Dimethyl fumarate attenuates liver injury in a mouse model of cecal ligation and puncture by modulating inflammatory, angiogenic and pyroptotic pathways
الباحث الأول:Heider Qassam
الباحثين الآخرين:Ali M. Janabi, Karrar Kareem Gaen & Najah Rayish Hadi
المجلة: BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
تاريخ النشر:17 يوليو، 2025
Therapeutic potential of vardenafil in preventing sepsis-induced kidney injury: a preclinical study
الباحث الأول:Ghanim Al-ghanimi
الباحثين الآخرين:Ali M. Janabi
المجلة:Pharmacia
تاريخ النشر:3 يوليو، 2025
Nephroprotective role of resveratrol in renal ischemia-reperfusion injury: a preclinical study in Sprague-Dawley rats
الباحث الأول:Elaf R. Alaasam
الباحثين الآخرين:Ali M. Janabi, Karrar M. Al-Buthabhak, Rihab H. Almudhafar, Najah R. Hadi, Athanasios Alexiou, Marios Papadakis, Mohammed E. Abo-El Fetoh, Dalia Fouad & Gaber El-Saber Batiha
المجلة: BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology
تاريخ النشر:28 أكتوبر، 2024
The Relationship between Some Pro-inflammatory Markers and BODE Index in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
الباحث الأول:Yesar MH Al-Shamma
الباحثين الآخرين:Najah R Hadi, Abdullah Elttayef Jasim, Ahmed Abdullah Ajrash Al-Khafaji, Ali M Janabi
المجلة:Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common clinical pathological disease characterized by rapid deterioration of lung function. Lack of effective treatment and complete understanding of mechanism of this disease lead to increased incid…Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common clinical pathological disease characterized by rapid deterioration of lung function. Lack of effective treatment and complete understanding of mechanism of this disease lead to increased incidence of mortality and morbidity rate globally. The aim of this study is to determine the association of proinflammatory mediators with BODE index in patients with COPD. This study is a case control study including 87 COPD patients and 100 healthy individuals (as a control). FEV1 was assessed using spirometry to investigate pulmonary function. ELIZA technique was applied to examine the serum levels of IL-1B, IL-6 and TNF-a. There was significant increase in bothinterleukin-1 (IL-1) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) in COPD patients when compared to healthy individuals. However, the levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-a) in COPD patients were not significantly different when compared to healthy individuals. FEV1/FVC ratio in COPD patients was significantly decreased when compared to healthy group. The pro inflammatory markers, IL-1 and IL-6, are more likely to be applicable in diagnosis and assessment of COPD. Additionally, BODE index is a suitable tool for assessment of severity of the disease.
A comparative study of anti-atherosclerotic/anti-inflammatory effect of irbesartan and rosuvastatin in hypercholesterolemic male rabbits
الباحث الأول:Murooj L Majeed
الباحثين الآخرين:Hind F Mahdi, Najah R Hadi and Ali M Janabi
المجلة:Journal of Contemporary Medical Sciences
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
Objective: To evaluate the potential protective effect of irbesartan on atherosclerotic progression using rosuvastatin as a positive control.
Methods: Twenty local domestic rabbits were randomly divided into four groups, five rabbits per each group…Objective: To evaluate the potential protective effect of irbesartan on atherosclerotic progression using rosuvastatin as a positive control.
Methods: Twenty local domestic rabbits were randomly divided into four groups, five rabbits per each group. The first group (I), rabbits were receiving normal diet; the second group (II), rabbits were receiving 2 % cholesterol diet; the third group (III), rabbits were receiving rosuvastatin and 2% cholesterol diet and; the fourth group (IV), rabbit were receiving irbesartan and 2% cholesterol diet. Serum level of cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, VLDL and HDL were determined after 12 weeks of the study. Serum level of high sensitive C-reactive protein, ICAM1and VCAM1 were measured after 12 weeks of the study. Total antioxidant activity was also determined. Aortic tissue sent for histopathological examination of atherosclerosis lesion.
Result: Data of this study have showed that atherogenic diet caused an increase in serum level of TC, LDL, VLDL and TG and a decrease in serum level of HDL. Treatment of rabbits with irbesartan caused substantial decrease in serum lipid profile compared with untreated rabbit receiving atherogenic diet. No significant difference was seen between irbesartan- and rosuvastatin-treated rabbits in all lipid parameters measured with the exception that the HDL level in rosuvastatin-treated rabbits was significantly higher than that of irbesartan-treated rabbits. Rabbit treated with irbesartan showed a significant decrease in the serum level of high sensitive C-reactive protein, ICAM1, VCAM1 and aortic total antioxidant capacity when compared with untreated group. No significant difference was seen between irbesartan- and rosuvastatin-treated rabbits in all these inflammatory parameters measured. Histopathological examination showed that irbesartan decreased atherogenic lesion significantly when compared with untreated rabbits.
Conclusion: Irbesartan has a potential protective effect against atherosclerosis via decreasing lipid oxidation and inflammatory mediators. In terms of lipid lowering and anti-inflammatory effects, irebsartan has similar pattern of effectiveness to rosuvastatin.
