HUMAN MORPHOLOGY

 

 

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Al-Amin, H. A., N. E. Saadé, M. Khani, S. Atweh, and M. Jaber. 2003. Effects of chronic dizocilpine on acute pain and on mRNA expression of neuropeptides and the dopamine and glutamate receptors. Brain Research 981:99–107.

　

Baliki, M., H. A. Al-Amin, S. F. Atweh, M. Jaber, N. Hawwa, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2003. Attenuation of neuropathic manifestations by local block of the activities of the ventrolateral orbito-frontal area in the rat. Neuroscience 120:1093–1104.

　

Barada, K. A., M. I. Kafrouni, C. I. Khoury, N. E. Saadé, F. H. Mourad, S. S. Szabo, and C. F. Nassar. 2001. Experimental colitis decreases rat jejunal amino acid absorption. Role of capsaicin sensitive primary afferents. Life Sciences 69:3121–3131.

　

Bikhazi, A. B., A. M. Khalifeh, W. A. Jaroudi, R. E. Saadeddine, A. R. Jurjus, M. E. El-Sabban, and K. M. Bitar. 2003. Endothelin-1 receptor subtypes expression and binding in a perfused rat model of myocardial infarction. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 134 (1): 35–43.

　

Bitar, F. F., H. Bitar, M. El-Sabban, M. Nasser, K. A. Yunis, A. Tawil, and G. S. Dbaibo. 2002. Modulation of ceramide content and lack of apoptosis in the chronically hypoxic neonatal rat heart. Pediatr Res 51 (2): 144–9.

　

Bitar, F. F., M. El-Sabban, H. Bitar, K. Diab, S. Mroueh, M. Nasser, M. Mikati, and G. S. Dbaibo. 2002. Lack of apoptosis in the hypoxic brain of a rat model mimicking cyanotic heart disease. Brain Inj 16 (10): 891–900.

　

Chidiac, J. J., N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, B. Safieh-Garabedian, K. Rifai, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. A perfusion technique for the determination of pro-inflammatoy mediators induced by intradental application of irritants. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 46:125–130.

　

Chidiac, J. J., K. Rifai, N. N. Hawwa, C. A. Massaad, A. R. Jurjus, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Nociceptive behavior induced by dental application of irritants to rat incisors. A new model for tooth inflammatory pain. European Journal of Pain 6:55–67.

　

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 apoptosis in retinoic acid receptor alpha-positive human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-I-transformed cells. Hematol J 2 (2): 127–135.

　

Dbaibo, G. S., W. El-Assaad, A. Krikorian, B. Liu, K. Diab, N. Z. Idriss, M. El-Sabban, T. A. Driscoll, D. K. Perry, and Y. A. Hannun. 2001. Ceramide generation by two distinct pathways in tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced cell death. FEBS Lett 503 (1): 7–12.

　

El-Assaad, W., L. Kozhaya, S. Araysi, S. Panjarian, F. F. Bitar, E. Baz, M. E. El-Sabban, and G. S. Dbaibo. 2003. Ceramide and glutathione define two independently regulated pathways of cell death initiated by p53 in Molt-4 leukemia cells. Biochem J.

　

El-Khoury, C., N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, S. F. Atweh, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Attenuation of neuropathic pain by segmental and supraspinal activation of the dorsal column system in awake rats. Neuroscience 112:541–553.

　

El-Sabban, M. E., R. A. Merhi, H. A. Haidar, B. Arnulf, H. Khoury, J. Basbous, J. Nijmeh, H. de Thé, O. Hermine, and A. Bazarbachi. 2002. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1-transformed cells induce angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells. Blood 99 (9): 3383–9.

　

El-Sabban, M. E., A. J. Sfeir, M. H. Daher, N. Y. Kalaany, R. A. Bassam, and R. S. Talhouk. 2003. ECM-induced gap junctional communication enhances mammary epithelial cell differentiation. J Cell Sci 116 (Pt 17): 3531–41.

