Research Publications of AHS

Research Activities

 

Grants Won:

1. Grant from Higher Education Commission worth Rs. 21.3 Million /- for  “Fecal Microbiota Profiling and Molecular Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer Screening at Early Stage”.
2. Grant from Higher Education Commission worth Rs.10.3 million for  Immunological Virology and Genetic Basis of COVID-19 Patients”.          
3. Grant from Higher Education Commission worth Rs.1.5 million for  “Molecular characterization of Colistin and Klebsiella Pneumoniae carbapenemases bacterial resistance isolated from Hospitals and poultry industry and in vitro efficacy of Silver Nanoparticles against these multidrug resistant organism”.
4. Grant from Higher Education Commission worth Rs.1.7 Million for "Inflammation in Stroke: Curriculum of Cytokines (TNF-Alpha & IL-10) and Homocystine in Clinical Stroke"
5. Grant from Higher Education Commission worth Rs.2.9 million for "Molecular Genetic Study in Pakistani Families with Schizophrenia
6. Grant from Pakistan Science Foundation worth Rs. 1 million for the project title "Molecular Genetic Studies in Pakistani Families with Autosomal Recessive Microcephaly"
7. Grant from Pakistan Science Foundation worth. Rs 0.59million for the project title. "Molecular Genetics and Biochemical Studies in Familial Oculocutaneous Albinism (OCA)"
8. Grant from Punjab Higher Education Commission worth Rs.8.5 million for "Investigating the Genetic Landscape of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia"
9. Characterization of locally isolated strains of Acinetobacter baumannii for drug resistance and biofilm formation. Start-up Research Grant Program (SRGP) by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan Worth: 0.5million PKR (2016-2017)
10. Anticancer effects of Erufosine in breast and colorectal cancer cells. Start-up Research Grant Program (SRGP) by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan Worth: 0.45million PKR (2016-2017)
11. Analysis of Acinetobacter baumannii for virulence features, drug resistance and alternative treatment options. National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan Worth: 8.23million PKR (2017-2020)
12. Pre-clinical evaluation of a candidate drug for metastatic breast cancer. National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) by Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan Worth: 4.9million PKR (2018-2021)
13. Network on bridging gap in adaptive drug resistance and fitness properties of Gram-negative bacteria VR2020 Research Grant by Swedish Research Council, Sweden. Worth: 6 Million SEK (2020-21)

