Ahmed Nayef Al-Dwairi

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ahmed nayef al-dwairi

• Department of physiology and Biochemistry - Acting Head of Department

• Department of physiology and Biochemistry - Faculty Member

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Department of physiology and Biochemistry
andwairi7@just.edu.jo

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Ph.D. of Physiology from University of Arkansas For Medical Scien, 2013
Bsc. of Dental Medicine and Surgery from Jordan University of Science and Technology, 2006

Publications

Rosalia C.M. Simmen, Omar M. Rahal, Maria Theresa E. Montales, John Mark P. Pabona, Melissa E. Heard, Ahmed Al-Dwairi, Adam R. Brown, and Frank A. Simmen , Soy Foods: Towards the Development of Novel Therapeutics for Breast Cancer, , 2013
Al-Dwairi A, Brown AR, Pabona JM, Van TH1, Hamdan H, Mercado CP, Quick CM, Wight PA, Simmen RC, Simmen FA., "Enhanced gastrointestinal expression of cytosolic malic enzyme (ME1) induces intestinal and liver lipogenic gene expression and intestinal cell proliferation in mice.," PLoS One, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2014
Al-Dwairi A, Pabona JM, Simmen RC, Simmen FA., "Cytosolic malic enzyme 1 (ME1) mediates high fat diet-induced adiposity, endocrine profile, and gastrointestinal tract proliferation-associated biomarkers in male mice.," PLoS One, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2012
Hakkak R, Al-Dwairi A, Fuchs GJ, Korourian S, Simmen FA. , "Dietary soy protein induces hepatic lipogenic enzyme gene expression while suppressing hepatosteatosis in obese female Zucker rats bearing DMBA-initiated mammary tumors.," Genes and Nutrition , vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2012
Rahal OM, Pabona JM, Kelly T, Huang Y, Hennings LJ, Prior RL, Al-Dwairi A, Simmen FA, Simmen RC. , "Suppression of Wnt1-induced mammary tumor growth and lower serum insulin in offspring exposed to maternal blueberry diet suggest early dietary influence on developmental programming.," Carcinogenesis , vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2012
Mohammad Al-Qudah, Doaa Abu Shammala, Ahmed Al-Dwairi, Othman Al-Shboul, "DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF NEUROTROPHINS IN (DSS)-INDUCED COLITIS IN SMOOTH MUSCLE OF RAT COLON," Jurnal Teknolgi, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2015
Al-Dwairi A, Alqudah TE, Al-Shboul O, Alqudah M, Mustafa AG, Alfaqih MA, "Glucagon-like peptide-1 exerts anti-inflammatory effects on mouse colon smooth muscle cells through the cyclic adenosine monophosphate/nuclear factor-?B pathway in vitro," Journal of Inflammation Research, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
Ahmed Al-dwairi, Othman Al-shboul, Mohammad Alqudah, Ayman G Mustafa, Mahmoud A Alfaqih , "EFFECT OF INSULIN ON LPS-INDUCED INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN MOUSE COLON SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS IN VITRO," Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
AHMED AL-DWAIRI*, MOHAMMAD ALQUDAH, OTHMAN AL-SHBOUL, MAHMOUD ALFAQIH and DANA ALOMARI , "Metformin exerts anti-inflammatory effects on mouse colon smooth muscle cells in vitro," Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
Othman A. Al-Shboul, Ahmed N. Al-Dwairi, Mohammad A. Alqudah, and Ayman G. Mustafa , "Gender differences in the regulation of MLC20 phosphorylation and smooth muscle contraction in rat stomach," Biomedical Reports, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
Ayman G. Mustafa, Othman A. Al-Shboul, Mahmoud Alfaqih, Mohammad A. Alqudah and Ahmed N. Al-Dwairi , "Phenelzine reduces the oxidative damage induced by peroxynitrite in plasma lipids and proteins," Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2017
Mohammad Al Qudah, Naser Alrabadi, Mahmoud Alfaqih, Mukhallad Mohammad, Ahmed Al-Dwairi , "The effect of the anabolic steroid sustanon on the expression levels of neurotrophins in adult chicken gastrointestinal tract," Comparative Clinical Pathology, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2017
