Publications by authors named "Mohamed K Abdelhamid"

A series of novel molecules with pyrazolopyrimidine-4-amine core were designed and synthesized as potential cytotoxic agents over Renal Cell Carcinoma cells (UO-31). Results of cytotoxic activity against UO-31 cells showed that pyrazolopyrimidines 19 and 31 were found to be more cytotoxic than sorafenib (SOR). The cytotoxic activity of these compounds appeared to correlate with their ability to inhibit p38α MAPK which are 2.

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Colisepticaemia caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is a challenging disease due to its high economic importance in poultry, dubious pathogenesis and potential link with zoonosis and food safety. The existing in vitro studies can't define hallmark traits of APEC isolates, suggesting a paradigm shift towards host response to understand pathogenesis. This study investigated the comprehensive pathological and microbial progression of colisepticaemia, and transmission of E.

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is one of the first commensal bacteria to colonize the chicken gut, where it predominates at an early stage of broiler chick life can potentially cause colibacillosis in chickens, spreading to extraintestinal systemic organs, which results in high economic losses in poultry industry, as well as a potential risk to public health. Many studies conducted to investigate the effectiveness of natural products as alternatives to antibiotics and to enhance the production performance in broiler chickens have assessed load in the chicken gut, but it is still unknown how the count is linked to broiler growth performance. A systematic search of published research articles, including key terms of interest such as broiler chickens, growth performance, and count, was conducted using two main databases (PubMed and the Web of Science).

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Avian infectious bronchitis is one of the most common viral infections in chickens affecting all ages. The tropism of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) strains became broader and more variable posing major implications for the effective control of IBV infection. In this study, two IBV viruses representing classic and variant strains were inoculated intranasally into day-old SPF chicks (10 EID/0.

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The present study investigated the expression of cytokines and cellular changes in chickens following vaccination with irradiated avian pathogenic (APEC) and/or challenge. Four groups of 11-week-old pullets, each consisting of 16 birds were kept separately in isolators before they were sham inoculated (N), challenged only (C), vaccinated (V) or vaccinated and challenged (V+C). Vaccination was performed using irradiated APEC applied aerosol.

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Pathogenesis of colibacillosis caused by avian pathogenic (APEC) in poultry is unclear and experimental studies reveal substantial inconsistency. In this study, the impact of three infection routes differing in the site of deposition of inoculum in the respiratory tract, were investigated. Two-weeks-old chickens were infected with a -tagged APEC strain via aerosol, intranasally or intratracheally, and sequentially sampled along with uninfected birds.

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Article Synopsis
  • The research investigates how the gut microbiome in turkeys is affected by inflammation caused by the parasite Histomonas meleagridis, focusing specifically on changes in the Escherichia coli population.
  • It was found that turkeys with severe caecal lesions showed a significant decrease in microbial diversity and species richness, with specific bacteria increasing or decreasing in relation to the severity of the lesions.
  • Interestingly, while there was a relative increase in E. coli, its absolute count remained unchanged, and E. coli did not invade the caecal tissue even when inflammation was severe.
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Histomonosis in chickens often appears together with colibacillosis in the field. Thus, we have experimentally investigated consequences of the co-infection of birds with and avian pathogenic (APEC) on the pathology, host microbiota and bacterial translocation from the gut. Commercial chicken layers were infected via oral and cloacal routes with -tagged APEC with or without whereas negative controls were left uninfected.

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