Publications

2025

• Hussain R, Khaliq S. Determination of ROC Curve based diagnostic strength of miRNA in ovarian cancer. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association... 2025 Jun;75(6):908-13.
• Waseem HM, Khan HS, Khaliq S, Javed L. A molecular link between normal Pregnancy and Gestational diabetes mellitus in local population. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2025 Jun;41(6):1561.
• Akhlaq S, Khaliq S, Salam A, Usman H. The Role of Waist-to-Height Ratio in Screening for Hyperinsulinemia in Normoglycemic Individuals. Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute. 2025 Mar 29;39(1).
• Zameer G, Javed M, Zaki S, Nisar B, Khaliq S, Naseem N. CHEK2, MCM3 and MSH6 may have a Potential Role as Molecular Markers of Screening in the Detection of Cervical Premalignant and Malignant Lesions: A Scoping Review. Journal of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences. 2025 Jun 25;24(02):105-13.
• Iqbal A, Mubarak B, Amar A, Mukhtar S, Khaliq S, Tahir R. Association of interleukins 17A and 22 levels and their common genetic polymorphisms in Guillain Barré syndrome. Journal of Neuroimmunology. 2025 Aug 15:578721.
• Shahid I, Chandia GM, Mubeen H, Mustafa G, Bashir S, Naveed MA, Mohsin S. Frequency of Alpha Thalassemia in Pregnant Women with Microcytic Hypochromic Anemias. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research. 2025 Apr 18;5(1):77-82.
• Umer M, Ghaznavi S, Rasheed N, Liaqat R, Hussain MS, Shakoor M. Comparison of urinary periostin, urinary alpha-1-microglobulin and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio in patients of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Rawal Medical Journal. 2025 Aug 2;50(3):565-.
• Fatima K, Naqvi SZ, Ali H, Hassan N, Ansari F, Saleem S, Jahan S, Ahmad M, Nawaz A, Saqib A. Whole-genome evaluation and prophages characterization associated with genome of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii UOL-KIMZ-24-2. Current Genetics. 2025 Dec;71(1):4.
• Fatima K, Naqvi SZ, Ali H, Hassan N, Saqib A, Ansari F, Saleem S, Jahan S, Ahmad M. Analysis of the genome data of Acinetobacter baumannii UOL-KIMZ-24, exhibiting multiple drug resistance through efflux pumps. Data in Brief. 2025 Feb 1;58:111188.
• Kashif M, Minhas S, Jahan S, Shahzad F, Tahir R, Abbas A, Idrees M, Afzal N. Exploring HPV-linked head and neck cancer in Southern Punjab, Pakistan: Insights from HPV-16 phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences. 2025 Apr 1;20(2):242-50.
• Pervaiz S, Zia A, Javed N, Cheema SM, Ahsan U, Haq IU, Shamim S, Jahan S. Exploring the Antimicrobial Potential of Moringa Oleifera Extracts Against Acinetobacter Baumannii: Antimicrobial Potential of Moringa Oleifera Extracts Against Acinetobacter Baumannii. Pakistan Journal of Health Sciences. 2025 Mar 31:252-8.
• Muhammad N, Naveed MA, AHMAD SS, Jahan S, Qamar K, Haq FU, Roman M. Association of Factor V Leiden (G1691A) and Prothrombin (G20210A) Polymorphism with Covid-19 Thrombosis. Journal of Haematology and Stem Cell Research. 2025 Apr 18;5(1):108-15.
• Ejaz S, Rauf B, Ilyas MS, Malik S, Aziz A, Zehra U. Genetic insights into vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and spinal tuberculosis risk: Discovery of novel SNP variant. Gene Reports. 2025 Aug 12:102321.
• Shafiq A, Aslam R, Hashmi A, Asghar M, Batool K, Tahir R, Afzal N, Jahan S. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in TGF-β1 and Their Association with HCC Development in HCV Patients. Journal of Health, Wellness, and Community Research. 2025 Jul 2:e439-.
• Arshad S, Butt GA, Arif T, Rubab M, Shah SA, Rasool F. Knowledge of Tele-Practice Among Health Professionals Working with Developmental Delayed Child. Journal of Health, Wellness, and Community Research. 2025 Jun 19:e373-.

2024

• Akhlaq S, Shakeel N, Yousuf U, Riaz BH, Aftab A, Khaliq S. Gender as a threat for type 2 diabetes mellitus: Elevated fasting glucose, insulin, and HOMA-IR levels in females. The Professional Medical Journal. 2024;31(01):54-60.
• Kashif M, Jahan S, Minhas S, Amar A, Tahir R, Nisar H, Shehzad F, Nagi AH, Afzal N. Genetic Signatures: CD44 Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Affect Cell Surface Expression and Elevate Risk in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. JCO Global Oncology. 2024 Oct;10:e2400084.
• Kashif M, Minhas S, Shahzad HM, Pasha MB, Shahzad F, Tahir R, Jahan S, Afzal N. CD24 and Oct4: Cancer stem markers expression correlates with histological subtyping of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. F1000Research. 2024 Apr 23;13:316.
• Aslam A, Masood F, Perveen K, Berger MR, Pervaiz A, Zepp M, Klika KD, Yasin T, Hameed A. Preparation, characterization and evaluation of HPβCD-PTX/PHB nanoparticles for pH-responsive, cytotoxic and apoptotic properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 2024 Jun 1;270:132268.
• Mumtaz S, Ali S, Pervaiz A, Awan UA, Nauroze T, Kanwal L, Summer M, Mumtaz S, Mughal TA, Tahir HM. Toxicological effects of dimethlybenzeneanthracene in Balb C mice and pharmacological intervention by silk sericin–conjugated silver nanoparticles. Science Progress. 2024 Jan;107(1):00368504231221670.
• Abid T, Javed I, Mushtaq HM, Butt GA, Arshad S. Effects of Screen Time and Phonemic Segmentation in School Going Children. Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Research. 2024 Mar 22;4(1):1514-8.
• Gul SG, Sahar MS, Fateen TF, Shahzad FS, Mustafa GM, Ullah IU. Classification of Glanzmann’s Thrombasthenia patients on flow cytometry. Journal of Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College. 2024;6(04):146-52.
• Arif M, Khokhar A, Mohsin S, Naveed A, Amar A, Mustafa G. Impact of JAK2 V617F mutation on disease profile and prognostic risk factors in primary myelofibrosis (MPN)-A tertiary care experience. The Professional Medical Journal. 2024 Aug 1;31(08):1255-61.
• Shahzad F, Tahir R, Shahzad F, Afzal N. The possible protective role of HLA B27 and relevant immune markers in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis patients. Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2024 May;40(5):835.
• Huma ZE, Saleem S, Imran M, Raza SM, Jabeen K, Arshad F. Role of ERG11 and MDR1 genes in cycloheximide and multidrug resistance in Candida species. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 2024 Sep;55(3):2569-79.
• Kanwal S, Butt GA, Sarwar M, Javaid I, Saleem AA, Arshad S, Iqbal M, Mazhar B Parental Satisfaction about the Behaviours of Children with Autism Spectrum disorder following Dietary Intervention Program. Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology. 2024 Jun; 31(6): 1267-72.