Mohammad Al Qudah, Shammala DA, Ahmed Al-Dwairi, Othman Al-Shboul and Ayman G Mustafa. , "Dextran sodium sulphate (DSS)-induced colitis alters the expression of neurotrophins in smooth muscle cells of rat colon," Physiological research, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2017
Mohammad Al Qudah and Ahmed Al-Dwairi, "Mechanisms and regulation of neurotrophin synthesis and secretion," Neurosciences, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2016
Mahmoud A Alfaqih, Yousef S. Khader, Ahmed N. Al-Dwairi, Abdallah Alzoubi, Othman Al-Shboul, Amanie Hatim , "Higher Levels of Serum Adiponectin and the T Allele of rs1501299 of the ADIPOQ Gene Are Protective against Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in Jordan," Korean J Fam Med, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2017
Ahmed N. Al-Dwairi, "Estrogen relaxes gastric muscle cells through a nitric oxide (NO)- and cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP)-dependent mechanism; sex-associated differential effect," Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
Mahmoud A Alfaqih, Zaina Abu-Khdair, Rami Saadeh, Nesreen Saadeh, Ahmed N Al-Dwairi and Othman Al-Shboul, "Serum branched chain amino acids are associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Jordan," Korean Journal of Family Medicine, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
OthmanA.Al-Shboul ,1 HananJ.Al-Rshoud,1 AhmedN.Al-Dwairi,1 MohammadA.Alqudah,1 MahmoudA.Alfaqih,1 AymanG.Mustafa,2 andMohammadJaafar, "Changes in Gastric Smooth Muscle Cell Contraction during Pregnancy: Effect of Estrogen," Journal of Pregnancy, vol. Volume 2019, Article ID 4302309, Pages 1-8, no. , pp. 1-8, 2019
MOHAMMAD ALQUDAH1,2, MARIAM KHANFAR2, MAHMOUD A. ALFAQIH2, OTHMAN AL?SHBOUL2, DOA'A GHAZI AL?U'DATT2, AHMED AL?DWAIRI2 and MOHAMMED ALLOUH3, "Correlation between vitamin D and serum brain derived neurotropic factor levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients," Biomedical Reports, vol. Volume 16, no. 6, pp. 1-8, 2022
Al-Dwairi, A., Al-Shboul, O., Alqudah, M., & Al-U'datt, D.G., "Determinants of estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A cross?sectional study," Biomedical Reports, vol. Volume 23, no. 194, pp. 0-0, 2022
Al-Shboul O, Alfaqih M, Mustafa A, Al-Dwairi A, Alqudah M, Haifawi S, Alebbini M, Al-Zaareer M, Alahmar K., "Developmental changes in contraction of gastric smooth muscle cells in rats correlate with their differences in RhoA/ROCK pathway," The Journal of Biomedical Research, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 289-296, 2019
Al Qudah M, Alfaqih M, Al-Shboul O, Saadeh R, Al-Dwairi A. , "Effect of cytokine treatment on the expression and secretion of brain derived neurotrophic factor in the smooth muscle of the rat colon.," Biomedical Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 55-60, 2020
Matalqah, Batool Abd-Alrahman; Al-Shboul, Othman Abd-Allah; Al-Dwairi, Ahmed Nayef; Al-U’datt, Doa’a Ghazi; Al-Khasawneh, Duha Ghassan, "Effect of High-glucose Incubation on the Antioxidant System in Rat Gastrointestinal Tract Wall Tissue," Journal of Nature and Science of Medicine, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 17-25, 2025
, "Insomnia among Medical and Paramedical Students in Jordan: Impact on Academic Performance," Biomedical Research International, vol. , no. , pp. 1-7, 2019
Alrashdan MS, Al-Shorman H, Al-Dwairi A, Qutieshat A, Al-Omiri MK, "Salivary oxidative stress biomarkers in periodontitis-free smokers: a cross sectional study," Minerva Dent Oral Sci, vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 209-2016, 2024
NESREEN SAADEH1, MAHMOUD A. ALFAQIH2, HANEEN MANSOUR2, YOUSEF S. KHADER3, RAMI SAADEH3, AHMED AL?DWAIRI2 and MOHAMAD NUSIER2, " Serum homocysteine is associated with polycystic ovarian syndrome in Jordan," Biomedical Reports, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 439-445, 2018
"Effect of pEffect of poor glycemic control on the prevalence and determinants of anemia and chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jordan: An observational cross-sectional studyoor glycemic control on the prevalence and determinants of anemia and chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jordan: An observational cross-sectional study", PLoS ONE

