Muhammad Afzal Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute University of Groningen Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Muhammad Afzal has not added a biography. If you are Muhammad Afzal and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications Effects of Kinesthetic Haptic Feedback on Standing Stability of Young Healthy Subjects and Stroke Patients Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25889581 Molecular Diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome in Subjects with Intellectual Disability of Unknown Origin: Implications of Its Prevalence in Regional Pakistan PloS One. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25875842 Genetics and Preliminary Mechanism of Chlorpyrifos Resistance in Phenacoccus Solenopsis Tinsley (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25868815 Biosynthesis and Role of 3-methylbutanal in Cheese by Lactic Acid Bacteria: Major Metabolic Pathways, Enzymes Involved and Strategies for Control Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25849292 Use of Box Simulators for Improving Intraoperative Laparoscopic Skills - an Essential Tool for the Surgeon in Training Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25772955 Sialic Acid-Mediated Gene Expression in Streptococcus Pneumoniae and Role of NanR As a Transcriptional Activator of the Nan Gene Cluster Applied and Environmental Microbiology. May, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25724955 Ascorbic Acid-dependent Gene Expression in Streptococcus Pneumoniae and the Activator Function of the Transcriptional Regulator UlaR2 Frontiers in Microbiology. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25717320 Feasibility of Transseptal Puncture Using a Nonfluoroscopic Catheter Tracking System Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology : PACE. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25712806 Characterization of Pleural Effusion After Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion Using the Lariat Procedure Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25711803 Bacterial Rhizosphere and Endosphere Populations Associated with Grasses and Trees to Be Used for Phytoremediation of Crude Oil Contaminated Soil Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25661008 Recommendations Service for Chronic Disease Patient in Multimodel Sensors Home Environment Telemedicine Journal and E-health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association. Mar, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25559934 Evaluations of Secondary Cancer Risk in Spine Radiotherapy Using 3DCRT, IMRT, and VMAT: A Phantom Study Medical Dosimetry : Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists. 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25434808 Potential Role of Phytohormones and Plant Growth-promoting Rhizobacteria in Abiotic Stresses: Consequences for Changing Environment Environmental Science and Pollution Research International. Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25369916 UlaR Activates Expression of the Ula Operon in Streptococcus Pneumoniae in the Presence of Ascorbic Acid Microbiology (Reading, England). Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25355938 Regulation of Core Expression During the Hepatitis C Virus Life Cycle The Journal of General Virology. Feb, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25351725 Impact of Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion Using an Epicardial Ligation System (LARIAT) on Atrial Fibrillation Burden in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices Heart Rhythm : the Official Journal of the Heart Rhythm Society. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25281005 Cross-resistance, the Stability of Acetamiprid Resistance and Its Effect on the Biological Parameters of Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus Solenopsis (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae), in Pakistan Pest Management Science. Jan, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 24668906 Cr-resistant Rhizo- and Endophytic Bacteria Associated with Prosopis Juliflora and Their Potential As Phytoremediation Enhancing Agents in Metal-degraded Soils Frontiers in Plant Science. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25610444 Disseminated Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Disease in an Infant with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. Nov, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25518795 Diagnostically Untypable Hepatitis C Virus Variants: It is Time to Resolve the Problem World Journal of Gastroenterology : WJG. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25516688 Subfamily Coleoscirinae (Acari: Trombidiformes: Cunaxidae), with Description of One New Species from Pakistan Journal of Insect Science (Online). 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25368038 Nutrients Can Enhance the Abundance and Expression of Alkane Hydroxylase CYP153 Gene in the Rhizosphere of Ryegrass Planted in Hydrocarbon-polluted Soil PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25360680 Potential Risk of Cross-infection by Tourniquets: a Need for Effective Control Practices in Pakistan International Journal of Preventive Medicine. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25317294 Hepatitis C Virus Capsid Protein and Intracellular Lipids Interplay and Its Association with Hepatic Steatosis Hepatitis Monthly. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25237371 Botanicals, Selective Insecticides, and Predators to Control Diaphorina Citri (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Citrus Orchards Insect Science. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25205398 Genetics and Realized Heritability of Resistance to Imidacloprid in a Poultry Population of House Fly, Musca Domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) from Pakistan Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25175648 Acoustic Scattering in Flexible Waveguide Involving Step Discontinuity PloS One. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25084019 Endophytic Bacteria: Prospects and Applications for the Phytoremediation of Organic Pollutants Chemosphere. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25078615 Formulation and Evaluation of Sustained Release Matrix Tablet of Rabeprazole Using Wet Granulation Technique Journal of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25035637 An Adaptive Semantic Based Mediation System for Data Interoperability Among Health Information Systems Journal of Medical Systems. Aug, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24964780 LacR is a Repressor of LacABCD and LacT is an Activator of LacTFEG, Constituting the Lac Gene Cluster in Streptococcus Pneumoniae Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24951784 Combined Use of Alkane-degrading and Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria Enhanced Phytoremediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24933917 Antenatal Bartter Syndrome Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. May, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24906263 Antifungal Effect of Gatifloxacin and Copper Ions Combination The Journal of Antibiotics. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24894182 Enhanced Degradation of Textile Effluent in Constructed Wetland System Using Typha Domingensis and Textile Effluent-degrading Endophytic Bacteria Water Research. Jul, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24755300 Congenital Hypothyroidism in Neonates Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24741519 Seroprevalence of Cytomegalovirus, Herpes Simplex Virus and Rubella Virus Among Pregnant Women in KPK Province of Pakistan Journal of Infection in Developing Countries. Mar, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24619273 Changing of HCV Clade Pattern in Iran; the Possible Means for Something Good Hepatitis Monthly. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24497875 Comparison of HCV Prevalence in Pakistan and Iran; an Insight into Future Hepatitis Monthly. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24497874 Optimization of Water Absorbing Exopolysaccharide Production on Local Cheap Substrates by Bacillus Strain CMG1403 Using One Variable at a Time Approach Journal of Microbiology (Seoul, Korea). Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24390837 Talc Used in Anticancer Drugs is Promoter for Diabetes in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Induced Rats European Journal of Cancer (Oxford, England : 1990). Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24188999 Therapeutic Exploration of Betulinic Acid in Chemically Induced Hypothyroidism Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. Jan, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24096699 Neural Network Approaches for Noisy Language Modeling IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24808611 Ulnar Aplasia, Dysplastic Radius and Preaxial Oligodactyly: Rare Longitudinal Limb Defect in a Sporadic Male Child Journal of Research in Medical Sciences : the Official Journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Sep, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24381628 Strengthening Human Resources for Health Through Information, Coordination and Accountability Mechanisms: the Case of the Sudan Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24347712 Community Health Workers for Universal Health-care Coverage: from Fragmentation to Synergy Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Nov, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24347709 RNA-SSPT: RNA Secondary Structure Prediction Tools Bioinformation. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24250115 Antineoplastic Potential of Bryophyllum Pinnatum Lam. on Chemically Induced Hepatocarcinogenesis in Rats Pharmacognosy Research. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24174817 Authoring Tool: Acquiring Sharable Knowledge for Smart CDSS Conference Proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24109928 Combination of Sulfamethoxazole and Selenium in Anticancer Therapy: a Novel Approach Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24052147 Effect of Functional Interleukin-10 Polymorphism on Pegylated Interferon-α Plus Ribavirin Therapy Response in Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Patients Infected With 3a Genotype in Pakistani Population Hepatitis Monthly. 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24032042 Characterization of Carnobacterium Maltaromaticum LMA 28 for Its Positive Technological Role in Soft Cheese Making Food Microbiology. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 24010601 Sequence and Structural Analysis of 3' Untranslated Region of Hepatitis C Virus, Genotype 3a, from Pakistani Isolates Hepatitis Monthly. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23922562 Additional Glycosylation Within a Specific Hypervariable Region of Subtype 3a of Hepatitis C Virus Protects Against Virus Neutralization The Journal of Infectious Diseases. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23908491 Effectiveness of Teaching Methods in a Medical Institute: Perceptions of Medical Students to Teaching Aids JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23901709 Personalized-detailed Clinical Model for Data Interoperability Among Clinical Standards Telemedicine Journal and E-health : the Official Journal of the American Telemedicine Association. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23875730 Anticonvulsant Activity of Ethanol Extracts of Vetiveria Zizanioides Roots in Experimental Mice Pharmaceutical Biology. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23863081 Mutations in the STAT1‑interacting Domain of the Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Modulate the Response to Antiviral Therapy Molecular Medicine Reports. Aug, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23799612 Ectopic Pregnancy: a Review Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23793551 Images in Clinical Medicine. Lung Herniation After Cardiac Surgery The New England Journal of Medicine. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23782203 Accuracy Requirements in Radiotherapy Treatment Planning Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23763803 Anxiolytic Potential of Ursolic Acid Derivative--a Stearoyl Glucoside Isolated from Lantana Camara L. (Verbanaceae) Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23711701 Comparison of Protective and Curative Potential of Daucus Carota Root Extract on Renal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in Rats Pharmaceutical Biology. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23627465 Hepatoprotective Potential of New Steroid Against Carbon Tetrachloride-induced Hepatic Injury Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23512523 Anticancer Effect of Ursolic Acid Stearoyl Glucoside in Chemically Induced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry. Dec, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23512248 Antiobesity Potential of Ursolic Acid Stearoyl Glucoside by Inhibiting Pancreatic Lipase European Journal of Pharmacology. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23500199 Congenital Terminal Transverse Deformity of Upper Limb: Clinical and Radiological Findings in a Sporadic Care Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP. Mar, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23458049 Complete Chromosome Sequence of Carnobacterium Maltaromaticum LMA 28 Genome Announcements. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23405327 Inoculum Pretreatment Affects Bacterial Survival, Activity and Catabolic Gene Expression During Phytoremediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil Chemosphere. Apr, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23399305 Antiulcer and Antioxidant Activities of a New Steroid from Morus Alba Life Sciences. Feb, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23270943 Polypharmacy (herbal and Synthetic Drug Combination): a Novel Approach in the Treatment of Type-2 Diabetes and Its Complications in Rats Journal of Natural Medicines. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23151907 Plant-bacteria Partnerships for the Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils Chemosphere. Jan, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23058201 Preventive Effect of Metformin Against N-nitrosodiethylamine-initiated Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Rats Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal : SPJ : the Official Publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23960811 Healthcare Standards Based Sensory Data Exchange for Home Healthcare Monitoring System Conference Proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual Conference. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23366131 Pre-conditioned Mesenchymal Stem Cells Ameliorate Renal Ischemic Injury in Rats by Augmented Survival and Engraftment Journal of Translational Medicine. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23217165 RDNAnalyzer: A Tool for DNA Secondary Structure Prediction and Sequence Analysis Bioinformation. 2012 | Pubmed ID: 23055611 Enhanced Remediation of Chlorpyrifos from Soil Using Ryegrass (Lollium Multiflorum) and Chlorpyrifos-degrading Bacterium Bacillus Pumilus C2A1 Journal of Hazardous Materials. Oct, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22959266 Antiepileptic Potential of Ursolic Acid Stearoyl Glucoside by GABA Receptor Stimulation CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22943148 A Novel ZRS Mutation in a Balochi Tribal Family with Triphalangeal Thumb, Pre-axial Polydactyly, Post-axial Polydactyly, and Syndactyly American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22786669 Identification of Metabolic Pathways Involved in the Biosynthesis of Flavor Compound 3-methylbutanal from Leucine Catabolism by Carnobacterium Maltaromaticum LMA 28 International Journal of Food Microbiology. Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22762999 Emergence of Nanomedicine As Cancer Targeted Magic Bullets: Recent Development and Need to Address the Toxicity Apprehension Current Drug Discovery Technologies. Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22725687 Pharmacological Evaluation of Anxiolytic Activity of Ursolic Acid Stearoyl Glucoside Isolated from Lantana Camara CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. Aug, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22715920 The Inoculation Method Affects Colonization and Performance of Bacterial Inoculant Strains in the Phytoremediation of Soil Contaminated with Diesel Oil International Journal of Phytoremediation. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22567693 Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Potential of a Novel Steroidal Derivative from Bryophyllum Pinnatum Fitoterapia. Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22465504 Classical to Current Approach for Treatment of Psoriasis: a Review Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders Drug Targets. Sep, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22463723 Sedative, Antiepileptic and Antipsychotic Effects of Viscum Album L. (Loranthaceae) in Mice and Rats Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22449438 Advancement in Multifunctional Nanoparticles for the Effective Treatment of Cancer Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. Apr, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22400808 Non-hypoxic Stabilization of HIF-Iα During Coordinated Interaction Between Akt and Angiopoietin-1 Enhances Endothelial Commitment of Bone Marrow Stem Cells Journal of Molecular Medicine (Berlin, Germany). Jun, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22237590 Osteonecrosis of Jaw with the Use of Denosumab Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics. Oct-Dec, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22269422 Use of Earth's Magnetic Field for Mitigating Gyroscope Errors Regardless of Magnetic Perturbation Sensors (Basel, Switzerland). 2011 | Pubmed ID: 22247672 A Fast and Reliable Pipeline for Bacterial Transcriptome Analysis Case study: Serine-dependent Gene Regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae Muhammad Afzal1,2, Irfan Manzoor1,2, Oscar P. Kuipers1 1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 2Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad JoVE 52649 Biology
A Fast and Reliable Pipeline for Bacterial Transcriptome Analysis Case study: Serine-dependent Gene Regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae Muhammad Afzal1,2, Irfan Manzoor1,2, Oscar P. Kuipers1 1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 2Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University Faisalabad JoVE 52649 Biology