2023

• Mumtaz S, Ali S, Mughal TA, Pervaiz A, et al. Advance treatment strategies in breast cancer: Acomprehensive mechanistic review. Science Progress, 106(2) 2023: 36850423117533 https://doi.org/10.1177/00368504231175331
• Kokab Jabeen, Sidrah Saleem, Shah Jahan, Summiya Nizamudin, Faiqa Arshad, Zill-e Huma, Syed Mohsin Raza, Maria Mehmood, Muhammad Roman & Faiz Ul Haq (2023) Molecular Characterization of Extensively Drug Resistant Salmonella Enterica Serovar Typhi Clinical Isolates from Lahore, Pakistan, Infection and Drug Resistance, 16:, 2987-3001, DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S406253
• Hussain F, Ashraf S, Arshad M, ur Rehman MM, Khan FS, Ahmad MA, Ali S, Asif MA, Munawar A, Qadri HM, shahzad Khan F. Knowledge, adherence, and perception of patients on maintenance hemodialysis to treatment regimens at a tertiary care hospital in Pakistan. Cureus. 2023 Dec 30;15(12).
• Pervaiz A, Saleem T, Kanwal K, Raza SM, Iqbal S, Zepp M, Georges RB, Berger MR. Expression profiling of anticancer genes in colorectal cancer patients and their in vitro induction by riproximin, a ribosomal inactivating plant protein. Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology. 2023 Jul;149(8):4825-37.
• Pervaiz, A., Naseem, N., Saleem, T. et al. Anticancer genes (NOXA, PAR-4, TRAIL) are de-regulated in breast cancer patients and can be targeted by using a ribosomal inactivating plant protein (riproximin). Mol Biol Rep 50, 5209–5221 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-023-08477-3
• Mushtaq F, Raza SM, Ahmad A, Aslam H, Adeel A, Saleem S, Ahmad I. Antimicrobial drug resistant features of Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with treatment failure. Plos one. 2023 Oct 26;18(10):e0293194.
• Ahmad I, Nadeem A, Mushtaq F, Zlatkov N, Shahzad M, Zavialov AV, Wai SN, Uhlin BE. Csu pili dependent biofilm formation and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. 2023 Dec 14;9(1):101.
• Mumtaz S, Ali S, Pervaiz A, Qureshi MZ, Kanwal K, Saleem T. Apoptotic and antiproliferative effects of silk protein sericin conjugated-AgNO3 nanoparticles in human breast cancer cells. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2023 Feb 1;30(2):103551.

