BIOLOGY

 

 

Publication Record

 

Abdel-Masih, R., E. Baydoun, and C. T. Brett. 2003. In vitro biosynthesis of 1,4-b-galactan attached to a pectin-xyloglucan complex in pea. Planta 216:502–511.

 

Al Khatib, B. M., A. S. Sleyman, M. M. Freiwat, K. M. Knio, and I. G. Rubeiz. 2001. Mulch type effects on strawberries grown in a mild winter climate. Small Fruits Review 1(4): 51–61.

 

Al-Kadamany, E., I. Toufeili, M. Khattar, H. S. Abou-Jawdeh, S. Harakeh, and T. Haddad. 2002. Determination of shelf-life of concentrated yogurt (Labneh) produced by in-bag straining of set yogurt using hazard analysis. Journal of Dairy Sciences 85(5): 1023–1030.

 

Al-Sadi, R., and Kreydiyyeh, S. 2003. Mediators of Interleukin-1 beta action on the Na+K+ATPase in Caco-2 cells. Eur.Cytokine Netw. 14:1–8.

 

Barbour, E. K., B. C. Hamdar, N. E. Bejjani, L. H. El Jurdi, A. Eid, M. Bouljihad, R. Spasojevic, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2001. Immunopotentiation of a developed Salomonella Enteritidis vaccine thymulin and zinc in meat chicken breeders Veterinary Res. Comm. 25:437–447.

 

Barbour, E. K., M. T. Farran, S. K. Hamadeh, M. Bouljihad, O. Faroon, and S. Kreydiyyeh. 2002. Comparative impact of live chicken infectious anemia virus vaccine versus natural exposure in meat chicken breeders on immunity to infectivity by CIA and inclusion body Hepatitis viruses in their offspring. Veterinary Rese. Comm.26:397–405.

 

Chang, H., H. O. Hultin, and S. M. Dagher. 2001. Effect of MgCl2/sodium pyrophosphate on chicken breast muscle myosin solubilization and gelation. Journal of Food Biochemistry 25, 5:459–474.

 

Chidiac, J. J.*, N. Hawwa, M. Balik, B. Safieh-Garabedian, K. Rifai*, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. A perfusion technique for the determination of proinflammatory mediators induced by intradermal application of irritants. J. Pharmacol. Toxicol. Methods 46:125–130.

 

Darwiche, N., M. El-Sabban, R. Bazzi, R. Nasr, S. Al-Hashimi, O. Hermine*, H. de Thé*, and A. Bazarbachi. 2001. Retinoic acid dramatically enhances the arsenic trioxide induced cell cycle arrest and ppoptosis in retinoic acid receptor a-positive human T-cell leukemia virus type-I transformed cells. The Hematology Journal 2:127–35.

 

DaSilva,E., E. Baydoun, and A. Badran. 2002. Biotechnology and the Developing World. EJB Electronic Journal of Biotechnolgy [online]. 15 April 2002, vol.5, no.1. Available at
http://ejb.ucv.cl/content/vol5/issue1/full/1/index.html ISSN 07173458

 

Diab-Assef, M., M. J. Haddadin, P. Yared, C. Assaad., S. Haddad, and H. U. Gali-Muhtasib. 2002. Quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides: Hypoxia selective therapeutic agents. Molecular Carcinogenesis 33 (4): 198–205.

 

Farhat, G., N. Affara, and H. U. Gali-Muhtasib. 2001. Seasonal changes in the composition of the essential oil extract of East Mediterranean Sage (Salvia libanotica) and its toxicity in mice. Toxicon 39 (10): 1601–1605.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., and N. Bakkar. 2002. Modulating cell cycle: Current applications and prospects for future drug development. Current Cancer Drug Targets 2:309–336.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., I. Younis, J. Karchesy, and M. El-Sabban. 2001. Plant tannins inhibit the induction of aberrant crypt foci and colonic tumors by 1,2-dimethyl hydrazine in mice. Nutrition and Cancer 39 (1): 108–116.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., M. J. Haddadin, D. N. Rahhal, and I. Younes. 2001. Quinoxaline 1,4-di-N-oxides as anticancer and hypoxia-selective drugs. Oncology Reports 8 (3): 679–684.

