Dr Mohsin Wahid

Name

Dr Mohsin Wahid

Designation

Associate Professor of Pathology / Program Director, MPhil (Genetics) & PhD (Medical Genetics), School of Postgraduate Studies

Email

mohsin.wahid@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Department of Pathology, Second floor, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Ojha Campus

Qualifications

  • M.B.B.S  (Sindh Medical College)
  • MPhil (Human Genetics), Newcastle University, England
  • PhD (Human Genetics), Newcastle University, England

Research

  1. Wahid, M., et al. (2025). “Gene Expression Analysis for Pluripotency Genes in Gingival Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using Low Density Array.” DNA and Cell Biology Reports 6(1): 113-123.
  2. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Khan JA, Kiyani A, Jilani SN, Aslam S. An Animal Model of Pulpitis Based on an Outbred Mice Strain and Its Histological Analysis. J Vis Exp. 2026 Feb 27;(228). doi: 10.3791/69786. PMID: 41838584.
  3. Ali A, Bari MF, Arshad S, Wahid M, Safdar J, Anwar K, Farooqui WA. Tissue-resident memory T-cell expressions and their prognostic role in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Cancer. 2025 Feb 26;25(1):356. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-13764-2. PMID: 40011911; PMCID: PMC11863602.
  4. Wahid M, Nazeer M, Qadir A, Azmi MB. Investigating the Protein-Based Therapeutic Relationship between Honey Protein SHP-60 and Bevacizumab on Angiogenesis: Exploring the Synergistic Effect through In Vitro and In Silico Analysis. ACS Omega. 2024 Apr 3;9(15):17143-17153. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.3c09736. PMID: 38645361; PMCID: PMC11024967.
  5. Habib R, Farhat R, Wahid M, Ainuddin J. Enhanced reno-protective effects of CHIR99021 modified mesenchymal stem cells against rat acute kidney injury model. Bioimpacts. 2024 Nov 4;15:30600. doi: 10.34172/bi.30600. PMID: 40256225; PMCID: PMC12008493.
  6. Serwer T, Wahid M, Imtiaz F, Memon AS. Identification of specific codon 201 mutation of the DCC Gene in the colonoscopic specimen of colorectal cancer. J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Feb;74(2):287-293. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.9158. PMID: 38419228.
  7. Soomro N, Wahid M, Mehmood M, Danish SH. Responses of β-thalassemia and compound heterozygote of Sickle/βthalassemia of BCL11A Gene Polymorphism in Pakistani Patients. Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Nov-Dec;39(6):1788-1792. doi: 10.12669/pjms.39.6.7183. PMID: 37936787; PMCID: PMC10626103.
  8. Habib R, Fahim S, Wahid M, Ainuddin J. Optimisation of a Method for the Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Toward Renal Epithelial-like Cells. Altern Lab Anim. 2023 Nov;51(6):363-375. doi: 10.1177/02611929231207774. Epub 2023 Oct 13. PMID: 37831588.
  9. Zhang H, Qureshi MA, Wahid M, Charifa A, Ehsan A, Ip A, De Dios I, Ma W, Sharma I, McCloskey J, Donato M, Siegel D, Gutierrez M, Pecora A, Goy A, Albitar M. Differential Diagnosis of Hematologic and Solid Tumors Using Targeted Transcriptome and Artificial Intelligence. Am J Pathol. 2023 Jan;193(1):51-59. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2022.09.006. Epub 2022 Oct 13. PMID: 36243045.
  10. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Khan JA, Kiyani A, Jilani SNA. A novel experimental model to investigate fungal involvement shows expression of Dectin-1 in periapical lesion pathogenesis. J Oral Rehabil. 2023 Oct;50(10):1043-1057. doi: 10.1111/joor.13528. Epub 2023 Jun 9. PMID: 37263973.
  11. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Akhtar H, Jilani SNA, Kiyani A. Gene expression analysis of toll like receptor 2 and 4, Dectin-1, Osteopontin and inflammatory cytokines in human dental pulp ex-vivo. BMC Oral Health. 2022 Dec 3;22(1):563. doi: 10.1186/s12903-022-02621-4. PMID: 36463168; PMCID: PMC9719632.
  12. Hasan A, Roome T, Wahid M, Ansari SA, Khan JA, Jilani SNA, Jawed A, Kiyani A. Expression of Toll-like receptor 2, Dectin-1, and Osteopontin in murine model of pulpitis. Clin Oral Investig. 2023 Mar;27(3):1177-1192. doi: 10.1007/s00784-022-04732-2. Epub 2022 Oct 7. PMID: 36205788.
  13. Jabeen H, Wahid M, Uddin JAA, Mustafa F. Differentiation of CD117+ Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells towards Nephron Progenitors. Pak J Med Sci. 2022 Jul-Aug;38(6):1656-1661. doi: 10.12669/pjms.38.6.4887. PMID: 35991222; PMCID: PMC9378384.
  14. Junaid R, Wahid M, Waseem FS, Habib R, Hasan A. Effect of glucose mediated oxidative stress on apoptotic gene expression in gingival mesenchymal stem cells. BMC Oral Health. 2021 Dec 18;21(1):653. doi: 10.1186/s12903-021-02007-y. PMID: 34922513; PMCID: PMC8684132.
  15. Kumari P, Syed SA, Wahid M, Qureshi MA, Kumar R. Expression of miR-31 in saliva-liquid biopsy in patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma. J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2021 Apr 22;16(5):733-739. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.03.007. PMID: 34690655; PMCID: PMC8498719.
  16. Ghori FF, Wahid M. Induced pluripotent stem cells derived cardiomyocytes from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients in vitro. Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Sep-Oct;37(5):1376-1381. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.5.3104. PMID: 34475915; PMCID: PMC8377888.
  17. Zehravi M, Wahid M, Ashraf J, Fatima T. Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Small Mutations in Pakistani Muscular Dystrophy Patients. Genet Test Mol Biomarkers. 2021 Mar;25(3):218-226. doi: 10.1089/gtmb.2020.0246. PMID: 33734897.
  18. Zehravi M, Wahid M, Ashraf J. Episomal reprogramming of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients derived CD3+ T cells towards induced pluripotent stem cells. Pak J Med Sci. 2021 Mar-Apr;37(2):432-438. doi: 10.12669/pjms.37.2.3388. PMID: 33679927; PMCID: PMC7931302.
  19. Ghori FF, Wahid M. Induced pluripotent stem cells from urine of Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients. Pediatr Int. 2021 Sep;63(9):1038-1047. doi: 10.1111/ped.14655. Epub 2021 Jul 13. PMID: 33599058.
  20. Shahid O, Shamim S, Ainuddin JA, Wahid M. Genetic reprogramming of cord blood derived endothelial colony forming cells towards human induced pluripotent stem cells using episomal plasmids. J Pak Med Assoc. 2021 Apr;71(4):1081-1088. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.465. PMID: 34125747.
  21. Qadir A, Wahid M, Asif M, Roome T. Synergistic effect of bevacizumab and celecoxib on angiogenesis in vitro using human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Dec;58(12):696-702. doi: 10.5414/CP203757. PMID: 32909536.
  22. Ghauri AK, Wahid M, Mirza T, Uddin JAA. Direct differentiation of cord blood derived mesenchymal stem cells into keratinocytes without feeder layers and cAMP inducers.