Works by Behbehani, Kazem

Results: 44

State of Diabetes, Hypertension, and Comorbidity in Kuwait: Showcasing the Trends as Seen in Native Versus Expatriate Populations.

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Diabetes Care, 2013, v. 36, n. 6, p. e75, doi. 10.2337/dc12-2451

By:

CHANNANATH, ARSHAD MOHAMED;
FARRAN, BASSAM;
BEHBEHANI, KAZEM;
THANARAJ, THANGAVEL ALPHONSE

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Article

Comprehensive analysis of circulating adipokines and HsCRP association with cardiovascular disease risk factors and metabolic syndrome in Arabs.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2014, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1475-2840-13-76

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Birth Outcomes in a Prospective Pregnancy-Birth Cohort Study of Environmental Risk Factors in Kuwait: The TRACER Study.

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2016

By:

AlSeaidan, Mohammad;
Al Wotayan, Rihab;
Christophi, Costas A.;
Al‐Makhseed, Massouma;
Abu Awad, Yara;
Nassan, Feiby;
Ahmed, Ayah;
Abraham, Smitha;
Boley, Robert Bruce;
James‐Todd, Tamarra;
Wright, Rosalind J.;
Dockery, Douglas W.;
Behbehani, Kazem

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journal article

A Review of Adult Obesity Prevalence, Trends, Risk Factors, and Epidemiologic Methods in Kuwait.

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Journal of Obesity, 2013, v. 2013, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2013/378650

By:

Karageorgi, Stalo;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

ANGPTL8/Betatrophin R59W variant is associated with higher glucose level in non-diabetic Arabs living in Kuwaits.

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Lipids in Health & Disease, 2016, v. 15, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12944-016-0195-6

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Melhem, Motasem;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue.

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Lipids in Health & Disease, 2014, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1476-511X-13-106

By:

Tiss, Ali;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Cherian, Preethi;
John, Jeena;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Warsame, Samia;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Elkum, Naser;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dermime, Said;
Dehbi, Mohammed

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Article

IL-33 is negatively associated with the BMI and confers a protective lipid/metabolic profile in nondiabetic but not diabetic subjects.

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BMC Immunology, 2014, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1471-2172-15-19

By:

Hasan, Amal;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Warsame, Samia;
Al-Hubail, Asma;
Ahmad, Rasheed;
Bennakhi, Abdullah;
Al-Arouj, Monera;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dehbi, Mohammed;
Dermime, Said

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Article

Sequence and analysis of a whole genome from Kuwaiti population subgroup of Persian ancestry.

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BMC Genomics, 2015, v. 16, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12864-015-1233-x

By:

Thareja, Gaurav;
John, Sumi Elsa;
Hebbar, Prashantha;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse;
Alsmadi, Osama

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Article

High adiponectin levels in lean Arab women compared to Asian women.

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Biomarker Research, 2015, v. 3, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s40364-015-0032-5

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents.

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Journal of Obesity, 2016, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2016/6860240

By:

Hartman, Mor-Li;
Goodson, J. Max;
Shi, Ping;
Vargas, Jorel;
Yaskell, Tina;
Stephens, Danielle;
Cugini, Maryann;
Hasturk, Hatice;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Welty, Francine

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Article

The salivary microbiome is altered in the presence of a high salivary glucose concentration.

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PLoS ONE, 2017, v. 12, n. 3, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0170437

By:

Goodson, J. Max;
Hartman, Mor-Li;
Shi, Ping;
Hasturk, Hatice;
Yaskell, Tina;
Vargas, Jorel;
Song, Xiaoqing;
Cugini, Maryann;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Circulating ANGPTL8/Betatrophin Is Increased in Obesity and Reduced after Exercise Training.

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PLoS ONE, 2016, v. 11, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0147367

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Sriraman, Devarajan;
Cherian, Preethi;
AlKhairi, Irina;
Elkum, Naser;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Abubaker, Jehad

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Article

Gender-Specific Association of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Arab Population.

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Mediators of Inflammation, 2015, v. 2015, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2015/512603

By:

Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Tiss, Ali;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dehbi, Mohammed;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Physical Exercise Reduces the Expression of RANTES and Its CCR5 Receptor in the Adipose Tissue of Obese Humans.

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Mediators of Inflammation, 2014, v. 2014, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2014/627150

By:

Baturcam, Engin;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Tiss, Ali;
Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Cherian, Preethi;
Elkum, Naser;
Hammad, Maha;
John, Jeena;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Lehe, Cynthia;
Warsame, Samia;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dermime, Said;
Dehbi, Mohammed

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Article

FSL-1 Induces MMP-9 Production through TLR-2 and NF-κB /AP-1 Signaling Pathways in Monocytic THP-1 Cells.

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Cellular Physiology & Biochemistry (Karger AG), 2014, v. 34, n. 3, p. 929, doi. 10.1159/000366310

By:

Ahmad, Rasheed;
Shihab, Puthiyaveetil Kochumon;
Jasem, Sara;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Developmental cycles of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi (Chagas, 1909) in mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro.