2022

2021

• Rauff B, Amar A, Chudhary SA, Mahmood S, Tayyab GUN, Hanif R Interferon-? rs12979860 genotype association with liver fibrosis in chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients in the Pakistani population. Arch Virol. 2021 Feb 2. doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04901-2. Online ahead of print.
• Pervaiz A, Zepp M, Georges R, Bergmann F, Mahmood S, Faiza S, Berger MR, Adwan H. Antineoplastic effects of targeting CCR5 and its therapeutic potential for colorectal cancer liver metastasis. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2021 Jan;147(1):73-91.
• Bashir S, Mahmood S, Mohsin S, Tabassum I, Ghafoor M, Sajjad O. Modulatory effect of single nucleotide polymorphism in Xmn1, BCL11A and HBS1L-MYB loci on foetal haemoglobin levels in ?-thalassemia major and Intermedia patients. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 May;71(5):1394-1398. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.1351. PMID: 34091621.
• Anjum, R., Mehmood, S., Nagi, A.H., Shahzad, M.A. and Chuadhry, S., Determination of single nucleotide polymorphism (rs566926) of Wnt5a in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate in a Pakistani population. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology. 2021. 132(1), p.e7.

2020

• Shahid M, Idrees M, Butt AM, Raza SM, Amin I, Rasul A, Afzal S. Blood-based gene expression profile of oxidative stress and antioxidant genes for identifying surrogate markers of liver tissue injury in chronic hepatitis C patients. Arch Virol. 2020. Apr;165(4):809-822
• Sajjad O, Shahzad, M.A. and Mahmood S. RT-PCR for COVID-19: diagnosis made easy. Biomedica. 2020; 36 (COVID19- S2): 115-20.
• Albegali, A.A., Shahzad, M., Mahmood, S., Ikram, U., Amar, A., Sajjad, O. Genetic polymorphism of eNOS (G894T) gene in insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes patients of Pakistani population. Int J Diabetes Dev Ctries 2020. 40, 203�208. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13410-019-00775-6
• Ahmad, I., Nygren, E., Khalid, F., Myint, S.L. and Uhlin, B.E., A Cyclic-di-GMP signalling network regulates biofilm formation and surface associated motility of Acinetobacter baumannii 17978. Scientific reports. 2020. 10(1), pp.1-11
• Khalid, F., Saleem, S. and Ahmad, I., High prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii associated respiratory tract infections in Pakistani hospitals. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2020. 70(9), pp.1630-1632.
• Mannan, T., Rafique, M.W., Bhatti, M.H., Matin, A. and Ahmad, I. Type 1 Fimbriae and Motility Play a Pivotal Role During Interactions of Salmonella typhimurium with Acanthamoeba castellanii (T4 Genotype). Current microbiology. 2020. pp.1-10.
• Karah, N., Khalid, F., Wai, S.N., Uhlin, B.E. and Ahmad, I. Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance features of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates from Pakistan. Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials. 2020. 19(1), pp.1-13.
• Fatima W, Riaz S, Shahzad M.A., Naz Z, Mahmood S, Hasnain S Chromosomal region 1q24.1 is associated with increased risk of schizophrenia in Pakistani population. Gene. 2020 Apr 15;734:144390. doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144390. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