　

Gali-Muhtasib, H. U., I. H. Younes, J. J. Karchesy, and M. E. El-Sabban. 2001. Plant tannins inhibit the induction of aberrant crypt foci and colonic tumors by 1, 2-dimethylhydrazine in mice. Nutr Cancer 39 (1): 108–16.

　

Guerbouj, S., I. Guizani, J. C. Dujardin, and N. Nuwayri-Salti. 2002. Identification of Lebanese dermotropic Leishmania Archibaldi isolates by Gp63 PCR-RFLP. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 95 (6): 687–688.

　

Guerbouj, S., K. Victoir, I. Guizani, N. Seridi, N. Nuwayri-Salti, M. Belkaid, R. B. Ismail, D. Le Ray, and J. C. Dujardin. 2001. Gp63 gene polymorphism and population structure of Leishmania donovani complex: influence of the host selection pressure? Parasitology 122 Pt 1:25–35.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., R. Lauterbach, N. E. Saadé, B. Safieh-Garabedian, and S. Land. 2001. a-Melanocyte-related tripeptide, lys-D-pro-val, ameliorates endotoxin-induced NF-kB translocation and activation: Evidence for involvement of an interleukin-1b193-195 receptor antagonism in the alveolar epithelium. Biochemical Journal 355:29–38.

　

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. Journal of Neuroimmunology 133:1–19.

　

. 2002. Redox regulation of TNF-a biosynthesis: Augmentation by irreversible inhibition of g-glutamylcysteine synthetase and the involvement of an IkB-a/NF-kB-independent pathway in alveolar epithelial cells. Cellular Signalling 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 signaling modules targets for the anti-inflammatory action of this cytokine? Cellular Signalling 15:255–267.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., B. Safieh-Garabedian, N. E. Saadé, S. A. Kanaan, and S. C. Land. 2001. Chemioxyexcitation (DpO2/ROS)-dependent release of IL-1b, IL-6 and TNF-a: Evidence of cytokines as oxygen-sensitive mediators in the alveolar epithelium. Cytokine 13:138–147.

　

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 IkB/NF-kB-sensitive pathway in the alveolar epithelium. International Immunopharmacology 2:1567–1583.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., B. Safieh-Garabedian, N. E. Saadé, and S. C. Land. 2001. Thiol regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines revealed a novel immunopharmacological potential of glutathione in the alveolar epithelium. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 296:996–1005.

　

. 2001. The biphasic immunoregulation of pyrimidylpiperazine (Y-40138) is IL-10 sensitive and requires NF-kB targeting in the alveolar epithelium. British Journal of Pharmacology 133:49–60.

　

Haidar, J. H., A. Bazarbachi, M. R. Nasr, M. E. El-Sabban, and R. Daher. 2003. Signet ring-like light chain myeloma with systemic spread. Eur J Haematol 70 (4): 249–50.

　

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

　

Homaidan, F. R., I. Chakroun, G. S. Dbaibo, W. El-Assaad, and M. E. El-Sabban. 2001. IL-1 activates two phospholipid signaling pathways in intestinal epithelial cells. Inflamm Res (7): 375–81.

　

Homaidan, F. R., I. Chakroun, H. A. Haidar, and M. E. El-Sabban. 2002. Protein regulators of eicosanoid synthesis: role in inflammation. Review. Curr Protein Pept Sci 3 (4): 467–484.

　

Homaidan, F. R., M. E. El-Sabban, I. Chakroun, M. El-Sibai, and G. S. Dbaibo. 2002. IL-1 stimulates ceramide accumulation without inducing apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells. Mediators Inflamm 11 (1): 39–45.

　

Jaroudi, W. A., A. R. Jurjus, M. E. El-Sabban, M. T. Kamal, K. M. Bitar, and A. B. Bikhazi. 2003. Endothelium and myocyte cellular insulin receptor alterations in a rat model of myocardial infarction. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 81 (3): 267–73.

　

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 cutaneous leishmaniasis in mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity 16:450-460.

　

Maalouf, S., M. El-Sabban, N. Darwiche, and H. Gali-Muhtasib. 2002. Protective effect of vitamin E on ultraviolet B light-induced damage in keratinocytes. Mol Carcinog 34 (3): 121–30.