Antibacterial Activity of Different Concentrations of Date Vinegar in Comparison to Ciprofloxacin against Multidrug-Resistance Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Infected Burn
الباحث الأول:Rabeea, Ihsan S
الباحثين الآخرين:Janabi, Ali M.H
المجلة:Anti-Infective Agents
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
Background: Despite recent advances in burns management and antimicrobial chemotherapy, infection continues to be a tricky in the burns. Treatment of a burn infection especially in case of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a big challen…Background: Despite recent advances in burns management and antimicrobial chemotherapy, infection continues to be a tricky in the burns. Treatment of a burn infection especially in case of multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a big challenge in clinics and needs novel strategies. Miscarriage of the current treatment strategies to control several cases of burns infections, the systemic and local toxicity that are produced by many topical antibiotics (especially in children), and the delay of healing caused by several antiseptics, make a strong motive to find effective and safe products.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the in vitro activity of different concentration of date vinegar against P. aeruginosa in comparison to the ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics used in the treatment of burns infection by using disk diffusion method and agar dilution MICs assay.
Results and Conclusion: The disk diffusion method revealed that mean inhibition zone of date vinegar at 100%, 50%, 20%, 10% and 5% were (50.9 ±0.27) mm, (30.5 ±0.24) mm, (25.9 ±0.29) mm, (18.3±0.22) mm, and (9.2±0.25) mm respectively while ciprofloxacin has mean inhibition zone (8.95 ±2.25) mm and MICs (1.25%). So the conclusion was that date vinegar exerted a good in vitro antimicrobial activity against all tested isolates.
Proinsulin C-peptide-mediated signalling and the search for its receptor
الباحث الأول:Ali M H Janabi
المجلة:University of Leicester
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
Proinsulin connecting peptide (C-peptide) joins the A and B-chain of proinsulin and plays an important role in coordinating the folding of insulin. For many years this peptide was simply considered an inert by-product of insulin biosynthesis and was…Proinsulin connecting peptide (C-peptide) joins the A and B-chain of proinsulin and plays an important role in coordinating the folding of insulin. For many years this peptide was simply considered an inert by-product of insulin biosynthesis and was used mainly as an alternative marker for insulin secretion. Recent evidence, however, demonstrates convincingly that C-peptide has biological function and establishes C-peptide as an attractive therapeutic agent to provide protection against chronic diabetic complications. Little is known about C-peptide signalling in pancreatic β cells with studies focussing on antioxidant effects. C-peptide could have protective roles in these cells. For example, pancreatic β cells exposed to immune complexes in type 2 diabetes require protection possibly via C-peptide. Data presented here demonstrate that C-peptide induced a concentration-dependent phosphorylation (activation) of rpS6, at S235/S236 and S240/244, as well as phosphorylation of components of the upstream signalling pathways of rpS6 (ERK1/2, Akt and S6K) in the pancreatic β cell line, INS-1E. C-peptide also caused concentration-dependent increases in phospo-ERK1/2 and phospho-rpS6 (S240/244) in HEK293 and SH-SY5Y, but not in HEK293A. Stimulatory effects of C-peptide on two important intracellular signalling pathways, ERK1/2 and rpS6, can deliver cytoprotective effects and may, therefore, be of potential importance in the treatment of diabetes. A major limitation of current work on C-peptide is that the receptor(s) have not been identified convincingly. Some recent evidence suggests that the orphan GPCR, GPR146, may be the C-peptide receptor. Here, stable overexpression of C-terminally EGFP-tagged GPR146 in HEK293 and HEK293A cells showed predominant membrane localisation of the receptor. However, C-peptide responses in these were unaffected and C-peptide-evoked internalisation/co-localisation of GPR146-EGFP was not observed. An expression cloning approach in Xenopus oocytes was used to screen pools of cDNA library clones for Gαi-evoked responses of C-peptide given the pertussis toxin sensitivity of responses. This approach did not, however, reveal any C-peptide-evoked responses in any of the approximately 130,000 clones screened. Furthermore, the published C-peptide receptor candidates, GPR146 and α-enolase did not respond to C-peptide when expressed in oocytes. Taken together, signalling events in a pancreatic β cell line suggest relevance of C-peptide to events such as cell survival and proliferation. However, the present work provides no evidence that GPR146 is the C-peptide receptor, which still remains elusive.
Cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist montelukast ameliorates acute lung injury following haemorrhagic shock in rats
الباحث الأول:Ali M Hashim
المجلة:European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
The aim of this study was to assess the possible protective effect of montelukast against haemorrhagic shock-induced acute lung injury by interfering with inflammatory and oxidative pathways. Acute lung injury following haemorrhagic shock/resuscitat…The aim of this study was to assess the possible protective effect of montelukast against haemorrhagic shock-induced acute lung injury by interfering with inflammatory and oxidative pathways. Acute lung injury following haemorrhagic shock/resuscitation is an important contributor to late morbidity and mortality in trauma patients. Haemorrhagic shock (HS), followed by resuscitation, is considered to be an insult that frequently induces systemic inflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress, resulting in multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome, including microvascular changes and microscopic damage termed acute lung paraynchymal injury. Montelukast is a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antagonist that exerts an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant influence.
Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibition ameliorates acute lung injury following hemorrhagic shock in rats
الباحث الأول:Ali M Hashim
المجلة:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
تاريخ النشر:None
مختصر البحث:
Hemorrhagic shock followed by resuscitation is conceived as an insult frequently induces a systemic inflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress that results in multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome including acute lung injury. MK-886 is a leuk…Hemorrhagic shock followed by resuscitation is conceived as an insult frequently induces a systemic inflammatory response syndrome and oxidative stress that results in multiple-organ dysfunction syndrome including acute lung injury. MK-886 is a leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitor exerts an anti inflammatory and antioxidant activity.