Search Results - "Badr, Kamal F."

Podocyturia: an earlier biomarker of cardiovascular outcomes by Eid, Assaad A., Habib, Robert H., Chehab, Omar, Al Jalbout, Nour, Tamim, Hani, Makki, Maha, El Bejjani, Martine, Lima, Joao, Badr, Kamal F.

“…Urinary podocin and nephrin mRNAs (podocyturia), as candidate biomarkers of endothelial/podocyte injury, were measured by quantitative PCR in Type II diabetics…”
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Effect of Targeted Curricular Reform on the Learning Environment, Student Empathy, and Hidden Curriculum in a Medical School: A 7-Year Longitudinal Study by Zgheib, Nathalie K, Dimassi, Zakia, Arawi, Thalia, Badr, Kamal F, Sabra, Ramzi

“…Objective: The American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine follows the American model of medical education. In 2013-2014, a carefully designed new…”
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Modulation of COX-2 expression by statins in human monocytic cells by Habib, Aïda, Shamseddeen, Ishraq, Nasrallah, Mona S, Antoun, Tania Abi, Nemer, Georges, Bertoglio, Jacques, Badreddine, Rami, Badr, Kamal F

“…Macrophage cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays an important role in prostaglandin E₂ and thromboxane A₂ production. Statins are inhibitors of HMG CoA…”
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Regionalizing healthcare: a vision for transforming Lebanon into a regional academic hub by Badr, Kamal F, Akl, Elie A

“…Lebanon suffers from a large scale emigration of physicians coupled with an oversaturation of the physician job market. Lebanon is currently witnessing an…”
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An attempt to halt the ever-increasing prevalence of morbidities resulting from excess dietary sodium intake : the Lebanese experience by al-Medawar, Muhammad M., Ismail, Husayn A., Nasr al-Din, Lara, al-Ulabi, Ammar, Badr, Kamal F.

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The long-term impact of team-based learning on medical students' team performance scores and on their peer evaluation scores by Zgheib, Nathalie K., Dimassi, Zakia, Bou Akl, Imad, Badr, Kamal F., Sabra, Ramzi

“…Background: The Faculty of Medicine at the American University of Beirut implemented a new medical curriculum, which included 90 team-based learning (TBL)…”
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Effects of Mutant p53 Expression on Human 15-lipoxygenase-Promoter Activity and Murine 12/15-lipoxygenase Gene Expression: Evidence That 15-lipoxygenase Is a Mutator Gene by Kelavkar, Uddhav P., Badr, Kamal F.

“…Human 15-lipoxygenase (h15-LO) is present on chromosome 17p13.3 in close proximity to the tumor-suppressor gene, p53. 15-LO is implicated in antiinflammation,…”
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Crowd-funded micro-grants for genomics and "big data": an actionable idea connecting small (artisan) science, infrastructure science, and citizen philanthropy by Özdemir, Vural, Badr, Kamal F, Dove, Edward S, Endrenyi, Laszlo, Geraci, Christy Jo, Hotez, Peter J, Milius, Djims, Neves-Pereira, Maria, Pang, Tikki, Rotimi, Charles N, Sabra, Ramzi, Sarkissian, Christineh N, Srivastava, Sanjeeva, Tims, Hesther, Zgheib, Nathalie K, Kickbusch, Ilona

“…Biomedical science in the 21(st) century is embedded in, and draws from, a digital commons and "Big Data" created by high-throughput Omics technologies such as…”
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Effect of salt intake on beat‐to‐beat blood pressure nonlinear dynamics and entropy in salt‐sensitive versus salt‐protected rats by Fares, Souha A., Habib, Joseph R., Engoren, Milo C., Badr, Kamal F., Habib, Robert H.

“…Blood pressure exhibits substantial short‐ and long‐term variability (BPV). We assessed the hypothesis that the complexity of beat‐to‐beat BPV will be…”
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A 5-year survey of biopsy proven kidney diseases in Lebanon: significant variation in prevalence of primary glomerular diseases by age, population structure and consanguinity by Karnib, Hussein H., Gharavi, Ali G., Aftimos, Georges, Mahfoud, Ziyad, Saad, Reem, Gemayel, Elias, Masri, Badiaa, Assaad, Shafika, Badr, Kamal F., Ziyadeh, Fuad N.

“…Background. Differences in epidemiology of kidney disease across the Middle East may arise from variations in indication for biopsy, environmental exposure and…”
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Overexpression of 15-lipoxygenase-1 in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells increases tumorigenesis by Kelavkar, Uddhav P., Nixon, Jennifer B., Cohen, Cynthia, Dillehay, Dirk, Eling, Thomas E., Badr, Kamal F.

“…The effect of overexpression of 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LO-1) was studied in the human prostate cancer cell line, PC-3. Stable PC-3 cell lines were generated by…”
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Measuring filtration function in clinical practice by Fawaz, Ahmad, Badr, Kamal F

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWThe global prevalence of chronic kidney disease is increasing, as are its complications. Central to the diagnosis, evaluation and management…”
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Isoprostanes and the kidney by Badr, Kamal F, Abi-Antoun, Tania E

“…Isoprostanes are not mere bystanders of oxidative injury, but possess potent biological activity and may thus contribute to the pathophysiology of various…”
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Free-radical–generated F2-isoprostane stimulates cell proliferation and endothelin-1 expression on endothelial cells by Yura, Takafumi, Fukunaga, Megumu, Khan, Rizwan, Nassar, George N., Badr, Kamal F., Montero, Angel

“…Free-radical–generated F2-isoprostane stimulates cell proliferation and endothelin-1 expression on endothelial cells. Free-radical–generated F2-isoprostane…”
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Filtration function in glomerulonephritis by Badr, Kamal F.

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Transfection of Rat Kidney with Human 15-Lipoxygenase Suppresses Inflammation and Preserves Function in Experimental Glomerulonephritis by Munger, Karen A., Montero, Angel, Fukunaga, Megumu, Uda, Susumu, Yura, Takafumi, Imai, Enyu, Kaneda, Yasufumi, Valdivielso, José M., Badr, Kamal F.

“…The human 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO) gene was transfected into rat kidneys in vivo via intra-renal arterial injection. Three days later, acute (passive) or…”
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Concordant induction of 15-lipoxygenase-1 and mutant p53 expression in human prostate adenocarcinoma: correlation with Gleason staging by P.Kelavkar, Uddhav, Cohen, Cynthia, Kamitani, Hideki, E.Eling, Thomas, F.Badr, Kamal

“…We recently reported that the mutant form of the tumor-suppressor gene p53 up-regulates 15-LO-1 gene expression in a murine cell line. Here, we examine the…”
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Cytokine imbalance in acute coronary syndrome by Alam, Samir E, Nasser, Samer S, Fernainy, Khaled E, Habib, Aida A, Badr, Kamal F

“…The excessive mortality of coronary heart disease is attributed primarily to rupture and thrombotic transformation of the atherosclerotic plaque. Inflammation…”
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Molecular pharmacology of isoprostanes in vascular smooth muscle by Habib, Aı̈da, Badr, Kamal F

“…Isoprostanes are marker of lipid peroxidation and are produced after free-radical attack of membrane lipids. In addition, they are biologically active and are…”
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招請講演Glomerulonephritis: Future Therapeutic Strategies

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