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Abdo Jurjus
Researcher at American University of Beirut
Publications - 135
Citations - 2848
Abdo Jurjus is an academic researcher from American University of Beirut. The author has contributed to research in topics: Inflammatory bowel disease & Population. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 129 publications receiving 2322 citations. Previous affiliations of Abdo Jurjus include George Washington University & American University.
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Animal models of inflammatory bowel disease.
TL;DR: This review is intended to cover recent advances in basic IBD model applications, which have allowed the detection of numerous protective pharmacological agents, including a number of immunomodulatory agents that have entered the therapeutic armamentarium.
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Vaccines Through Centuries: Major Cornerstones of Global Health.
Inaya Hajj Hussein,Nour Chams,Sana Chams,Skye El Sayegh,Reina Badran,Mohamad Raad,Alice Gerges-Geagea,Angelo Leone,Abdo Jurjus +8 more
TL;DR: The armamentarium of vaccines continues to grow with more emphasis on safety, availability, and accessibility, and this mini review highlights the major historical events and pioneers in the course of development of vaccines.
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Thymoquinone reduces mouse colon tumor cell invasion and inhibits tumor growth in murine colon cancer models
Hala Gali-Muhtasib,Matthias Ocker,Doerthe Kuester,Sabine Krueger,Zeina El-Hajj,Antje Diestel,M Evert,Nahed El-Najjar,Brigitte Peters,Abdo Jurjus,Albert Roessner,Regine Schneider-Stock +11 more
TL;DR: Using a matrigel artificial basement membrane invasion assay, it is demonstrated that sub‐cyto‐toxic doses of TQ (40μM) decreased C26 cell invasion by 50% and suppressed growth in three‐dimensional spheroids and support the potential use of T Q as a therapeutic agent in human colorectal cancer.
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Nutrition, oxidative stress and intestinal dysbiosis: Influence of diet on gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases.
Giovanni Tomasello,Margherita Mazzola,Angelo Leone,Emanuele Sinagra,Giovanni Zummo,Felicia Farina,Provvidenza Damiani,Francesco Cappello,Alice Gerges Geagea,Alice Gerges Geagea,Abdo Jurjus,Tarek Bou Assi,M. Messina,Francesco Carini +13 more
TL;DR: The "Western diet", in particular a low - fiber high fat/high carbohydrate diet is one factor that can lead to severe dysbiosis, in contrast, "mediterranean" and vegetarian diets that includes abundant fruits, vegetables, olive oil and oily fish are known for their anti-inflammatory effects and could prevent Dysbiosis and subsequent inflammatory bowel disease.
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Inflammatory bowel disease, colorectal cancer and type 2 diabetes mellitus: The links.
Abdo Jurjus,Assad Eid,Sahar Al Kattar,Marie Noel Zeenny,Alice Gerges-Geagea,Hanine Haydar,Anis Hilal,Doreid Oueidat,Michel Matar,Jihane Tawilah,Inaya Hajj Hussein,Pierre Schembri-Wismayer,Francesco Cappello,Giovanni Tomasello,Angelo Leone,Rosalyn A. Jurjus +15 more
TL;DR: IBD, CRC and T2DM are commonly occurring interrelated clinical problems that share a common basis influenced by an inflammatory process, an imbalance in intestinal microbiota, and a crosstalk between various signaling pathways.