Publications by authors named "Azza H Abou Ghalia"

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide health problem. The Micro- and macro-vascular complications are the major causes of morbidity and mortality of DM. Molecular regulation of mitochondrial fission/fusion cycles is being studied, but the results were not conclusive.

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Purpose: To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic values of survivin and transforming growth factor beta-1 (TGF-B1) expression in aqueous humor and serum of retinoblastoma (RB) in comparison to the conventional RB marker lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and to elucidate a possible correlation between them and the clinicopathological features of the disease.

Methods: This prospective, comparative study included 88 newly diagnosed children with RB and 80 age-matched controls with ophthalmic conditions other than tumors prepared for intraocular surgeries. Concentrations of survivin, TGF-B1, and LDH were measured in serum and aqueous humor before and 6 months after completion of therapy.

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Objectives: There is growing biomedical interest in survivin as a diagnostic and prognostic factor in human neoplasms. The present work assessed survivin expression in retinoblastoma.

Design And Methods: Survivin was quantitatively measured in 82 aqueous humor and serum samples from 41 children with retinoblastoma and nonmalignant ophthalmic diseases.

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Laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a frequent malignancy with a complex and undefined etiology to date. The recently identified cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p15 is frequently deleted in human tumors. Previous evidence has pointed to a related gene, p16, as another target for deletion.

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Objectives: The metabolic components in neonates may be affected by maternal diabetes mellitus.

Design And Methods: To investigate the alterations in lipid metabolism and the possible atherogenic risk, the lipoprotein a (Lp a), apoproteins, lipid profile, glucose concentrations were measured (ELISA, immunodiffusion and enzymatic) in 77 cord blood samples from diabetic and healthy pregnant mothers.

Results: The body weight, cord glucose and both apoproteins were increased in neonates of gestational and noninsulin dependent diabetic (GDM, NIDDM) than in neonates of nondiabetic mothers (NNDM).

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