2019

• Albegali AA, Shahzad M, Mahmood S, Ullah MI. Genetic association of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1, rs1801278) gene with insulin resistant of type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Pakistani population. Mol Biol Rep. 2019 Dec;46(6):6065-6070. doi: 10.1007/s11033- 019-05041-w. Epub 2019 Aug 24.
• Shakil M, Harlalka GV, Ali S, Lin S, D'Atri I, Hussain S, Nasir A, Shahzad MA, Ullah MI, Self JE, Baple EL, Crosby AH, Mahmood S. Tyrosinase (TYR) gene sequencing and literature review reveals recurrent mutations and multiple population founder gene mutations as causative of oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) in Pakistani families. Eye (Lond). 2019 Apr 17. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0436-9. [Epub ahead of print
• von Schnurbein J, Manzoor J, Brandt S, Denzer F, Kohlsdorf K, Fischer-Posovszky P, Wei�enberger M, Frank-Podlech S, Mahmood S, Wabitsch M. Leptin is not Essential for Obesity-Associated Hypertension Obes Facts. 2019;12(4):460-475. doi: 10.1159/000501319. Epub 2019 Jul 29
• Rashid M, Shahzad M, Mahmood S, Khan K Variability in the therapeutic response of Metformin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pak J Med Sci. 2019 Jan-Feb;35(1):71-76. doi: 10.12669/pjms.35.1.100.PMID: 30881399
• Ahmad, I., Karah, N., Nadeem, A., Wai, S.N. and Uhlin, B.E. Analysis of colony phase variation switch in Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolates. PLoS One. 2019. 14(1), p.e0210082.
• Shahid S, Ghaznavi S, Rasheed S, Raza SM, Ullah MI, Shakil M. Lack of Genetic Association between SNP Rs7903146 (Ivs3c>T) of Transcription Factor 7 Like 2 (Tcf7l2) Gene in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Pakistani Population. Pak J Med Health Sci. 2019 July-Sep 13(3): 819-822.
• Shahid M, Idrees M, Butt AM, Raza SM, Amin I, Rasul A, Afzal S, Zahid S, Nawaz R. Short article: Hepatitis C and G virus coinfection in Punjab, Pakistan: incidence and its correlation analysis with clinical data. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Mar;31(3):389-392
• Albegali, A.A., Shahzad, M., Ullah, M.I., Mahmood, S. and Rashid, M. Association of genetic polymorphism of PC?1 gene (rs1044498 Lys121Gln) with insulin?resistant type 2 diabetes mellitus in Punjabi Population of Pakistan. Molecular genetics & genomic medicine. 2019. 7(8), p.e775
• Zahra, A., Naveed, M., Ahmad, I., Saleem, M.A. and Zeshan, B. The syringes catastrophe of the HIV outbreak in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Future Medicine. 2019. 571-572.

2018

• Pervaiz, A., Zepp, M., Mahmood, S., Ali, D.M., Berger, M.R. and Adwan, H. CCR5 blockage by maraviroc: a potential therapeutic option for metastatic breast cancer. Cellular Oncology, 2019. 42(1), pp.93-106.
• Adwan, H., Elharouni, D., Habashy, D., Banna, N., Georges, R., Pervaiz, A. and Berger, M.R. Early Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer Poses an Option for New Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies. In Cancer Metastasis. IntechOpen. 2018.
• Frank-Podlech S, von Schnurbein J, Veit R, Heni M, Machann J, Heinze JM, Kullmann S, Manzoor J, Mahmood S, H�ring HU, Preissl H, Wabitsch M, Fritsche A. Leptin Replacement Reestablishes Brain Insulin Action in the Hypothalamus in Congenital Leptin Deficiency. Diabetes Care. 2018 Apr;41(4):907-910. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1867. Epub 2018 Jan 24.
• Gill, M.A., Rafique, M.W., Manan, T., Slaeem, S., R�mling, U., Matin, A. and Ahmad, I. The cellulose synthase BcsA plays a role in interactions of Salmonella typhimurium with Acanthamoeba castellanii genotype T4. Parasitology research, 2018. 117(7), pp.2283-2289.
• Ahmad A, Mushtaq F, Saleem S and Ahmad I, Analysis of Multi Drug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Clinical Isolates for Susceptibility to Linezolid and Verapamil using MGIT 960. Saudi J. Med. Pharm. Sci. 2018. Vol-4, Iss-10: 1205-1213.
• Zahra S. p.Y556C is recurrent mutation in Pendred Syndrome causing Gene SLC26A4 in Punjabi Population. Pakistan J. Zool. 2018. Vol. 50, Iss. 3, pp 1113-1118.
• Khaliq S, Raza SM. Current Status of Direct Acting Antiviral Agents against Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Pakistan. Medicina (Kaunas). 2018 Nov 5;54(5):80.
• Naeemi H, Aslam R, Raza SM, Shahzad MA, Naz S, Manzoor S, Khaliq S. Distribution of IL28B and IL10 polymorphisms as genetic predictors of treatment response in Pakistani HCV genotype 3 patients. Arch Virol. 2018 Apr;163(4):997-1008.
• Hussain R, Khaliq S, Raza SM, Khaliq S, Lone KP. Association of TP53 codon 72 polymorphism in women suffering from endometriosis from Lahore, Pakistan. J Pak Med Assoc. 2018 Feb;68(2):224-230.
• Rashid, M., Shahzad, M., Mahmood, S. and Khan, K. Variability in the therapeutic response of Metformin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pakistan journal of medical sciences. 2019. 35(1), p.71.
• Pervaiz, A., Akhtar, M.S., Mahmood, S., Sajjad, O., Khaliq, S. and Berger, M.R.Molecular basis of cell cycle arrest induced by erufosine in metastatic breast cancer cells.Cancer Research. 2018. 10.1158/1538-7445.