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Parasitology, 1973, v. 66, n. 2, p. 343, doi. 10.1017/S0031182000045273

By:

Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Salivary N1-Methyl-2-Pyridone-5-Carboxamide, a Biomarker for Uranium Uptake, in Kuwaiti Children Exhibiting Exceptional Weight Gain.

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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2019, p. N.PAG, doi. 10.3389/fendo.2019.00382

By:

Goodson, Jo Max;
Hardt, Markus;
Hartman, Mor-Li;
Alqaderi, Hend;
Green, Daniel;
Tavares, Mary;
Mutawa, Al-Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Taking the learning beyond the individual: how reflection informs change in practice.

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International Journal of Medical Education, 2014, v. 5, p. 24, doi. 10.5116/ijme.52ec.d21f

By:

Muir, Fiona;
Scott, Mairi;
McConville, Kevin;
Watson, Kenneth;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Sukkar, Faten

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Article

Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diabetic Patients with Controlled and Uncontrolled Glycemia in Kuwait.

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Journal of Diabetes Research, 2015, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2016/6573215

By:

Sewify, May;
Nair, Shinu;
Warsame, Samia;
Murad, Mohamed;
Alhubail, Asma;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Al-Refaei, Faisal;
Tiss, Ali

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Article

Sudden cardiac death diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in a Kuwaiti family: a case report.

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2014

By:

Bulbanat, Bassam;
Antony, Dinu;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Thomas, Daisy;
Mahmoud Kamkar, Maisa

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Case Study

DNAJB3/HSP-40 cochaperone improves insulin signaling and enhances glucose uptake in vitro through JNK repression.

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Scientific Reports, 2015, p. 14448, doi. 10.1038/srep14448

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Cherian, Preethi;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Tiss, Ali;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Warsame, Samia;
Dehbi, Mohammed;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Abubaker, Jehad

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Article

Higher plasma betatrophin/ANGPTL8 level in Type 2 Diabetes subjects does not correlate with blood glucose or insulin resistance.

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Scientific Reports, 2015, p. 10949, doi. 10.1038/srep10949

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Cherian, Preethi;
Noronha, Fiona;
Hu, Frank B.;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Continuous Metabolic Syndrome Scores for Children Using Salivary Biomarkers.

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 9, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0138979

By:

Shi, Ping;
Goodson, J. Max;
Hartman, Mor-Li;
Hasturk, Hatice;
Yaskell, Tina;
Vargas, Jorel;
Cugini, Maryann;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Welty, Francine

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Article

Obesity Is a Positive Modulator of IL-6R and IL-6 Expression in the Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Significance for Metabolic Inflammation.

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0133494

By:

Sindhu, Sardar;
Thomas, Reeby;
Shihab, Puthiyaveetil;
Sriraman, Devarajan;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Ahmad, Rasheed

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Article

Quality of Type II Diabetes Care in Primary Health Care Centers in Kuwait: Employment of a Diabetes Quality Indicator Set (DQIS).

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0132883

By:

Badawi, Dalia;
Saleh, Shadi;
Natafgi, Nabil;
Mourad, Yara;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Multi-Lineage Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Mediates Changes in the Expression Profile of Stemness Markers.

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0122465

By:

Ali, Hamad;
Al-Yatama, Majda K.;
Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Al Madhoun, Ashraf

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Article

Vitamin D Insufficiency in Arabs and South Asians Positively Associates with Polymorphisms in GC and CYP2R1 Genes.

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PLoS ONE, 2014, v. 9, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0113102

By:

Elkum, Naser;
Alkayal, Fadi;
Noronha, Fiona;
Ali, Maisa M.;
Melhem, Motasem;
Al-Arouj, Monira;
Bennakhi, Abdullah;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Abubaker, Jehad

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Article

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.

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PLoS ONE, 2014, v. 9, n. 6, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0099069

By:

Alsmadi, Osama;
John, Sumi E.;
Thareja, Gaurav;
Hebbar, Prashantha;
Antony, Dinu;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse

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Article

Metabolic Disease Risk in Children by Salivary Biomarker Analysis.

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PLoS ONE, 2014, v. 9, n. 6, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0098799

By:

Goodson, J. Max;
Kantarci, Alpdogan;
Hartman, Mor-Li;
Denis, Gerald V.;
Stephens, Danielle;
Hasturk, Hatice;
Yaskell, Tina;
Vargas, Jorel;
Wang, Xiaoshan;
Cugini, Maryann;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Welty, Francine

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Article

Impact of Hypertension on the Association of BMI with Risk and Age at Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Age- and Gender-Mediated Modifications.

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PLoS ONE, 2014, v. 9, n. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0095308

By:

Channanath, Arshad Mohamed;
Farran, Bassam;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse

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Article

Obesity and Dental Decay: Inference on the Role of Dietary Sugar.

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 10, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0074461

By:

Goodson, J. Max;
Tavares, Mary;
Wang, Xiaoshan;
Niederman, Richard;
Cugini, Maryann;
Hasturk, Hatice;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Proteomics Analysis of Human Obesity Reveals the Epigenetic Factor HDAC4 as a Potential Target for Obesity.

