Publications by authors named "Abdellah H K Ali"

Purpose: Identifying the distribution of allergens is valuable to the effective diagnosis and treatment of allergic disease. So, our aim is to explore the sensitization of food and aeroallergens in Egyptian patients with atopic asthma.

Methods: Cross-sectional study recruited 268 Egyptian patients with atopic asthma.

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Background: Recent studies have reported the epidemiological link between Metabolic Syndrome (MS) and asthma, but it has rarely been studied in Egypt. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of MS and its predictors among asthma patients in Egypt.

Methods: In total, 320 patients with bronchial asthma were included.

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Background And Aims: The changes of autonomic nervous activity during bronchoscopic procedures are closely related to the development of cardiovascular complications. We aimed to evaluate the changes of autonomic nervous activity during bronchoscopic procedures using R-R interval variability from electrocardiograms (ECGs) obtained during diagnostic bronchoscopy.

Methods: Twenty-four patients who underwent bronchoscopy were included.

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Objectives: A key challenge in diagnosis and treatment of thymic epithelial tumors (TET) is in improving our understanding of the genetic and epigenetic changes of these relatively rare tumors.

Methods: Methylation specific PCR (MSP) and immunohistochemistry were applied to 66 TET to profile the methylation status of DNA repair gene O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) and its protein expression in TET to clarify the association between MGMT status and clinicopathological features, response to chemotherapy and overall survival.

Results: MGMT methylation was significantly more frequent in thymic carcinoma than in thymoma (17/23, 74% versus 13/44, 29%; P<0.

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Objective: Carbon monoxide (CO) is expelled mainly via the lungs, so that exhaled carbon monoxide (Ex-CO) concentration reflects endogenous production. Recent reports have shown that Ex-CO levels are increased in critically ill patients and after anaesthesia and surgery. However, there has been no investigation of the changes in Ex-CO level during a lung operation.

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Objective: The objective of the present study was to assess the safety and feasibility of computed tomography lymphography by transbronchial injection of a water-soluble extracellular computed tomography contrast agent.

Methods: From April 2010 to May 2011, patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer who were candidates for lobectomy were enrolled in the present study. An ultrathin bronchoscope was inserted to the target bronchus under the guidance of virtual bronchoscopic navigation images.

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Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of fluorescence bronchoscopy by precise histological analysis of the photodynamic therapy (PDT) treated lesions.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on thirteen patients (16 lesions) with centrally located early lung cancer (CLELC) had been undergone photodynamic therapy and had been followed up by fluorescence bronchoscopy. Fluorescence bronchoscopy was performed between 1 and 60 months after photodynamic therapy.

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Background: It is known that endogenously synthesized protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) following the administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is an effective photosensitizer for photodynamic diagnosis (PDD). We tested in vivo and in vitro susceptibility of human lung cancer and mesothelioma cells to photodynamic diagnosis (PDD) using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) as a photosensitizer.

Methods: Human lung cancer cell lines A549, Ma44-3, FT821 and human mesothelioma cell lines MSTO-211H, NCI-H290, Y-MESO-14 were incubated with 0.

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Our previous studies revealed a variety of genetic changes in lung cancers from chromate-exposed workers (chromate lung cancer). In the present study, we examined epigenetic changes in chromate lung cancers. Nested-methylation-specific PCR was employed in studying the methylation of CpG islands in the APC, MGMT, hMLH1 genes in 36 chromate lung cancers and 25 nonchromate lung cancers.

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