Dr. Nazia Ahmed

Name

Dr. Nazia Ahmed

Designation

Assistant Professor

Email

nazia.ahmed@duhs.edu.pk

Office

Dow Research Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences, Dow Research and Diagnostic Complex 2nd Floor, Ojha Campus, DUHS.

Qualifications

  • MSC (Microbiology): University of Karachi
  • Ph.D. (Molecular Medicine): Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine & Drug Research, ICCBS, University of Karachi

Research

  1. Khan, I., Ahmed, N., Akhter, MA., Ali, A., Naeem, N. and Salim A. (2013). Effect of Rap1 GTPase activation and hypoxia on the gene expression pattern of cell adhesion molecules in bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells. Pak. J. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 2010; 46(1): 16-21.
  2. Zeeshan M.,Imran M., Jabeen H., Begum S., Ahmed N and Qasim R. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Obese Diabetic Subjects. IJEHSR. 2015 3(4): 23–28. https://doi.org/10.29052/IJEHSR.v3.i4.2015.23-28.
  3. Waseem M, Khan I, Iqbal H, Eijaz S, Usman S, Ahmed N, Alam G, Salim A. (2016). Hypoxic Preconditioning Improves the Therapeutic Potential of Aging Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Streptozotocin-Induced Type-1 Diabetic Mice. Cell Reprogram. 2016 Oct;18(5):344-355. doi: 10.1089/cell.2016.0002. Epub 2016 Aug 8. PMID: 27500307.
  4. Imran M, Begum S, Kandhro AH, Ahmed N, Qasim R. Nazia Ahmed & Rashida Qasim. The Management of Glycemic Control in Associated Disorders. IJEHSR. 2017; 5(2) 37–42. https://doi.org/10.29052/IJEHSR.v5.i2.2017.37-42
  5. Ahmed, N., Khan, I. and Salim, A. Effect of 2,4-Dinitrophenol preconditioning on the expression levels of mesenchymal markers in neonatal cardiac progenitors. Hellenic J Cardiol. 2017 Jan-Feb;58(1):98-102. doi: 10.1016/j.hjc.2017.01.007. Epub 2017 Feb 2. PMID: 28163152.
  6. Jabeen H., Zeeshan M., Imran M., Begum S., Ahmed N and Qasim R. Estimation of total antioxidant capacity in type 2 diabetic and normal healthy subjects. IJEHSR. 2018; 6(2): 22–29. https://doi.org/10.29052/IJEHSR.v6.i2.2018.22-29.
  7. Begum S, Ahmed N, Mubarak M, Mateen SM, Khalid N, Hasan Rizvi SA. Modulation of Renal Parenchyma in Response to Allogeneic Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation in Acute Kidney Injury. Int J Stem Cells. 2019; 12(1): 125–138. doi: 10.15283/ijsc18091.
  8. Jabeen H., Begum S., Imran M., Zeeshan M. Ahmed N and Qasim R. Assessment and Association of Health Parameters by Micronutrients and Biochemicals in Insulin Independent Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. RMJ. 2019; 44(1): 32-36. https://www.rmj.org.pk/?mno=291774.
  9. Khan MA, Ali S, Shamim S, Ahmed N, Hussain M, Farooq S, Khan S. Antimicrobial and synergistic activity of thiazoline derivatives in combination with conventional antibiotics against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from abscess drainage samples. Pak J Pharm Sci. 2020 Sep; 33(5):2331-2339. DOI: 10.36721/PJPS.2020.33.5.SUP.2331-2339.1
  10. Fatima T, Abrara H, Jahan N, Shamim S, Ahmed N, Ahmed AS, Begum I and Ahmed W. Molecular marker Identification, antioxidant, antinociceptive, and anti-inflammatory responsiveness of malonic acid capped silver nanoparticle” Front. Pharmacol. Sec. Experimental Pharmacology and Drug Discovery. 2024 Jan 31;14:1319613. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1319613.
  11. Ahmed S, Aftab MF, Ahmed N, Yusuf IM, Qureshi MS. Restoration of C-type natriuretic peptide and glial fibrillary acidic protein expression in fear centers and intrinsic cardiac ganglia by theta frequency sound during chronic stress in mice. Journal of Neurorestoratology. 2024 September; 12, Issue3: 100133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100133.
  12. Shuja AA, Shamim S, Gulzar R, Begum S, Shakeel U, Ahmed N, Naeem N, Arshad M. Doxorubicin induced nephrotoxicity via free radical antioxidant activation in wistar rats. JPTCP. 2024; 31(9): 225-231. DOI: 10.53555/20xg1b22.
  13. Combinatorial induction with valproic acid and fibroblast growth factor-9 enhances neural differentiation and cell fate commitment in adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Khan L, Ahmed N, Naeem N, Begum S, Khalique A, Naeem BK. Altern Lab Anim. 2025 Sep;53(5):249-260. doi: 10.1177/02611929251372009. Epub 2025 Aug 31. PMID: 40886133
  14. RGD Peptide-Based Hydrogel Enhances the Osteogenic Differentiation of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells via Wnt Signaling. Naeem N, Siddiqui MA, Ahmed N, Ansari AS, Haneef K. Curr Protein Pept Sci. 2025 Oct 10; 27(6) doi: 10.2174/0113892037389217250916074726.
  15. CDK12 as a Potential Biomarker for Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells in Epithelial Ovarian Tumors. Jabbar S, Ahmed N, Hasan JA, Haque Z, Farooqui WA. Curr Mol Med. 2025 Oct 29. doi: 10.2174/0115665240419560251019165333.