 

Haddad, J. J.*, N. E. Saadé, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2002. Cytokines and neuro-immune-endocrine interactions: A role for the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal revolving axis. J. Neuroimmunol. 133:1–19.

 

. 2002. Redox regulation of TNF-a biosynthesis: Augmentation by irreversible inhibition of g-glutamyl cysteine synthase and the involvement of an IkB-a/NF-kB independent pathway in alveolar epithelial cells. Cellular Signaling 14:211–218.

 

Haddad, J. J.*, N. E. Saadé, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2003. Interleukin-10 and the regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases: Are these signalling modules targets for the anti-inflammatory action of this cytokine. Cell Signalling 15:255–267.

 

Haddad, J. J.*, B. Safieh-Garabedian, N. E. Saadé, and R. Lauterbach*. 2002. Inhibition of glutathione-related enzymes augments LPS-mediated cytokine biosynthesis: involvement of an IkappaB/NF-kappaB-sensitive pathway in the alveolar epithelium. Int.Immunopharmacol. 2:1567–1583.

 

Harakeh, S., N. Sabra, K. Kassak, and B. Doughan. 2002. Factors influenecing mercury alarming levels among Lebanese dentists. The Science of the Total Environment 297:153–160.

 

Harakeh, S., N. Sabra, K. Kassak, B. Doughan, and C. Sukhn. 2003. Mercury and arsenic levels among Lebanese dentists: A call for action. Bulletin of Environmental contamination and toxicology 70 (4): 629–635.

 

Hatoum, E., M. E. El-Sabban, J. Khoury, S. H. Yuspa*, and N. Darwiche. 2001. Overexpression of retinoic acid receptors alpha and gamma in neoplastic epidermal cells causes retinoic acid-induced growth arrest and apoptosis. Carcinogenesis 22 (12): 1955–63.

 

Hraoui-Bloquet, S., R. Sadek, R. Sindaco, and A., Venchi. 2002. The Herpetofauna of Lebanon: New data on distribution. Zoology in the Middle East 27:35–46.

 

Hraoui-Bloquet, S., R. A. Sadek, and R. Geze. 2001. Les amphibiens du Liban: inventaire, repartition geographique et altitudinale. Journal de Societe herpetologique de France 99:19–28.

 

Kanaan, S. A., B. Safieh-Garabedian, M. Karam, H. Khansa*, S. J. Jabbur, A. R. Jurjus, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Thymulin reduces the hyperalgesia and cytokine upregulation induced by Leishmaniasis in mice. Brain Behavior and Immunity 16:450–460.

 

Kawar, N., S. Dagher, and G. Chammas. 2001. Comparison of gaschromatography and immunoassay methods in measuring the distribution of dieldrin in rainbow trout tissues. Journal of Environmental Science and Health B36 (6): 765–774.

 

Knio, K. M., R. D. Goeden, and D. H. Headrick. 2001. Resource utilization in the sibling species Trupanea nigricornis (Coquillett), a polyphage, and the nearly monophagous T. bisetosa (Coquillett) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southern California. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 103 (4): 946–961.

 

Knio, K., S. Kalash, and I. White. 2002. Flower-head infesting fruit flies (Tephritidae) on Asteraceae plants in Lebanon. Journal of Natural History 36:617–629.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S. I., and J. Usta. 2002. Diuretic effect and mechanism of action of parsley. J Ethnopharmacol. 79 (3): 353–7.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S. I., J. Usta, I. Kaouk, and R. Al-Sadi. 2001. The mechanism underlying the laxative effect of parsley extract. Phytomedicine 8:382–388.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S., and R. Al-Sadi. 2002. Interleukin-1 beta increases urine flow rate and inhibits protein expression of the Na+-K+ ATPase in the rat jejunum and kidney. J. Interferon & Cytokine Res. 22:1041–1048.

