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  • ALOX5AP gene variants show differential association with coronary artery disease in different populations 
    Alwan, Ahmad; Youhanna, Sonia C.; Platt, Daniel E.; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Yerezian, Joumana S.; Deeb, Mary E.; Khazen, Georges; Saade, Stephanie; Zreik, Tony G.; El Bayeh, Hamid; Maalouf, Assaad; Zalloua, Pierre A.; Abchee, Antoine (2015-12-17)
    Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a complex disease with various components, genetic as well as environmental. Previous reports correlating ALOX5AP gene variants and CAD showed conflicting results depending on the population ...
  • The I allele of the angiotensin converting enzyme I/D polymorphism confers protection against coronary artery disease 
    Abchee, Antoine; El-Sibai, Mirvat; Youhanna, Sonia; Yeretzian, Joumana S.; Hanine, Estephan; Makhoul, Nadine J.; Puzantian, Houry; Sawaya, Jaber; Nasrallah, Antoine; Rebeiz, Abdallah G.; Zreik, Tony G.; Azar, Sami T.; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2017-07-27)
    Background: Mutations in genes regulating lipid metabolism, vasoactivity, and coagulation are important modulators of coronary artery disease (CAD). Objective: This study investigated the association between allelic ...
  • Nicotine metabolism in healthy smokers and patients with cardiovascular diseases 
    Chahine, Ramez; Abchee, Antoine; Zalloua, Pierre (2019-07-22)
    In this study, we measured the excretion rate of nicotine and its two major metabolites, cotinine and trans-3′-hydroxycotinine (THOC), in the urine of 25 healthy smokers and 15 smokers who underwent a coronary artery bypass ...
  • Patients with early onset of type 1 diabetes have significantly higher GG genotype at position 49 of the CTLA4 gene 
    Zalloua, Pierre; Abchee, Antoine; Shbaklo, Hadia; Zreik, Tony; Terwedow, Henry; Halaby, Georges; Azar, Sami (2015-10-06)
    Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a complex autoimmune disease. Several genetic loci have been implicated in the susceptibility to this illness. Evaluated was the role of the CTLA4 exon 1 A49G polymorphism and its role as a risk ...
  • Predictors of coronary artery disease in the Lebanese population 
    Abchee, Antoine; Puzantian, Houry; Azar, Sami T.; Shbaklo, Hadia; Nasrallah, Antoine; Sawaya, Fadi J.; Alam, Samir; Zalloua, Pierre A. (2019-07-19)
    Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. The disease is determined by many risk factors such as age, gender, diabetes, dyslipidemia, smoking, as well as ...