Dr. Sami Siraj

Assistant Professor
Khyber Medical Unversity, Pakistan


Highest Degree
Post Doctoral Fellow in Molecular Pharmacology from Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Virology
Biochemistry
Inflammation
Autophagy

Selected Publications

  1. Zhang, W., S. Siraj, R. Zhang and Q. Chen, 2017. Mitophagy receptor FUNDC1 regulates mitochondrial homeostasis and protects the heart from I/R injury. Autophagy, 13: 1080-1081.
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  2. Chen, Z., S. Siraj, L. Liu and Q. Chen, 2017. MARCH5-FUNDC1 axis fine-tunes hypoxia-induced mitophagy. Autophagy, 13: 1244-1245.
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  3. Chen, Z., L. Liu, Q. Cheng, Y. Li and H. Wu et al., 2017. Mitochondrial E3 ligase MARCH5 regulates FUNDC1 to fine‐tune hypoxic mitophagy. EMBO Rep., Vol. 19. 10.15252/embr.201643309.
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  4. Khan, J., S. Siraj, S.N. Khan and H. Shafiq, 2016. Haematological and molecular characterization of sickle cell-β thalassemia in Southern Belt of Khyber-Pakhtun-Khwa, Pakistan. J. Health Sci, 6: 1-6.

  5. Yasmin, R., S. Siraj, A. Hassan, A.R. Khan, R. Abbasi and N. Ahmad, 2015. Epigenetic regulation of inflammatory cytokines and associated genes in human malignancies. Mediat. Inflamm., Vol. 2015. 10.1155/2015/201703.
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  6. Khan, J., N. Ahmad, S. Siraj and N. Hoti, 2015. Genetic determinants of β-thalassemia intermedia in Pakistan. Hemoglobin, 39: 95-101.
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  7. Yousaf, N., S. Afzal, T. Hayat, J. Shah and N. Ahmad et al., 2014. Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with prostate cancer risk in the Pakistani population. Asian Pac. J. Cancer Prev., 15: 10009-10013.
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  8. Khan, S., S. Attaullah, S. Ayaz, S.N. Khan and S. Shams et al., 2011. Molecular epidemiology of HCV among health care workers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Virol. J., Vol. 8. 10.1186/1743-422X-8-105.
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  9. Khan, S., S. Attaullah, I. Ali, S. Ayaz, S.N. Khan, S. Siraj and J. Khan, 2011. Rising burden of hepatitis C virus in hemodialysis patients. Virol. J., Vol. 8. 10.1186/1743-422X-8-438.
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  10. Attaullah, S., S. Khan, S. Ayaz, S.N. Khan, I. Ali, N. Hoti and S. Siraj, 2011. Prevalence of HBV and HBV vaccination coverage in health care workers of tertiary hospitals of Peshawar, Pakistan. Virol. J., Vol. 8. 10.1186/1743-422X-8-275.
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  11. Ali, I., S. Khan, S. Attaullah, S.N. Khan and J. Khan et al., 2011. Response to combination therapy of HCV 3a infected Pakistani patients and the role of NS5A protein. Virol. J., Vol. 8. 10.1186/1743-422X-8-258.
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  12. Xu, H.M., R. Yin, L. Chen, S. Siraj and X. Huang et al., 2008. An RGD-modified endostatin-derived synthetic peptide shows antitumor activity in vivo. Bioconjugate Chem., 19: 1980-1986.
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  13. Sami, S., N. Hoti, H.M. Xu, Z. Shen and X. Huang, 2008. Valproic acid inhibits the growth of cervical cancer both in vitro and in vivo. J. Biochem., 144: 357-362.
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