　

Mikati, M. A., R. J. Abi-Habib, M. E. El-Sabban, G. S. Dbaibo, R. M. Kurdi, M. Kobeissi, F. Farhat, and W. Asaad. 2003. Hippocampal programmed cell death after status epilepticus: Evidence for NMDA-receptor and ceramide-mediated mechanisms. Epilepsia 44 (3): 282–91.

　

Mourad, F. H., K. A. Barada, N. Abdel-Malak, N. A. Bou Rached, C. I. Khoury, N. E. Saadé, and C. F. Nassar. 2003. Interplay between nitric oxide and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in inducing fluid secretion in rat jejunum. Journal of Physiology 550:863–871.

　

Nasr, R., A. Rosenwald, M. E. El-Sabban, B. Arnulf, P. Zalloua, Y. Lepelletier, F. Bex, O. Hermine, L. Staudt, H. de Thé, and A. Bazarbachi. 2003. Arsenic/interferon specifically reverses 2 distinct gene networks critical for the survival of HTLV-1-infected leukemic cells. Blood 101 (11): 4576–82.

　

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 effect on pain of neurogenic origin. Neuroscience 119:155–165.

　

Saadé, N. E., M. Baliki, C. El-Khoury, N. Hawwa, S. F. Atweh, A. V. Apkarian, and S. J. Jabbur. 2002. The role of the dorsal columns in neuropathic behavior: Evidence for plasticity and non specificity. Neuroscience 115:403–413.

　

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. Journal of Physiology 545:241–253.

　

Saadeh, F. A., M. El-Sabban, and J. S. Hawi. 2001. Rare variations of the mylohyoid muscle: Case study. Clin Anat 14 (4): 285–7.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., M. Dardenne, J. M. Pléau, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Potent analgesic and anti-inflamamtory actions of a novel thymulin-related peptide in the rat. British Journal of Pharmacology 136:947–955.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., S. Poole, J. J. Haddad, C. A. Massaad, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. The role of the sympathetic efferents in endotoxin-induced localized inflammatory hyperalgesia and cytokine upregulation. Neuropharmacology 42:864–872.

　

Salem Z, N. Nuwayri-Salti, F. Ramlawi, and S. Ramia. 2003. Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Lebanese Patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. European J Epidemiol 18:251253.

　

Talhouk, R. S., F. A. Maa'ni, N. Kalaa'ni, G. S. Zoubian, C. J. Simaa'n, M. Abi-Sai'd, S. Hamadeh, E. Barbour, and M. E. El-Sabban. 2001. Partial purification and characterization of proteins with growth promoting activities from ovine mammary gland secretions. Domest Anim Endocrinol 21 (3): 143–59.

　

Tarraf, C., M. El-Sabban, R. Bassam, M. Beyrouthy, J. Chamoun, and R. Talhouk. 2003. Functional consequence of exposure to dieldrin on mammary development and function. Food Addit Contam 20 (9): 819–828.

　

　

　

Abstracts, Conferences, and Proceedings

　

Al-Amin, H. A., S. F. Atweh, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2003. Post-pubertal emergence of thermal and mechanical hyperalgesia after neonatal lesion of the ventral hippocampus (VH) in rats. 4th Congress of EFIC, Pain in Europe IV, Abstract, 171.

　

Al-Amin, H. A., N. E. Saadé, D. Belin, D. Bouhadir, S. J. Jabbur, S. F. Atweh, K. Malagane, and M. Jaber. 2002. Behavioral and molecular changes after chronic injections of the PCP analog dizocilpine in rats. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Abstract, 1:086. 2.

　

Baliki, M., C. El-Khoury, N. Hawwa, S. J. Jabbur, A. V. Apkarian, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Modulation of mononeuropathy-induced allodynia through descending influences from the orbital cortex. 2nd World Congress of World Institute of Pain: Pain Management in the 21st Century, Abstract, BR 20:206.

　

Baliki, M., N. Hawwa, A. V. Apkarian, N. Bahuth, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Attenuation of mononeuropathic (MNP) manifestations in rats by chemical manipulation of the ventral orbital cerebral (VOC) area. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 156. 16.