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 9, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0075342

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Tiss, Ali;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Baturcam, Engin;
Cherian, Preethi;
Elkum, Naser;
Hammad, Maha;
John, Jeena;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Warsame, Samia;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dermime, Said;
Dehbi, Mohammed

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Article

Genetic Substructure of Kuwaiti Population Reveals Migration History.

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 9, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0074913

By:

Alsmadi, Osama;
Thareja, Gaurav;
Alkayal, Fadi;
Rajagopalan, Ramakrishnan;
John, Sumi Elsa;
Hebbar, Prashantha;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse

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Article

DNAJB3/HSP-40 Cochaperone Is Downregulated in Obese Humans and Is Restored by Physical Exercise.

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 7, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0069217

By:

Abubaker, Jehad;
Tiss, Ali;
Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Baturcam, Engin;
Cherian, Preethi;
Elkum, Naser;
Hammad, Maha;
John, Jeena;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Warsame, Samia;
Dermime, Said;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Dehbi, Mohammed

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Article

Interaction of Osteopontin with IL-18 in Obese Individuals: Implications for Insulin Resistance

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 5, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0063944

By:

Ahmad, Rasheed;
Al-Mass, Anfal;
Al-Ghawas, Dalal;
Shareif, Nada;
Zghoul, Nadia;
Melhem, Motasem;
Hasan, Amal;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Dermime, Said;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Response to Leptin and Nitric Oxide in Blood Pressure Regulation in Humans.

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2014

By:

Alsmadi, Osama;
Melhem, Motasem;
Hebbar, Prashantha;
Channanath, Arshad;
Thareja, Gaurav;
John, Sumi E.;
Alkayal, Fadi;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse

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Letter to the Editor

Leptin in Association With Common Variants of MC3R Mediates Hypertension.

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American Journal of Hypertension, 2014, v. 27, n. 7, p. 973, doi. 10.1093/ajh/hpt285

By:

Alsmadi, Osama;
Melhem, Motasem;
Hebbar, Prashantha;
Thareja, Gaurav;
John, Sumi E;
Alkayal, Fadi;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Thanaraj, Thangavel Alphonse

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Article

Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population.

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International Journal of Endocrinology, 2014, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2014/730472

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Dehbi, Mohammed;
Noronha, Fiona;
Tiss, Ali;
Alarouj, Monira;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Bennakhi, Abdullah;
Elkum, Naser

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Article

Kuwait National Programme for Healthy Living: First 5-Year Plan (2013-2017).

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Medical Principles & Practice, 2014, v. 23, p. 32, doi. 10.1159/000358884

By:

Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Increased expression of the interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK)-1 is associated with adipose tissue inflammatory state in obesity.

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Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome, 2015, v. 7, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s13098-015-0067-7

By:

Ahmad, Rasheed;
Shihab, Puthiyaveetil Kochumon;
Thomas, Reeby;
Alghanim, Munera;
Hasan, Amal;
Sindhu, Sardar;
Behbehani, Kazem

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Article

Salivary glucose concentration exhibits threshold kinetics in normal-weight, overweight, and obese children.

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Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome & Obesity: Targets & Therapy, 2015, v. 8, p. 9, doi. 10.2147/DMSO.S72744

By:

Hartman, Mor-Li;
Goodson, J. Max;
Barake, Roula;
Alsmadi, Osama;
Al-Mutawa, Sabiha;
Ariga, Jitendra;
Soparkar, Pramod;
Behbehani, Jawad;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Welty, Francine

Publication type:

Article

TLR2 and AP-1/NF-kappaB are involved in the regulation of MMP-9 elicited by heat killed Listeria monocytogenes in human monocytic THP-1 cells.

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Journal of Inflammation, 2015, v. 12, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12950-015-0077-0

By:

Shihab, Puthiyaveetil Kochumon;
Al-Roub, Areej;
Al-Ghanim, Moneera;
Al-Mass, Anfal;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Ahmad, Rasheed

Publication type:

Article

Elevated expression of the toll like receptors 2 and 4 in obese individuals: its significance for obesity-induced inflammation.

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Journal of Inflammation, 2012, v. 9, n. 1, p. 48, doi. 10.1186/1476-9255-9-48

By:

Ahmad, Rasheed;
Al-Mass, Anfal;
Atizado, Valerie;
Al-Hubail, Asma;
Al-Ghimlas, Fahad;
Al-Arouj, Monira;
Bennakhi, Abdullah;
Dermime, Said;
Behbehani, Kazem

Publication type:

Article

Circulating angiopoietin-like protein 8 (betatrophin) association with HsCRP and metabolic syndrome.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology, 2016, v. 15, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12933-016-0346-0

By:

Abu-Farha, Mohamed;
Abubaker, Jehad;
Al-Khairi, Irina;
Cherian, Preethi;
Noronha, Fiona;
Kavalakatt, Sina;
Khadir, Abdelkrim;
Behbehani, Kazem;
Alarouj, Monira;
Bennakhi, Abdullah;
Elkum, Naser

Publication type:

Article