2017

• Adwan, H., Georges, R., Pervaiz, A. and Berger, M.R. Investigation of metastasis-related genes: A rat model mimicking liver metastasis of colorectal carcinoma. Frontiers in oncology, 2017. 7, p.152.
• Ullah MI, Ahmad A, Zarkovic M, Shah SS, Nasir A, Mahmood S, Ahmad W, Hubner CA, Hassan MJ. Novel duplication mutation of the DYSF gene in a Pakistani family with Miyoshi Myopathy. Saudi Med J. 2017 Dec;38(12):1190-1195.
• Shahzad MA, Khaliq S, Amar A, Mahmood S Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD): a Pakistani Family with Novel ARSA Gene Mutation. J Mol Neurosci. 2017 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s12031-017-0959-0.
• Sattar A, Hussain S, Ullah MI, Mahmood S, Mohsin S. Screening of Intron 1 Inversion of Factor VIII gene in 130 patients with severe Haemophilia A from Pakistani cohort. Turk J Haematol. 2017 Mar 15.
• El Mouali, Y., Kim, H., Ahmad, I., Brauner, A., Liu, Y., Skurnik, M., Galperin, M.Y. and R�mling, U. Stand-alone EAL domain proteins form a distinct subclass of EAL proteins involved in regulation of cell motility and biofilm formation in enterobacteria. Journal of bacteriology. 2017. 199(18), pp.e00179-17.
• Detailed analysis of c-di-GMP mediated regulation of csgD expression in Salmonella typhimurium. Ahmad I, Cimdins A, Beske T, R�mling U. BMC Microbiology. 2017 Feb 2;17(1):27.
• Cimdins, A., L�thje, P., Li, F., Ahmad, I., Brauner, A. and R�mling, U. Draft genome sequences of semiconstitutive red, dry, and rough biofilm-forming commensal and uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates. Genome announcements. 2017. 5(4), pp.e01249-16.
• Faridi R, Rehman AU, Morell RJ, Friedman PL, Demain L, Zahra S et al. Mutations of SGO2 and CLDN14 collectively cause coincidental Perrault syndrome. Clin Genet. 2017 Feb; 91(2):328-332
• Bhatti FU, Mehmood A, Latief N, Zahra S, Cho H, Khan NS, Riazuddin S. 2017. Vitamin E protects rat mesenchymal stem cells against hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in vitro and improves their therapeutic potential in surgically-induced rat model of osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 25: 321-331.

2016

• Shakil M, Ullah MI, Hussain S, Firasat S, Mahmood S, Kaul H. Homozygosity mapping of a consanguineous Pakistani family affected with oculocutaneous albinism to Tyrosinase gene. Int J Ophthalmol. 2016 May 18;9(5):794-6.
• Aziz F, Fatima W, Mahmood S, Khokher S. Screening for Del 185 AG and 4627C>A BRCA1 Mutations in Breast Cancer Patients from Lahore, Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016;17(4):1725-7.
• Khokher S, Qureshi MU, Mahmood S, Sadiq S. Determinants of Advanced Stage at Initial Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Pakistan: Adverse Tumor Biology vs Delay in Diagnosis. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2016;17(2):759-65.
• Ahmad I, Rouf SF, Sun L, Cimdins A, Shafeeq S, Le Guyon S, Schottkowski M, Rhen M, R�mling U. BcsZ inhibits biofilm phenotypes and promotes virulence by blocking cellulose production in Salmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium. Microb Cell Fact. 2016, 15(1):177.
• Aslam R, Raza SM, Naeemi H, Mubarak B, Afzal N, Khaliq S. SOCS3 mRNA expression and polymorphisms as pretreatment predictor of response to HCV genotype 3a IFN-based treatment. Springerplus. 2016 Oct 21;5(1):1826
• Abstract accepted and published on the topic of �Chromosomal aberrations in Turner Syndrome phenotype� in �2nd Multi-Disciplinary Student Research Conference� held on 21st -22nd December, 2016 in the University of Wah, Wah Cantt, Pakistan