 

. 2002. The mechanism by which Interleukin-1 beta reduces net fluid absorption from the rat colon. Eur. Cytokien Netw. 13:358–363.

 

Maalouf, S., M. E. El-Sabban, N. Darwiche, and H. Gali-Mohtasib. 2002. Molecular mechanisms of the photoprotective effects of vitamin E in keratinocytes. Molecular Carcinogenesis 34:121–130.

 

Maalouf, S., M. El-Sabban, N. Darwiche, and H. U. Gali-Muhtasib. 2002. Protective effect of vitamin E on ultraviolet B light-induced damage in keratinocytes. Molecular Carcinogenesis 34:121–130.

 

Ramia, S., S. Koussa, A. Taher, S. Harakeh, S. Klayme, D. Sarkis, and R. Naman. 2002. Infection with Hepatitis viruses (B and C) and distribution of Hepatitis C virus genotypes in Lebanese patients with Thalassemia. Anals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 96:197–202.

 

Saadé N. E., S. F. Atweh, S. J. Jabbur, M. Dardenne*, J. F. Bach*, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2003. A thymulin analogue peptide with powerful inhibitory effects on pain of neurogenic origin. Neuroscience 119:156–165. 

 

Saadé, N. E., C. A. Massaad, C. I. Ochoa-Chaar, S. J. Jabbur, B. Safieh-Garabedian, and S. F. Atweh. 2002. Upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines and nerve growth factor by intraplantar injection of capsaicin in rats. J. Physiol. 545:241–253.

 

Safieh-Garabedian, B., M. Dardenne*, J. M. Plaeu*, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Potent analgesic and anti-inflammatory actions of a novel thymulin-related peptide in the rat. Br. J. Pharmacol. 136:947–955.

 

Safieh-Garabedian, B., S. Poole*, J. J. Haddad*, C. E. Masaad, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. The role of sympathetic efferents on ET-induced localized inflammatory hyperalgesia and the upregulation of cytokines. Neuropharmacol. 42:864–872.

 

Talhouk, R., F. Maa’ni, N. Kalaa’ni, G. S. Zoubian, C. J. Simaa’n, M. Abi-Sai'd, S. K. Hamadeh, E. Barbour, and M. El-Sabban. 2001. Partial purification and characterization of growth factors involved in ovine mammary development. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 3:143–159.

 

Usta, J., S. Kreydiyyeh, H. Bajakian, and Nakkash-Chmaisse. 2002. In vitro effect of eugenol and cinnamaldehyde on membrane potential and respiratory chain complexes in isolated rat liver mitochondria. Food and Chemical Toxicology 40:935–940.

 

 

 

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

 

Abdel-Massih, R., E. Baydoun, and C. Brett. 2001. In vitro biosynthesis of 1,4-b- galactan attached to a pectin-xyloglucan complex in pea. Proceedings of the 9th International Cell Wall Meeting,107.

 

Al-Sadi, R, and S. I. Kreydiyyeh. 2002. Mediators of Interleukin-1 beta effect on the Na+-K+ pump in caco-2 cells. J. interferon and cytokine research, supplement 1:S.133.

 

. 2001. Quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides: a new class of hypoxia-selective therapeutic agents. Proceedings of the Abstracts of the 6th World Congress on Advances in Oncology, Crete, Greece, 18–20 October, 2001. Abstract published in International Journal of Molecular Medicine, vol 8, supplement 1.

 

. 2002. Effect of quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides on epithelial cell proliferation, apoptosis and transforming growth factors expression. 12th International Congress on Anti-Cancer Treatment, Paris, France, February 4–7, 2002.