　

Bazarbachi, A., R. Abou Merhi, A. Gessain, H. Khoury, O. Gout, H. Abi Haidar, H. De Thé, O. Hermine, and M. El-Sabban. 2002. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I transformed cells induce angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells. 7th Congress of the European Haematology Association, Florence, Italy. The Haematology Journal.

　

Bazarbachi, A., R. Abou Merhi, A. Gessain, H. Khoury, R. Talhouk, R. Nasr, O. Gout, R. Sulaihan, F. Homaidan, H. de Thé, O. Hermine, and M. El-Sabban. 2003. HTLV-I infected cells extravasate through the endothelial barrier using a local angiogenesis-like mechanism: Implications for invasion and metastasis. 8th Congress of the European Haematology Association, Lyon, France. The Haematology Journal 4s2:22–23.

　

Bazarbachi, A., R. Abou Merhi, R. Nasr, A. Gessain, O. Gout, H. de Thé, O. Hermine, and M. El-Sabban. 2003. HTLV-I infected cells extravasate through the endothelial barrier using a local angiogenesis-like mechanism: implications for invasion and metastasis. 11th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and related viruses. Aids Res Hum Retrovirus 19:S16.

　

Bazarbachi, A., R. Nasr, M. El-Sabban, O. Hermine, and H. de Thé. 2001. Arsenic/interferon-alpha triggered apoptosis in HTLV-I transformed cells is associated with proteasome mediated tax degradation and reversal of NF-kappaB activation. Joint International Congress on APL and Differentiation Therapy, Rome, Italy.

　

Bazarbachi, A., R. Nasr, A. Rosenwald, M. El-Sabban, R. Merat, F. Bex, O. Hermine, L. Staudt, and H. de Thé. 2002. Arsenic trioxide and interferon alpha induce proteasome-mediated tax degradation and selectively downregulate the transcription of NF-kappaB target genes in human T cell lymphotropic virus transformed cells. 7th Congress of the European Haematology Association, Florence Italy. The Haematology Journal.

　

Chakroun, I., M. E. El-Sabban, H. Abi Haidar, S. B. Panjarian, F. R. and Homaidan. 2002. Gap junctional communication between intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages. Identification and regulation of connexin proteins. World Congress of Gastroenterology, Thailand.

　

Chidiac, J. J., N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, C. El-Khoury, K. Rifai, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. A new experimental approach to the determination of the levels of inflammatory mediators in the rat’s tooth perfusate by ELISA. Meeting of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders, Cardiff.

　

Chidiac, J. J., N. Hawwa, K. Rifai, B. Safieh-Garabedian, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Intradental application of capsaicin (CAP) upregulates the levels of NGF and PGE2 in the rat incisors. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 47. 1.

　

Darwiche, N., A. Hatoum, J. Khoury, and M. El-Sabban. 2001. Introduction of retinoic acid receptors alpha and gamma into epidermal cell lines causes retinoic acid-induced growth arrest. Cell and Molecular Biology Keystone Symposium. The Molecular Basis of Cancer: Signaling to Cell Growth and Death, Taos, NM.

　

El-Khoury, C., N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, S. F. Atweh, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Dorsal column stimulation (DCS) inhibits neuropathic pain through supraspinal mechanisms. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 2001, 27:509. 8.

　

El-Sabban, M., R. Abou-Merhi, H. Abi-Haidar, B. Arnulf, J. Basbous, H. Khoury, J. Nijmeh, O. Hermine, and A. Bazarbachi. 2001. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I transformed cells induce angiogenesis and communicate with endothelial cells through gap junctions. 10th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and Related Viruses, Dublin, Ireland.

　

El-Sabban, M., R. Abou Merhi, A. Gessain, B. Arnulf, H. Khoury, O. Gout, H. Abi Haidar, H. de Thé, O. Hermine, and A. Bazarbachi. 2002. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I transformed cells induce angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells. HTLV European Research Network. General Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

　

. 2002. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I transformed cells induce angiogenesis and establish functional gap junctions with endothelial cells. American Society of Hematology, Philadelphia, United States. Blood 100:727a.

