John SE, Thareja G, Hebbar P, Antony D, Behbehani K, Thanaraj TA. Genome at juncture of early human migration: a systematic analysis of two whole genomes and thirteen exomes from Kuwaiti population subgroup of inferred Saudi Arabian tribe ancestry. PloS one. 2014;9(6):e99069.

Behbehani R, Melhem M, Alghanim G, Behbehani K, Alsmadi O. ND4L gene concurrent 10609T>C and 10663T>C mutations are associated with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy in a large pedigree from Kuwait. Br J Ophthalmol. 2014;98(6):826-31.

Goodson JM, Kantarci A, Hartman ML, Denis GV, Stephens D, Hasturk H, Yaskell T, Vargas J, Wang X, Cugini M, Barake R, Alsmadi O, Al-Mutawa S, Ariga J, Soparkar P, Behbehani J, Behbehani K, Welty F. Metabolic disease risk in children by salivary biomarker analysis. PloS one. 2014;9(6):e98799.