 

Baydoun, E., N. Pavlencheva, C. Cumming, K. Waldron, and C. Brett. 2003. Control of phenolic cross-linking of cell-wall polymers by hydrogen peroxide and peroxidase in sugar beet. Proceedings of the Phoenix Symposium of Plant Signalling.

 

Bikhazi, A. B., D. M. El-Khechen, M. E. El-Sabban, E. Baydoun, and K. M. Bitar. 2002. Endothelin-1 binding and receptor subtypes localization and alteration in a normal and diabetic rat heart model. Proceedings of the FASEB 2002 Meeting on Experimental Biology 94.

 

Darwiche, N., A. Hatoum, R. Nasr, G. Abou-Lteif, and A. Bazarbachi. 2002. N-(4-Hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (HPR) induces apoptosis and growth inhibition in malignant but not normal T lymphocytes at clinically achievable concentrations. American Association for Cancer Research Special Meeting “Apoptosis and Cancer: Basic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities in the Post-Genomic Era,” Waikoloa, Hawaii, February 13–17, 2002.

 

El-Sabban, M., A. Ismail, and R. Talhouk. 2002. Effect of GJIC modulation on Jak2/STAT5 in mammary cells in vitro. Mol. Biol. of the Cell 13:2765:491a.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., C. Boltze, M. Diab-Assaf, J. Al-Hmaira, A. Roessner, and R. Schneider-Stock. 2003. Thymoquinone extracted from black seed is a potent growth inhibitor and inducer of apoptosis in human colon cancer HCT-116 cells. Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research 44:623.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., M. M. Sidani, M. Diab-Assaf, and M. J. Haddadin. 2002. 2-Benzoyl-3-phenyl-6,7-dichloroquinoxaline 1,4-dioxide is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor that potentiates the antitumor effects of ionizing radiation. International Conference on Hypoxia/HIF Mediated Responses in Tumour Biology, Manchester, United Kingdom, November 27–29, 2002.

 

Gali-Muhtasib, H., M. Sidani, M. Diab-Assaf, M. Haddadin, F. Geara, and G. Zaatari. 2003. An evaluation of the radiosensitization effects of quinoxaline 1,4-dioxides. Second International Conference on Translational Research and Pre-Clinical Strategies in Radio-Oncology, Lugano, Switzerland, March 16–19, 2003.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S., and R. Al-Sadu. 2002. Interleukin-1 beta inhibits electrolytes and water absorption from the rat colon. The FASEB Journal 16.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S. I., C. Abou Chahine, and R. Hilal-Dandan. 2003. Interleukin-1 b inhibits Na+-K+ATPase activity and protein expression in cardiac myocytes. The FASEB Journal 17 (6): 120.

 

Kreydiyyeh, S., and R. Al-Sadi. 2002. The signaling pathway underlying the effect of interleukin-1 beta on the Na+/K+ pump in LLC-PK1 cells. J interferon and cytokine research 22, supplement 1:S-133.

 

Rizk, S., E. Baydoun, and C. T. Brett. 2001. Assemblins: proteins associated with matrix polysaccharides during cell-wall matrix biosynthesis. Proceedings of the 9th International Cell Wall Meeting,190.

 

Saade’, N. E., G. M. Mouneimne, R. Talhouk, S. J. Jabbur, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2001. Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) prevents the endotoxin-induced hyperalgesia without altering the levels of cytokines. International Society for neuro-immunology, Edinburough, Scotland, Sept 4–7, 2001.

 

Sfeir, A., M. Daher, A. Ismail, R. Bejani, M. El-Sabban, and R. Talhouk. 2001. Gap junctional intercellular communication induces differentiation of mammary epithelial cells in a cell/ECM-independent manner. Mol. Biol. of the Cell 426:78a.

 

Tarraf, C., L. Kobrossy, R. Talhouk, S. Bazzi, and M. El-Sabban. 2001. The modulation of gap junctional intercellular communication in the rat polycystic ovary and in granulosa cells In Vitro. Mol. Biol. of the Cell 434:80a.