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Mayyas A, Azzam H, Tayseer I, Al-Karablieh N, Aburjai T. Evaluation of the synergistic antimicrobial effect of folk medicinal plants with clindamycin against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. Lett Appl Microbiol 2021; 73:735-740. [PMID: 34569634 DOI: 10.1111/lam.13565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Antibiotic resistance has become a major worldwide priority, and identifying natural antimicrobial compounds may help overcome this problem. In this study, ethanolic extracts of 12 plants commonly used in traditional medicine were tested against two strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 33591 and ATCC 43300) in terms of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs). Furthermore, the effect of combining plant extracts with clindamycin antibiotic was also investigated using the checkerboard method. Among the tested plants, Camellia sinensis, Thymus vulgaris, Rosmarinus officinalis and Salvia officinalis exhibited potent inhibitory activity against both strains with MICs ranges (125-500 µg ml-1 ). Synergistic activity was confirmed for the four plants combined with clindamycin with fractional inhibitory concentration index <0·5. However, no antagonistic activity was found for these combinations. Our findings suggest that using an antibiotics-plants combination might be a successful technique to reduce antibiotic consumption, which would overcome the antibiotics resistance or delay its onset.
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- A Mayyas
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, American University of Madaba, Madaba, Jordan
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- Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.,Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.,Department of Plant Protection, School of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Dore S, Ehman W, Azzam H, Basso M, Bow M, Morin F, Mundle W, Rivard L, Sawchuck D, Wilson K, Young D. Erratum dans la « N o 396 - Surveillance du bien-être fœtal : Directive clinique de consensus des soins intrapartum » [Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 42 (2020) 349-384.E10]. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2021; 43:1119. [PMID: 34481582 DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Elalfy MS, Aly RH, Azzam H, Aboelftouh K, Shatla RH, Tarif M, Abdatty M, Elsayed RM. Neurocognitive dysfunction in children with β thalassemia major: psychometric, neurophysiologic and radiologic evaluation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [PMID: 28621205 DOI: 10.1080/10245332.2017.1338212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of iron chelating drugs and serum ferritin on the neurocognitive functions of patients with β thalassemia major (β-TM), using psychometric, neurophysiologic and radiologic tests. METHODS Eighty children with β-TM were enrolled into the study and were compared to 40 healthy controls. All participants were evaluated by measuring serum ferritin, neurocognitive assessment by Benton Visual Retention Test, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Wisconsin Card Sort Test, P300 and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). RESULTS WISC in our study showed that 40% of cases were borderline mental function as regards total IQ. Neurophysiologic tests were significantly impaired in patients compared to control group, with significant impairment in those receiving desferrioxamine (DFO). P300 amplitude was significantly lower in cases compared to controls (2.24 and 4.66 uv, respectively), recording the shortest amplitude in patients receiving DFO. Altered metabolic markers in the brain were detected by MRS in the form of reduced N-acetylaspartate to creatine ratio in 78.3% of our cases. There were significant correlations between psychometric tests and both neurophysiologic (P300) and radiologic (MRS) tests. CONCLUSION β-TM is associated with neurocognitive impairment that can be assessed by psychometric, neurophysiologic and radiologic tests. The role of hemosiderosis and iron chelation therapy on cognitive functioning still need more research. ABBREVIATIONS β-TM: beta thalassemia major; DFO: Dysferal; DFP: Deferiprone; DFX: Deferasirox; WISC: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; VIQ: verbal IQ; PIQ: performance IQ; TIQ: total IQ; BVRT: Benton Visual Retention Test; WCST: Wisconsin Card Sort Test; MRS: Magnetic resonant spectroscopy; NAA/Cr ratio: N-acetylaspartate to creatine ratio.
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- M S Elalfy
- a Department of Pediatric , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- a Department of Pediatric , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- b Department of Neuropsychiatry , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- c Department of Radiodiagnosis , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- a Department of Pediatric , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- d Department of Clinical Pathology , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- a Department of Pediatric , Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
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- e Department of Pediatric, Pediatric Neurology Unit , Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt
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Campbell K, Rowe H, Azzam H, Lane CA. Prise en charge des nausées et vomissements de la grossesse. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2016; 38:1138-1149. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2016.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lee L, Dy J, Azzam H. Prise en charge du travail spontané chez les femmes en santé, à terme. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2016; 38:866-890. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2016.04.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Leduc D, Biringer A, Lee L, Dy J, Azzam H, Barrett J, Biringer A, Campbell K, Duperron L, Dy J, Giesbrecht E, Graves L, Helewa M, Lange I, Lee L, Muise S, Parish B. Induction of labour: review. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2015; 37:380-3. [PMID: 26001692 DOI: 10.1016/s1701-2163(15)30290-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Leduc D, Biringer A, Lee L, Dy J, Azzam H, Barrett J, Biringer A, Campbell K, Duperron L, Dy J, Giesbrecht E, Graves L, Helewa M, Lange I, Lee L, Muise S, Parish B. Déclenchement du travail : Analyse. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/s1701-2163(15)30291-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Abu-Dahab R, Odeh F, Ismail SI, Azzam H, Al Bawab A. Preparation, characterization and antiproliferative activity of thymoquinone-beta-cyclodextrin self assembling nanoparticles. Pharmazie 2013; 68:939-944. [PMID: 24400439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Thymoquinone (TQ) was complexed with beta-cyclodextrin (CD) to form nanosized aggregates. Various TQ:CD ratios were tested and it was found that the ratio of (1:0.25) TQ:CD formed distinguishable nanoparticles with minimum toxicity towards normal cells. These nanoparticles had an average size of 445 +/- 100 nm with a charge 21.8 mV using Zeta-sizer. Particle size measurement using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed an average size of 400 nm and it also revealed the presence of smaller structures, with an average size of 50 nm. The in vitro antiproliferative activity on MCF7 cells was determined using MTT assay and an IC50 of 4.70 +/- 0.60 microM for TQ-CD nanoparticles in comparison to 24.09 +/- 2.35 microM of free TQ solution after 72 h of incubation. Simultaneously, TQ-CD nanoparticles showed lesser toxicity than TQ solution using human periodontal fibroblasts as a model for normal cells. It could be concluded from the results that TQ loaded cyclodextrin nanoparticles might serve as a potential nanocarrier to improve TQ solubility as well as its antiproliferative activity with little toxicity to normal tissues.
