Detection of herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus DNA in atherosclerotic plaques and in unaffected bypass grafts

AI Ibrahim, MT Obeid, MJ Jouma, GA Moasis… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Elsevier
Background: Herpes virus infections are suspected to be involved in the pathogenesis of
atherosclerosis. Objective and method: Viral DNA of herpes simplex virus (HSV), Epstein-Barr …

Prevalence of herpes simplex virus (types 1 and 2), varicella-zoster virus, cytomegalovirus, and human herpesvirus 6 and 7 DNA in cerebrospinal fluid of Middle …

AI Ibrahim, MT Obeid, MJ Jouma… - Journal of clinical …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
HSV-1 DNA was detected in 32 (30%) of 106 cerebrospinal fluid samples from patients with
encephalitis. Cytomegalovirus, varicella-zoster virus, and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) …

Searching for the 'ideal face of the state'in a Lebanese border town

M Obeid - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
… The former felt betrayed and tricked by the results and a series of incidents led to some
killings and shootings of several individuals in the town (Obeid 2006a). These soon developed …

Sphingosine kinase: biochemical and cellular regulation and role in disease

TA Taha, YA Hannun, LM Obeid - BMB Reports, 2006 - koreascience.kr
… This is supported by the fact that S1P1 responsiveness is strongly enhanced in T … and
Michel, T. (2003) VEGF induces S1P1 receptors in endothelial cells: Implications for cross-talk …

[HTML][HTML] Sphingosine kinase 1 is up-regulated during hypoxia in U87MG glioma cells: role of hypoxia-inducible factors 1 and 2

V Anelli, CR Gault, AB Cheng, LM Obeid - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2008 - ASBMB
Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), a sphingolipid metabolite that plays an important role in
the regulation of cell survival, growth, migration, and angiogenesis, acts both inside the cells …

Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptors: receptor specificity versus functional redundancy

TA Taha, KM Argraves, LM Obeid - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2004 - Elsevier
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a bioactive sphingolipid that has recently been shown to
bind cell surface S1P receptors (previously called endothelial differentiation gene (Edg) …

Calreticulin exposure dictates the immunogenicity of cancer cell death

M Obeid, A Tesniere, F Ghiringhelli, GM Fimia… - Nature medicine, 2007 - nature.com
Anthracyclin-treated tumor cells are particularly effective in eliciting an anticancer immune
response, whereas other DNA-damaging agents such as etoposide and mitomycin C do not …

Modulation of total Akt kinase by increased expression of a single isoform: requirement of the sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor, Edg3/S1P3, for the VEGF-dependent …

CB Fieber, J Eldridge, TA Taha, LM Obeid… - Experimental cell …, 2006 - Elsevier
Akt kinase is an important downstream effector of VEGF in primary endothelial cells (EC),
promoting angiogenesis by increased cellular survival, motility and tubulogenesis. Akt1 is the …

Leveraging the immune system during chemotherapy: moving calreticulin to the cell surface converts apoptotic death from “silent” to immunogenic

M Obeid, T Panaretakis, A Tesniere, N Joza, R Tufi… - Cancer research, 2007 - AACR
In contrast to prior belief, tumor cell apoptosis is not necessarily silent but can be immunogenic.
By tracing how anthracyclines and γ-irradiation trigger immunogenic cell deaths, we …

[PDF][PDF] A scoping review on the factors associated with the lost to follow-up (LTFU) amongst patients with chronic disease in ambulatory care of high-income countries …

TCY Michelle, KRY Victoria, LE Sing - 2023 - bmchealthservres.biomedcentral …
Background Despite the importance of long term follow-up care for patients with chronic
disease, many patients fail to adhere to their follow-ups, which increase their risk of further …