Fatima, F., Saleem, S., Hameed, A., Haider, G., Zaidi, S. A. A., Kanwal, M., … & Azhar, A. (2019). Association analysis and allelic distribution of deletion in CC chemokine receptor 5 gene (CCR5Δ32) among breast cancer patients of Pakistan. Molecular biology reports, 46(2), 2387-2394.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, Shazia Hashmat and Masood Qureshi. Leptin as a predictor of anthropometric cutoff points for obesity. Pak J Pharma Sciences 2019, 32 (2): 483-490. (IF: 0.804)
Research Publication 2018
Akbar H, Duan X, Piatt R, Saleem S, Davis AK, Tandon NN, Bergmeier W, Zheng Y. (2018). Small molecule targeting the Rac1-NOX2 interaction prevents collagen-related peptide and thrombin induced reactive oxygen species generation and platelet activation. J ThrombHaemost. 16:2083–2096. Doi: 10.1111/jth.14240.
Alveena Zehra, Sitwat Zehra, Muhammad Ismail, AbidAzhar. lutathione S-Transferase M1 and T1 Gene Deletions and Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) in Adults. Pak J Med Sci 2018; 34(3):666-670.
Fatima F, Hameed A, Haider G, Zehra S, Azhar A, Saleem S. (2018).Association and implications in triple negative and triple positive breast cancer: Relationship with sociodemographic and reproductive factors in Pakistan. Pak J Med Sci, 34(6), 1468-1472. Doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.346.15763
Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, SaimaSaleem, Masood Anwar Qureshi. Serum Interleukin-15 and its relationship with adiposity Indices before and after short-term endurance exercise. Pak J Med Sci. 2018; 34(5):1125-1131.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra, ShaziaHashmat and Masood Qureshi. Leptin as a predictor of anthropometric cutoff points for obesity. Pak J Pharma Sciences 2018. Publication Status: Accepted.
Syed Muddassar Hussain Gilani1, Sitwat Zehra, Faiz-ul-Hassan, SaddiaGalani, Asma Ashraf. Effect of natural growth promoters on immunity, and biochemical and haematological parameters of broiler chickens. Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research; 2018; 17(4): 627-633.
Research Publication 2017
Fawwad A, Siddiqui IA, Shaheen F, Hakeem R, Waris N, Nawab SN, Shahid SM, Parker A, Basit A. The Role of FTO Gene Alleles on the Diet and Metabolic Risk Factors in the Subjects with Diabetes. TJEM. 2017 Oct 1;21(4).
Hanif M, Ansari MA, Shoeb E, Imtiaz S,Arif A, (2017) “Estimation of β-lactamase in marine water isolates.”International Annals of Medicine.,1(11).
Hanif M, Arif A, Zehra S, Shoeb E, Khan A (2017), “Quantitative Fluorescent-PCR: Current Scenario and Future Approach for the Investigations of Spontaneous Miscarriages in Karachi Current scenario and future approach in Karachi”. International Annals of Medicine.,1(6).
Mahmood A, Nuzhat S, Ejaz NS, Qureshi MA, Imtiaz F, Azhar A. Y Chromosome Microdeletions in Pakistani Infertile. JIMDC. 2017; 6(1):14-21.
Muzaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Sitwat Zehra , Zainab Hassan and Masood Qureshi Cardiorespiratory fitness and its association with adiposity indices in young adults. Pak J Med Sci 2017; 33(3):659-664.
ShaziaNazar, Sitwat Zehra, AbidAzhar . Association of single Nucleotide Missence Polymorphism Val109Asp of Omentin-1 gene and coronary artery disease in Pakistani population: Multicenter study. Pak J Med Sci. 2017; 33(5):1128-1133.
Sophie, M., Hameed, A., Muneer, A., Samdani, A. J., Saleem, S.,&Azhar, A. (2017). SLC11A1 polymorphisms and host susceptibility to cutaneous leishmaniasis in Pakistan. Parasites and Vectors, 10(12),.Doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1934-2.
Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Sitwat Zehra, Asher Fawwad, AbidAzhar. A Study on Catalase Gene Promoter Polymorphism-21 A/T (rs7943316) in Healthy Pakistani population. Pak J Med Sci 2017. 33(6): 1521–1524.
Research Publication 2016
Akbar, H., Duan, X., Saleem, S., Davis, A. K., & Zheng, Y. (2016). RhoA and Rac1 GTPases Differentially Regulate Agonist-Receptor Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Platelets. PloS one, 11(9), e0163227.
