Publications by authors named "Lamees Dawood"

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder in the world. Due to failure of the traditional drugs to produce a complete cure for AD, the search for new safe and effective lines of therapy has attracted the attention of ongoing research. Canagliflozin is an anti-diabetic agent with proven efficacy in the treatment of neurological disorders in which mitochondrial dysfunction, oxidative stress, apoptosis, and autophagy play a pathophysiological role.

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a pathological state characterized by a combined set of abnormal movements including slow motion, resting tremors, profound stiffness of skeletal muscles, or obvious abnormalities in posture and gait, together with significant behavioral changes. Until now, no single therapeutic modality was able to provide a complete cure for PD. This work was a trial to assess the immunomodulatory effects of canagliflozin with or without levodopa/carbidopa on rotenone-induced parkinsonism in Balb/c mice.

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  • Human schistosomiasis is a major global parasitic disease, and the study explores how metabolic disorders like diabetes and obesity impact host-parasite interactions.
  • Mice were divided into control and experimental groups, undergoing assessments of body weight, blood glucose, and various parasitological, histopathological, and immunological evaluations after being infected with Schistosoma mansoni.
  • Findings revealed that obesity was linked to more adult worms and egg output, while T1DM had a prevalence of immature eggs; T2DM and obesity showed greater liver fibrosis and specific immune response changes compared to controls.
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Trichinellosis is a zoonosis that causes health and economic problems worldwide. The available therapy is far from perfect as the conventional drugs used against Trichinella spiralis (T. spiralis) are active against the intestinal adult parasites but much less active against encapsulated larvae in muscles.

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Congenital toxoplasmosis is a widespread worldwide disease producing varying degrees of damage to the fetus including ocular and neurological impairment. However, the underlying mechanisms are not yet clear. Therefore, the current study aimed to investigate the progress of congenital cerebral toxoplasmosis in experimentally infected offspring animal model at different age groups till become adults.

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Methotrexate (MTX) is a drug used in treatment of various malignancies. Unfortunately, it leads to life-threatening complications including hepatorenal toxicity. Previous studies revealed the protective effects of metformin (MET) on hepatorenal toxicity in other models in addition to its anticancer effects.

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