　

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.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., N. E. Saadé, B. Safieh-Garabedian, and S. C. Land. 2001. Exogenous rmTNF-a and redox-sensitive transcription factors HIF-1a and NF-kB: Up-regulation of endogenous pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine biosynthesis and involvement of an 1kB-a dependent pathway. FASEB 15:A162.

　

. 2001. The immunoregulatory potential of thymulin-Zn2+ is cAMP-sensitive and mediated by selective targeting of the redox-sensitive transcription factor NF-kB in the alveolar epithelium. The Journal of Physiology (London) 531:177P.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., B. Safieh-Garabedian, N. E. Saadé, and S. C. Land. 2001. Thiol regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines revealed a novel immunopharmacological potential of glutathione in the alveolar epithelium. FASEB 15:A162.

　

. The involvement of a NF-kB-dependent pathway in regulating pro-inflammatory cytokine biosynthesis in the alveolar epithelium. FASEB 15:A162.

　

Haddad, J. J. E., S. C. Land, R. E. Olver, B. Safieh-Garabedian, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Redox disequilibrium and chemioxyexcitation (DpO2/ROS) mediated regulation of the cytokine network in the alveolar epithelium. Acta Physiologica Scandinavica 170:275A.

　

Hawwa, N., C. El-Khoury, M. Baliki, S. J. Jabbur, S. F. Atweh, and N. E. Saadé 2001. Dorsal column stimulation (DCS) modulates pain through segmental and supraspinal mechanisms. 2nd World Congress of World Institute of Pain: Pain Management in the 21st Century, Abstract, BR 19:205.

　

Homaidan, F. R., I. Chakroun, S. B. Panjarian, and M. E. El-Sabban. 2001. Adhesion of intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages regulate the expression of connexin 26 and connexin 33 protein levels. International Gap Junction Meeting, Hawaii.

　

Jabbur, S., S. Atweh, C. El-Khoury, M. Baliki, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Dorsal column stimulation (DCST) inhibits neuropathic manifestations through aminergic spinal and supraspinal mechanisms. Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Abstract, 1:183. 9.

　

Jabbur, S. J., J. J. Chidiac, K. Rifai, N. Hawwa, B. Safieh-Garabedian, and N. E. Saadé. 2003. Dentinal application of capsaicin produced upregulation of PGE2 and NGF that is reversed by anti-inflammatory drugs. 4th Congress of EFIC, Pain in Europe IV, Abstract, 181.

　

Jabbur, S. J., N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, J. J. Chidiac, K. Rifai, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Pulpectomy and occlusion of dentinal tubules prevent te nociceptive behavior induced by intradental application of irritants in awake rats. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 455. 9.

　

Melemedjian, O. K., M. E. El-Sabban, N. E. Saadé, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2002. Endotoxin (ET) induces secretion of proinflammatory mediators in cultured adult rat dorsal root ganglia (DRG) neurons. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 555. 10.

　

Nakkash Chmaysi, H., R. Fakhouri Makki, and N. Nuwayri-Salti. 2001. Immunogenetic markers in a group of Lebanese patients with IDDM: Serologic and molecular studies. Fifth Congress of the Council of Medical Laboratories in Damascus, Syria, September 16, 2001.

　

Nakkash Chmaise, H., N. Najjar, N Timany, and N. Nuwayri-Salti. 2001. Leishmania Archibaldi strain isolated in Lebanon exhibits less virulent features than the one that is prevalent in Africa: Clinical behavior in the human host and in an animal model. Abstract. The 50th Annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Atlanta, Georgia, November 2001.

　

Nasr, R., M. El-Sabban, J. Basbous, R. Abou-Merhi, F. Bex, O. Hermine, H. de Thé, and A. Bazarbachi. 2001. Arsenic/interferon-alpha triggered apoptosis in HTLV-I transformed cells is associated with proteasome mediated tax degradation and reversal of NFkappa B activation. 10th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and Related Viruses, Dublin, Ireland. Aids Res Hum Retrovirus 17: S50.