Mozaffer Rahim Hingorjo, Erum Imran, Sitwat Zehra, Masood Anwar. Neck circumference: A supplemental tool for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome. J Pak Med Assoc, 2016; 1221-1226
Safdar Ali Sheikh, Sitwat Zehra, Taseer Ahmed Khan. High sensitivity reactive protein and uric acid as potential markers of metabolic syndrome in a section of southern Pakistani population. A pilot study. Med Chann, 2016; 57-64.
Sophie, M., Hameed, A., Muneer, A., Samdani, A. J., Saleem, S.,&Azhar, A. (2016). CC chemokine receptor 5 Δ32 polymorphism: association analysis and allele distribution among cutaneous leishmaniasis patients from Pakistan. Journal of cutaneous pathology, 43(7), 564-570.
Research Publication 2015
Arif A, Zehra S Patel N, Azhar A. (2015) “Two novel mutations in NKX 2.5 gene untranslated regions in congenital heart diseases patients from Pakistan. Acta Medica International., 2(2):40-42.
Asher Fawwad, Iftikhar Ahmed Siddiqui, Abdul Basit, Nimra Fatima Zeeshan, Syed Muhammad Shahid, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Sidra Siddiqui. A Common variant within the FTO gene, rs9939609, obesity and type 2 diabetes in population of Karachi, Pakistan. Diab Met Syndr: Clin Res Rev (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2015.02.001
Hasan, S., Hameed, A., Saleem, S., Shahid, S. M., Haider, G., &Azhar, A. (2015). The association of GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms with squamous cell carcinoma of cervix in Pakistan. Tumor Biology, 36(7), 5195-5199.
Islam UI, Arif A, Zehra S, Khanani MR, Azhar A. (2015) “Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC), the surgeons and physicians dilemma in Pakistan”.International Journal. of Advance Research., 3 (1): 851-855.
Nicolas A, Fatima S, Lamri A, Bellili-Muñoz N, Halimi J, Saulnier P, Hadjadj S, Velho G, Marre M, Roussel R, Fumeron F.ABCG8 polymorphisms and renal disease in type 2 diabetic patients. Metabolism, 2015; 64(6): 713 – 719.
Zehra S, Arif A, Anjum N, Azhar A, Qureshi MA. (2015) “Depression and anxiety in women with polycystic ovary syndrome from Pakistan” Life Science Journal.,12(3s):1-4.
Research Publication 2014
Khan S, Saleem S,Azhar A (2014). Isolation and selection of Aspergillus species for hyper-production of polygalacturonases. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol, 47(1-2): 125-128
NaheedSajjad, SayedulHaq, Intesar Burney, Syed M. Shahid, Sitwat Zehra, AbidAzhar. Fresh and aged human lymphocyte metaphase slides are equally useable for GTG banding. Pak J Pharma Sc.2014;27(5):1255-1259
Saleem, S., Abbasi, Z. A., Hameed, A., Qureshi, N. R., Khan, M. A., &Azhar, A. (2014). Novel p53 codon 240 Ser>Thr coding region mutation in the patients of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Tumor Biology, 35(8), 7945-7950.
Research Publication 2013
Ali SA, Zehra S, Arif A. (2013) “Performance Evaluation of Learning Classifiers for Speech Emotions Corpus using Combinations of Prosodic Features” International Journal Computer Application., 76 (2): 35-43.
Anjum N, Zehra S, Arif A, Azhar A, Qureshi MA. (2013) “Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Pakistani women with polycystic ovarian syndrome” Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology., 46(3-4): 97-100.
Azeemi HI, Ansari B, Akhtar K, Abbas SH, Arif A, Zehra S. (2013) “Physical Therapy When Used Along with Electrical Modalities in order to Improve the Range of Motion in Frozen Shoulder Is More Beneficial Than Using Modalities Alone” Interdisciplinary Journal of Comtemporary Research in Business., 4 (12): 336-344
Fatima S, Khan OY, Azhar A. Comparative analysis of lipid levels between Coronary Heart Disease patients and normal healthy subjects. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol., 2013; 46(3):89-92
Saleem, S.,Azhar, A., Hameed, A., Khan, M. A., Abbasi, Z. A., Qureshi, N. R., & Ajmal, M. (2013). P53 (Pro72Arg) polymorphism associated with the risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma in gutka, niswar and manpuri addicted patients of Pakistan. Oral oncology, 49(8), 818-823.