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- R Abu-Dahab
- Department of Biopharmaceutics and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Hamdi Mango Center for Scientific Research, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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Effat S, Mohamed N, Hussein H, Azzam H, Gouda A, Hassan H. 670 – ADHD symptoms: relation to omega 3 serum levels before and after supplementation. Eur Psychiatry 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-9338(13)75914-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Abousamra N, Elghannam D, Shahin D, Goda E, Azzam H, Azmy E, Salah El-Din M. 549 POSTER Quantitation/significance of MRD in standard risk adult ALL by RQ/PCR. EJC Suppl 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6349(08)72483-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Sayed-Ahmed N, Hegazy A, Abou-Samra N, Selim T, Azzam H, Elshaarawy S. PO-89 Evaluation of some hemostatic parameters in patients with end-stage renal disease: relation to dyslipidemia and hemodialysis therapy. Thromb Res 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0049-3848(07)70242-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Bergman R, Azzam H, Sprecher E, Manov L, Munichor M, Friedman-Birnbaum R, Ben-Itzhak O. A comparative immunohistochemical study of MART-1 expression in Spitz nevi, ordinary melanocytic nevi, and malignant melanomas. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000; 42:496-500. [PMID: 10688724 DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(00)90226-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND The histopathologic differential diagnosis of Spitz nevus (SN) from malignant melanoma (MM) may be difficult. OBJECTIVE We attempted to elucidate the pattern of expression of a newly recognized melanocyte-specific melanosomal protein MART-1 in routinely processed specimens of SNs, MMs, and ordinary melanocytic nevi (MNs) and to see whether it can help to differentiate between them. METHODS Twenty SN, 22 MM, and 27 ordinary MN were immunostained with anti-MART-1 monoclonal antibody (clone A103). RESULTS All SNs, MNs, and MMs demonstrated cytoplasmic staining for MART-1 in some of their tumor cells, of which 17 of 20 (85%) and 24 of 27 (89%) of SN and MN, respectively, demonstrated positive stainings in more than half of their tumor cells, as compared with only 10 of 22 (45%) of the MM (P <.05). The majority of lesions in all 3 types of tumors showed a homogeneous mode of staining, although MM tended to show a more heterogeneous pattern. A consistent pattern of stratification of staining with progressive descent into the dermis was not demonstrated in these tumors. CONCLUSION MART-1 does not differentiate between SN, MM, and ordinary MN in a consistent pattern, but it may be used as a marker for these tumors.
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- R Bergman
- Department of Dermatology, Rambam Medical Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Bae SN, Arand G, Azzam H, Pavasant P, Torri J, Frandsen TL, Thompson EW. Molecular and cellular analysis of basement membrane invasion by human breast cancer cells in Matrigel-based in vitro assays. Breast Cancer Res Treat 1993; 24:241-55. [PMID: 8435479 DOI: 10.1007/bf01833264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In vitro analyses of basement membrane invasiveness employing Matrigel (a murine tumor extract rich in basement membrane components) have been performed on human breast cancer model systems. Constitutive invasiveness of different human breast cancer (HBC) cell lines has been examined as well as regulation by steroid hormones, growth factors, and oncogenes. Carcinoma cells exhibiting a mesenchymal-like phenotype (vimentin expression, lack of cell border associated uvomorulin) show dramatically increased motility, invasiveness, and metastatic potential in nude mice. These findings support the hypothesis that epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like events may be instrumental in the metastatic progression of human breast cancer. The MCF-7 subline MCF-7ADR appears to have undergone such a transition. The importance of such a transition may be reflected in the emergence of vimentin expression as an indicator of poor prognosis in HBC. Matrix degradation and laminin recognition are highlighted as potential targets for antimetastatic therapy, and analyses of laminin attachment and the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family in HBC cell lines are summarized. Matrigel-based assays have proved useful in the study of the molecular mechanisms of basement membrane invasiveness, their regulation in HBC cells, and their potential as targets for antimetastatic therapy.
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- S N Bae
- Vincent T. Lombardi Cancer Research Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007
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Azzam H. Analysis of fertility and labour force differentials in the Arab world. Popul Bull U N Econ Comm West Asia 1979:39-49. [PMID: 12310015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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