2015

• Shahid A, Rana S, Mahmood S, Saeed S. Role of leptin G-2548A polymorphism in age- and gender-specific development of obesity. J Biosci. 2015 Sep;40(3):521-30.
• Khokher S, Qureshi MU, Fatima W, Mahmood S, Saleem A. Impact of a Breast Health Awareness Activity on the Knowledge Level of the Participants and its Association with Socio- Demographic Features. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2015;16(14):5817-22.
• Mohsin SN, Mahmood S, Amar A, Ghafoor F, Raza SM, Saleem M. Association of Fc?RIIa Polymorphism with Clinical Outcome of Dengue Infection: First Insight from Pakistan. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2015 Oct;93(4):691-6.
• Imdad, S., Ahmed, T., Yaldram, K., Raza, SM., Awareness and Attitude about Nanotechnology: Pakistan scenario. J Nano Educ. 2015; 7 44-51
• Asif M., Raza SM., Ahmed A. Research Trend, Career Preferences and its Effective Factors among Undergraduate Medical Students in Jinnah Sind Medical University, Pakistan. FMEJ 2015; 5(3) 3-7

2014

• Rana S, Shahid A, Ullah H, Mahmood S. Lack of Association of the NPAS2 Gene Ala394Thr Polymorphism (rs2305160:G>A) with Risk of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2014;15(17):7169-74.
• Rana S, Munawar M, Shahid A, Malik M, Ullah H, Fatima W, Mohsin S, Mahmood S. Deregulated expression of circadian clock and clock-controlled cell cycle genes in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Mol Biol Rep. 2014 Jan;41(1):95-103
• Simm R, Ahmad I, Rhen M, Le Guyon S, R�mling U. Regulation of biofilm formation in Salmonella entericaserovar Typhimurium. Future Microbiol. 2014;9(11):1261-82
• Fang, X., Ahmad, I., Blanka, A., Schottkowski, M., Cimdins, A., Galperin, M.Y., R�mling, U. and Gomelsky, M. GIL, a new c?di?GMP?binding protein domain involved in regulation of cellulose synthesis in enterobacteria. Molecular microbiology. 2014. 93(3), pp.439-452
• Shahid M, Idrees M, Nasir B, Raja AJ, Raza SM, Amin I, Rasul A, Tayyab GU. Correlation of biochemical markers and HCV RNA titers with fibrosis stages and grades in chronic HCV-3a patients. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jul;26(7):788-94.

2013

• Koehler K, Malik M, Mahmood S, Gie�elmann S, Beetz C, Hennings JC, Huebner AK, et.,al. Mutations in GMPPA Cause a Glycosylation Disorder Characterized by Intellectual Disability and Autonomic Dysfunction. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Oct 3;93(4):727-734.
• Shahid A, Rana S, Saeed S, Imran M, Afzal N, Mahmood S. Common Variant of FTO Gene, rs9939609, and Obesity in Pakistani Females. Biomed Res Int. 2013. Epub 2013 Sep 2.
• Ejaz H, Ikram-ul-Haq, Mahmood S, Zafar A, Javed MM. Detection of extended-spectrum ?-lactamases in Klebsiella pneumoniae: Comparison of phenotypic characterization methods. Pak J Med Sci 2013;29(3):768-772.
• Khokher S, Qureshi MU, Mahmood S, Nagi AH. Association of immunohistochemically defined molecular subtypes with clinical response to resurgical chemotherapy in patients with advanced breast cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2013;14(5):3223-8.
• Bijarnia S, Kohli S, Puri RD, Jacob RJ, Saxena R, Jalan A, Sistermans EA, Mahmood S, Verma IC. Molecular Characterisation and Prenatal Diagnosis of Asparto-acylase Deficiency (Canavan disease)-Report of Two Novel and Two Known Mutations from the Indian Subcontinent. Indian J Pediatr. 2013 Jan;80(1):26-31