Syed Abbas Ali, Sitwat Zehra, Mohsin Khan, Faisal Wahab. Development and Analysis of Speech Emotion Corpus Using Prosodic Features for Cross Linguistics. Ijser. Int J SciEng Res. 2013, 4(1): 1-8. ISSN 2229-5518
Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Syed M. Shahid,AbidAzhar and Nikhat Ahmed. Early diagnostic predictors: Useful in treatment and progression of diabetes associated nephropathy. Pak J BiochemMol Biol. 2013; 46 (2): 85-88.
Zehra S, Azhar A, Arif A, Ansari B, Qureshi MA. (2013) “Premenstrual Syndrome Symptoms (PMS) and prevalence among university students in Karachi, Pakistan”. International Research Journal of Pharmacy., 4 (4): 113-116.
Research Publication 2012
Arif A, Zehra S, Qamarunissa S, Azhar A. (2012) “Tetralogy of Fallot (Cyanotic cardiac malformation), trends and variation in a population based study”. Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology.,45 (4): 221-224.
Mansoor A Khan, Saleem S., Syed M Shahid, Hameed A, Abbasi Z, Qureshi NR, Azhar A. (2012). Prevalence of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) in Relation to Different Chewing Habits In Karachi, Pakistan. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Bol, 45: 59-63.
Naheed Sajjad1, Sarmad Ali1, Sayedul Haque1, Syed Intesar Burney, Sitwat Zehra, Syed M. Shahid and AbidAzhar. 46, XX male: a case study of clinical, hormonal and molecular cytogenetic evaluation of sex development disorder. Pak J BiochemMol Biol. 2012; 45(4): 197-200.
Rozeena Shaikh, Syed M. Shahid, Syeda N. Nawab, Muhammad Ismail, AbidAzhar. Distribution of genetic variants of ACE gene in patients of diabetes with and without nephropathy. Int J Hum Genet.2012; 12(3): 133-138.
Syed Muhammad Shahid, Syeda Nuzhat Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh and TabassumMahboob. Glycemic control, dyslipidemia and endothelial dysfunction in coexisted diabetes, hypertension and nephropathy. Pak J Pharm Sci.2012; 25(1): 123-129.
Research Publication 2011
Khanani MR, Arif A, Shaikh R. (2011) “Dengue in Pakistan: Journey from a disease free to a hyper endemic nation”. Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences., 5(3):81-84.
Saleem S., Hameed A, Khan MA, Abbasi Z, Qureshi NR, Ajmal M, Azhar A (2011). Loss of Heterozygosity in p53 Gene Found in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Patients of Pakistan. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Bol, 44: 51-55
Sitwat Zehra, Mansoor A. Khan, AbidAzhar and Masood A. Qureshi. Increased levels of plasma leptin in relation to etiology of premenstrual syndrome. Pak J. BiochemMol Biol. 2011; 44(4): 129-132.GenBank/ Other Deposition
Syed M. Shahid, AbidAzhar, Syeda N. Nawab, Rozeena Shaikh, Muhammad Ismail and Azam J. Samdani. Single nucleotide substitution mutations and polymorphisms in ECM1gene in lipoid proteinosis in siblings of a Pakistani family. Afr J Biotechnol.2011; 10 (53): 10825-10830.
Research Publication 2010
Samdani AJ, Azhar A, Shahid SM, Nawab SN, Shaikh R, Qader SA, Mansoor Q, Khoso BK, Ismail M. Homozygous frame shift mutation in ECM1 gene in two siblings with lipoid proteinosis. J Dermatol Case Rep. 2010; 4(4): 66-70.
Research Publication 2007
Fatima S, Khan NI, Naz L, Yasmeen G, Hajira B, Hussain Z.Antiatherogenic effect of Nigella sativa (Kalonji) in rabbits with experimentally induced hypercholesterolemia. Int. J. Biol. Biotechnol., 2007; 4(4): 437-441.
Research Publication 2006
Arif A, Badar U, Ahmed N. (2006) “Recycling of Metal Contaminated Wastewater”. Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology., 39(1): 41-51.
Research Publication 2005
Arif A, Nawaz A, Badar U, Ahmed N (2005) “Optimization of chromate reduction by indigenous bacteria”. Pakistan Journal Biochemistry Molecular Biology., 38(1-2)