　

Nasr, R., A. Rosenwald, M. El-Sabban, B. Arnulf, Y. Lepelletier, F. Bex, O. Hermine, L. Staudt, H. de Thé, and A. Bazarbachi. 2002. Arsenic/interferon specifically reverses two distinct gene networks critical for the survival of HTLV-I infected leukemic cells. American Society of Hematology, Philadelphia, United States. Blood 100:215b.

　

. 2003. Arsenic/interferon specifically reverses two distinct gene networks critical for the survival of HTLV-I infected leukemic cells. 8th Congress of the European Haematology Association, Lyon, France. The Haematology Journal 4s2:134–135.

　

Nasr, R., A. Rosenwald, M. El-Sabban, F. Bex, B. Arnulf, O. Hermine, L. Staudt, H. de Thé, and A. Bazarbachi. 2002. Arsenic trioxide and interferon alpha induce proteasome-mediated tax degradation and selectively downregulate the transcription of NF-kappaB target genes in human T cell lymphotropic virus transformed cells HTLV. European Research Network, General Meeting, Berlin, Germany.

　

Nasr, R., A. Rosenwald, M. El-Sabban, O. Hermine, F. Bex, L. Staudt, H. de Thé, and A. Bazarbachi. 2003. Arsenic/interferon specifically reverses two distinct gene networks critical for the survival of HTLV-I infected leukemic cells. 11th International Conference on Human Retrovirology: HTLV and Related Viruses. San Francisco, United States. Aids Res Hum Retrovirus 19:S52.

　

Nuwayri-Salti, N. October 2001. The epidemilogy of leishmaniasis in Lebanon: Novel findings. Invited Speaker. First International Seminar on Leishmaniases, Abstract, p. 35. Damascus, Syria.

　

. April 2002. Invites speaker. Adrenal Axis Meeting of the Syrian Society of Endocrinology, Homs, April 2002.

　

Rifai, K., J. J. Chidiac, N. Hawwa, M. Baliki, C. El-Khoury, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Occlusion of dentinal tubules prevents nociceptive behavior induced by intradentinal application of irritants. Meeting of the European Academy of Craniomandibular Disorders, Cardiff.

　

Saadé, N. E., S. F. Atweh, S. J. Jabbur, M. Dardenne, J. F. Bach, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2002. Attenuation of neuropathic manifestations in rats by a synthetic peptide analogue of thymulin (PAT). Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Abstract, 1:183. 18.

　

Saadé, N. E., C. El-Khoury, A. V. Apkarian, N. Hawwa, S. F. Atweh, and S. J. Jabbur. 2001. Immediate and long-term effects of dorsal column (DC) lesion on allodynia in mononeuropathic rats. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 27:281. 15.

　

Saadé, N. E., S. J. Jabbur, S. F. Atweh, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. 2003. Cytokines, prostaglandins and nerve growth factors interactions in hyperalgesia. Invited lecture. 4th Congress of EFIC, Pain in Europe IV, Abstract, 96.

　

Saadé, 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. VIth International Congress of the Society of Neuroimmunology. Journal of Neuroimmunology, Abstract, 118 (1): 103.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., N. Alami, S. J. Jabbur, M. E. El Sabban, S. F. Atweh, and N. E. Saadé. 2003. Thymulin modulates the production of cytokines induced by endotoxin in dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in culture. 4th Congress of EFIC, Pain in Europe IV, Abstract, 197.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., N. Dardenne, J. M. Pléau, and N. E. Saadé. 2002. Prevention of ET-induced hyperalgesia in the rat, by a novel thymulin peptide analogue (PAT). Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Abstract, 1:183. 19.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., J. J. Haddad, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Regulation of the nuclear factor kB (NF-kB) translocation by intracerebroventricular (ICV) endotoxin and its modulation by thymulin. VIth International Congress of the Society of Neuroimmunology. Journal of Neuroimmunology, Abstract, 118 (1): 30.

　

Safieh-Garabedian, B., G. M. Mouneimne, O. K. Melemedjian, S. J. Jabbur, and N. E. Saadé. 2001. Thymulin modulates the endotoxin (ET)-induced inflammation through IL-10-dependent mechanisms. Society for Neuroscience, Abstract, 27:279. 2.