2012

• Mahmood U, Imran M, Naik SI, Cheema HA, Saeed A, Arshad M, Mahmood S. Detection of common mutations in the GALT gene through ARMS. Gene. 2012 Nov 10;509 (2):291-4.
• Imran M, Saeed MT, Mahmood S, Mohsin S, Sohail S, Munir A, Nazir H. A strategy for carrier detection in Pakistani haemophilia B families. Haemophilia. 2012 Jul;18(4):e348-9.
• Shahid A, Saeed S, Rana S, Mahmood S. Family history of diabetes and parental consanguinity: important risk for impaired fasting glucose in south east Asians. West Indian Med J. 2012 Jun;61(3):219-23.
• Imran M, Mahmood S, Babar ME, Hussain R, Yousaf MZ, Abid NB, Lone KP PRNP gene variation in Pakistani cattle and buffaloes. Gene. 2012 Aug 15;505(1):180-5.
• Bugvi SM, Imran M, Mahmood S, Hafeez R, Fatima W, Sohail S. Screening of intron 1 inversion and three intragenic factor VIII gene polymorphisms in Pakistani hemophilia A families. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2012 Mar;23(2):132-7.
• Imran M, Mahmood S, Hussain R, Abid NB, Lone KP Frequency distribution of PRNP polymorphisms in the Pakistani population. Gene. 2012 Jan 15;492(1):186-94.
• Idrees M, Hussain W, Rehman H, Tayyab N, Afzal S, Fatima Z, Akram M, Raza SM, Ali L, Hussain A, Amin I, Shahid M, Khubaib B, Saleem S, Nasir B, Tariq A, Wasim M, Waqar M. Dengue Virus Serotype 2 (DEN-2): The Causative Agent of 2011-Dengue Epidemic in Pakistan. Am J Biomed Sci. 2012; 4(4) 307-315.
• Samreen, B., Khaliq, S., Ashfaq, U. A., Khan, M., Afzal, N., Shahzad, M. A., Riaz, S. & Jahan, S. Hepatitis C virus entry: Role of host and viral factors. Infect Genet Evol 2012, 12, 1699-1709. (Impact Factor: 2.611

2011

• Mahmood S, Beetz C, Tahir MM, Imran M, Mumtaz R, Bassmann I, Jahic A, Malik M, N�rnberg G, Ali Hassan SA, Rana S, N�rnberg P, Huebner CA. First HPSE2 missense mutation in Urofacial Syndrome. Clin Genet. 2011, Feb 17. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2011.01649.x.
• Imran M, Mahmood S. An overview of human prion diseases. Virol J. 2011 Dec 24;8(1):559.
• Khokher S, Qureshi W, Mahmood S, Saleem A, Mahmud S. Knowledge, Attitude and Preventive Practices of Women for Breast cancer in the Educational Institutions of Lahore, Pakistan. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2011;12(9):2419-24.
• Imran M, Mahmood S. An overview of animal prion diseases. Virol J. 2011 Nov 1;8 (1):493.
• Kausar R, Hassan MJ, Khan B, Basit S, Mahmood S, Mir A, Ahmad W, Ansar M Mutations in WDR62 gene in Pakistani families with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly BMC Neurol. 2011 Oct 1;11(1):119
• Fatima W, Shahid A, Imran M, Manzoor J, Hasnain S, Rana S, Mahmood S Leptin deficiency and leptin gene mutations in obese children from Pakistan Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Oct;6(5-6):419-27.
• Khokhar S, Mahmood S, Qureshi MU, Khan SA, Chaudhry NA �Initial Clinical Response� to noeadjuvant chemotherapy: An In-vivo chemosensitivity test for efficacy in patients with advanced breast cancer Asian Pac J Cancer Rev. 2011, 12(4):939-46
• Mahmood S, Ahmad W, Hassan MJ Autosomal Recessive Primary Microcephaly (MCPH): Clinical manifestations, genetic heterogeneity and mutation continuum. Orphanet journal of rare diseases. 2011. 6(1), pp.1-15.