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Dr. Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei

Associate Professor

Faculty member in Ecology and Molecular Epidemiology

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Zoology Department, College of Sciences, ground floor, Office No. AB 58
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Journal Article
2021

The correlation between single nucleotide polymorphisms of the thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor and breast cancer in a cohort of female patients in Saudi Arabia

, SEMLALI A., ALMUTAIRI M., ALHARBI S., AL AMRI A., ALREFAEI A. F., ALMUTAIRI B., & ROUABHIA M. . 2021

The current study aimed to examine thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor (TSLPR) genetic variation and breast cancer (BC) susceptibility in women in Saudi Arabia. Therefore, 127 blood samples from female patients diagnosed with BC and 116 blood samples from healthy female controls were studied using a genotyping assay to determine the association between three TSLPR single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)-P196L, X201W, and A238V-and the risk of BC progression. In addition, gene expression was evaluated in 20 matching BC and normal tissues using immunohistochemistry. TSLPR protein levels were higher among BC patients than those with matching normal breast tissue. In addition, TSLPR SNP P196L was found to have a significant protective effect on BC progression (OR = 0.4427), although only the T allele for TSLPR P196L had this protective effect against BC progression in participants who were younger than 48 years old. In contrast, no association was found between the T allele and risk of BC in participants who were older than 48 years old, and the CT and TT genotypes were significantly associated with BC risk protection in the older group. The effects of the TT genotype and the T allele were closely associated with a decreased risk of BC in participants with estrogen receptors (ER+) and without them (ER-). Overall, the findings revealed a significant correlation between SNPs in the TSLPR genes and BC progression among women in Saudi Arabia.

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Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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The current study aimed to examine thymic stromal lymphopoietin receptor (TSLPR) genetic variation and breast cancer (BC) susceptibility in women in Saudi Arabia.

by SEMLALI A., ALMUTAIRI M., ALHARBI S., AL AMRI A., ALREFAEI A. F., ALMUTAIRI B., & ROUABHIA M.
2021
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism plays a fundamental role in susceptibility to various diseases, including cancers and autoimmune diseases.

by ALMUTAIRI M., AL-NUMAIR, N., PARINE, N., ALMUTAIRI, B., ALREFAEI, A., ROUABHIA M., SEMLALI, A.
2021
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Camptothetin (CPT) is a quinoline alkaloid originally isolated from the Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata Decne. CPT was found to have anticancerous and antiviral properties.…

by DEVASIA R., ALTAF M., ALREFAEI A., MANOHARADAS S.
2021