　

Sfeir, A., M. Daher, A. Ismail1, 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.

　

Talhouk, R., A. Sfeir, M. Daher, R. Charif, H. Abou-Haidar, and M. El-Sabban. 2001. Distinct roles for cell-cell communication and cell-ECM interaction in mammary cell differentiation. Gap Junction International Meeting, Hawaii.

　

Tarraf, C., L. Kobrossy, L., 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.

　

　

　

other activities

　

Nuwayri-Salti, N. 2001 The positive sides in cloning address to the seniors in The Lebanese Syrian University. Omar Al Moukhtar Amphitheater, Ghazza, Beka’a.

　

. 2001. Chairperson of a session “Internal Medicine Autoimmunity.” The Vth Makassed Medical Assembly, September 25, 2001.

　

　

　

graduate theses and projects

　

Abi Mosleh, L. 2003. The role of heterocellular cap junctional intercellular communication (HGJIC) in mammary epithelial cells differentiation. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Alami, N. H. June 2003. The effect of serum thymic factor (FTS) on the inflammatory response by dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in culture. B. Safieh-Garabedian, N. E. Saadé, M. E. El-Sabban, and N. Darwiche. (Neuroscience, Department of Biology).

　

Bakkar, N. A. 2001. The effect of gallotannin on DMH-induced colon carcinogenesis: The potential role of gap junctions. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Baliki, M. November 2001. Supraspinal modulation of neuropathic pain: The role of the limbic and somatomotor cerebral centers. N. E. Saadé, S. J. Jabbur, S. F. Atweh, H. Al-Amin, and M. E. El-Sabban, (Neuroscience, Department of Human Morphology).

　

Bassam, R. 2001. Developmental regulation of mammary gland gap junction proteins and effect of dieldrin on mammary gland function in vivo and In Vitro. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Bejjani, R. 2002. The role of Jak/Stat and calcium signaling in GJIC-dependent SCp2 mammary epithelial differentiation. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Berro, R. 2002. The role of angiogenesis and heterocellular communication in breast cancer extravasation model. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Halabi, N. 2001. The development and use of a model system to study the role of gap junctions in the extravasation of breast cancer cells. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Hawwa, N. September 2001. A new dental-injury model for the study of tooth inflammatory pain. N. E. Saadé, S. J. Jabbur, A. Jurjus, S. F. Atweh, and B. Safieh-Garabedian. (Neuroscience, Department of Human Morphology).

　

Ismail, A. 2001. Effect of GJIC modulation on Jak2/Stat5 in mammary cells in vitro. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Jarudi, W. M. D. April 2003 Effect of lozartan on cardiac and skeletal muscle integrity in diabetic rats. A. Bikhazi, N. Nuwayri-Salti, J. Usta, and I Salti.

　

Khoury, N. N. June 2003. Morphological and biochemical alterations of intestinal tissues in experimental inflammatory bowel disease. A. R. Jurjus, N. E. Saadé, K. Barada, and C. Nassar. (Department of Human Morphology).

　

Melemedjian, O. K. July 2002. Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cultures as a model for studying neuro-immune interactions during inflammatory processes. B. Safieh-Garabedian, M. E. El-Sabban, N. Darwiche, and N. E. Saadé. (Neuroscience, Department of Biology).

　

Nehme, R. 2003. The gap junction protein complex: Role in mammary epithelial cell differentiation. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Panjarian, S. B. 2002. Gap junction-mediated communication between macrophages and intestinal epithelial cells: Implications in inflammatory bowel disease. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Sfeir, A. 2001. Gap junctional intercellular communication and differentiation of mammary epithelial cells In Vitro. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Soulahian, R. 2002. The role of angiogenesis and hetero-cellular gap junctional communication in leukemic cells extravasation. El-Sabban (co-advisor).

　

Stanbouly, S. G. 2002. Congestive heart failure: Putative role for cardioprotective drugs in adriamycin-induced cardiotoxicity in a rat model. El-Sabban (co-advisor).