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

14/11/2024
"Effect of pEffect of poor glycemic control on the prevalence and determinants of anemia and chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jordan: An observational cross-sectional studyoor glycemic control on the prevalence and determinants of anemia and chronic kidney disease among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in Jordan: An observational cross-sectional study", PLoS ONE

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Adi Harbi Mohammad Khassawneh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Alhakam Khaled Basheer Albtoush, Aysam Issa Moh'D Hweidi, Abdulaziz Fares Alnemer

14/11/2024
"Lack of glycemic control in type two diabetes mellitus patients is associated with reduced serum epidermal growth factor level and increased insulin resistance", Biomedical Reports

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

29/10/2024
"Lack of glycemic control in type two diabetes mellitus patients is associated with reduced serum epidermal growth factor level and increased insulin resistance", Biomedical Reports

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Mariam Ibrahim Tawfiq Khanfar, Adi Harbi Mohammad Khassawneh

29/10/2024
"The expression of salivary EGF, VEGF, endothelin, and transferrin in waterpipe and cigarette smokers", Odontology

Mohammad Saleh Mahmoud Alrashdan, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Melanie Fawaz Moh''D Alazzam

06/05/2024
"Royal jelly mediates fibrotic signaling, collagen cross-linking and cell proliferation in cardiac fibroblasts", Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Muhammad Hussein Muhammad Al-U'Datt, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Saied Ali Abdelhameed Jaradat, Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi, Yaman Bilal Mohammad Ahmad, Jenan Raja Issa Al Qpelat

24/05/2023
"Malic Enzyme 1 (ME1) Promotes Adiposity and Hepatic Steatosis and Induces Circulating Insulin and Leptin in Obese Female Mice", International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

01/04/2023
"Inhibition of transglutaminase 2 (TG2) ameliorates ventricular fibrosis in isoproterenol-induced heart failure in rats ", Life Sciences

Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Muhammad Hussein Muhammad Al-U'Datt, Sara Faried Jamel Abu Sara, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Saied Ali Abdelhameed Jaradat, Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi

15/03/2023
"Involvement and possible role of transglutaminases 1 and 2 in mediating fibrotic signalling, collagen cross-linking and cell proliferation in neonatal rat ventricular fibroblasts", PLOS ONE

Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Belal Abdelaziz Abdeljalil Al-Husein, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Saied Ali Abdelhameed Jaradat, Jenan Raja Issa Al Qpelat

27/02/2023
"Establishment of national diagnostic reference levels as guidelines for computed tomography radiation in Jordan", International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Haytham Ahmad Mohammad Al Ewaidat, Sara Mahmmud Housni Balawi, Ziad Mohydeen Elayan Bataineh, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Khalaf Abdel Azez Al-Khlaeif Al-Masaid

27/01/2023
"Mechanism of Oxytocin-Induced Contraction in Rat Gastric Circular Smooth Muscle", International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

27/12/2022
"Normalization of Vitamin D Serum Levels in Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Reduces Levels of Branched Chain Amino Acids", Medicina (Lithuania)

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Nebras Yahya Salim Bany Melhem, Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Moh''D Zohair Moh''D Allouh

13/09/2022
"Correlation between vitamin D and serum brain derived neurotropic factor levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients", biomedical reports

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Mariam Ibrahim Tawfiq Khanfar, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

19/04/2022
"Progesterone Inhibitory Role on Gastrointestinal Motility", physiological research

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt

22/02/2022
"Implications of enigmatic transglutaminase 2 (TG2) in cardiac diseases and therapeutic developments", Biochemical Pharmacology

Doaa Ghazi Faleh Al Udatt, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Saied Ali Abdelhameed Jaradat, Jenan Raja Issa Al Qpelat

29/01/2022
"Estrogen relaxes gastric muscle cells via a nitric oxide? and cyclic guanosine monophosphate?dependent mechanism: A sex?associated differential effect", Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Mona Shakir Hamid Nazzal, Ayman Ghazi Yaseen Mustafa, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Amal Abdullah Mohammad Abuomar, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

01/06/2018
"Metformin exerts anti-inflammatory effects on mouse colon smooth muscle cells in vitro", Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Dana Ahmad Ali Alomari

20/04/2018
"Dextran Sodium Sulphate (DSS)-Induced Colitis Alters the Expression of Neurotrophins in Smooth Muscle Cells of Rat Colon", physiological research

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Doaa K. I. Abushammala, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Ayman Ghazi Yaseen Mustafa

20/12/2017
"Phenelzine reduces the oxidative damage induced by peroxynitrite in plasma lipids and proteins", Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry The Journal of Metabolic Diseases

Ayman Ghazi Yaseen Mustafa, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi

07/12/2017
" Dextran sodium sulphate (DSS)-induced colitis alters the expression of neurotrophins in smooth muscle cells of rat colon", physiological research

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Doaa K. I. Abushammala, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Ayman Ghazi Yaseen Mustafa

12/05/2017
"DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF NEUROTROPHINS IN (DSS)-INDUCED COLITIS IN SMOOTH MUSCLE OF RAT COLON", Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences and Engineering)

Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Doaa K. I. Abushammala, Ahmed Nayef Awwad Al-Dwairi, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul

30/11/2015

Acting Head of Department, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2025 - Present
Acting Head of Department, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2024 - Sep 2025
Acting Head of Department, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2019 - Sep 2020
Faculty Member, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Mar 2014 - Present

ADVANCED TOPICS IN PHYSIOLOGY
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY (LAB)
INTRODUCTION TO BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICINE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
PHYSIOANATOMY

The Urinary and Reproductive System
Advanced Pathophysiology
General Physiology