MAHMOUD A. ALFAQIH

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mahmoud a. alfaqih

• Department of physiology and Biochemistry - Faculty Member

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

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Ph.D. of Biochemistry from Washington State University, 2008
Bsc. of Dental Medicine and Surgery from University of Jordan, 2002

Publications

Alfaqih MA, Khader YS, Bashir N, Nusair Z, Nuseir Q, Nusier M, "Attitude of Jordanian Physicians toward Biochemistry and Genetics," BioMed Research International, vol. 2019, no. , pp. 0-0, 2019
Alzoubi KH, Shatnawi AF, Al-Qudah MA, Alfaqih MA, "Vitamin C attenuates memory loss induced by post-traumatic stress like behavior in a rat model," Behavioural Brain Research, vol. 2019, no. , pp. 0-0, 2020
Mazahreh TS, Alfaqih MA, Saadeh R, Al-Zoubi NA, Hatamleh M, Alqudah A, Aleshawi AJ, Alzoubi A, "The Eects of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Parameters of Leptin Resistance in Obesity," biomolecules, vol. 533, no. , pp. 0-0, 2019
Bashir NA, Morad FR, Khabour OF, Alfaqih MA, Khassawneh BY, "The Association between Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Gene Polymorphisms and Lung Cancer Risk," biomolecules, vol. 8, no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
Alzoubi KH, Shatnawi A, Al-Qudah MA, Alfaqih MA, "Edaravone prevents memory impairment in an animal model of post-traumatic distress," Behavioural Pharmacology, vol. 30, no. , pp. 201-207, 2019
Al Bashir S, Alzoubi A, Alfaqih MA, Kheirallah K, Smairat A, Haddad H, Al-Dwairy A, Fawwaz BAB, Alzoubi M, Trpkov K, "PTEN Loss in a Prostate Cancer Cohort From Jordan," Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology, vol. , no. , pp. 0-0, 2018
"Higher Levels of Serum Leptin Are Linked with a Reduction in Gait Stability: A Sex-Based Association", Biomolecules

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Ebaa Yahya Atieh Ababneh, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Kawla Rkan Abed Al-Rahman Al-Mhidat

29/01/2025
"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, 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
"Vitamin D Reduces the Activity of Adenosine Deaminase and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Type Two Diabetes Mellitus", Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Ebaa Yahya Atieh Ababneh, Kawla Rkan Abed Al-Rahman Al-Mhidat

30/05/2024
"Label-free quantitative proteomics analysis for type 2 diabetes mellitus early diagnostic marker discovery using data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA-MS)", Scientific Reports

Refat Musa Mohammad Nimer, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Eman Rakan Mohammad Saeed Shehabat

27/11/2023
"Disparities in Obstetric, Neonatal, and Birth Outcomes Among Syrian Women Refugees and Jordanian Women", International Journal of Public Health

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Ahmed Mohammad Saleh Khader, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Mohammad Sharif Ibrahim Alyahya

03/11/2023
"Serum Leptin Receptor and the rs1137101 Variant of the LEPR Gene Are Associated with Bladder Cancer", Biomolecules

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Mohamad Khalid Ibrahim Nusier, Kawla Rkan Abed Al-Rahman Al-Mhidat, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Ebaa Yahya Atieh Ababneh

09/10/2023
"Prevalence and pathogenicity of fungi associated with grapevine trunk diseases in Jordan", Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Firas Mohamed Hussein Abu El Samen, Marwa Issam Hussien Nasrallah, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Alananbeh, Kholoud M.

15/09/2023
"Discovery of a novel genetic variant in the N-acetyltransferase2 (NAT2) gene that is associated with bladder cancer risk", Acta Biochimica Polonica

Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Ayat Ahmad Hussein Alshoh, Omar Mohammed Ibrahim Halalsheh, Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah

18/08/2023
"The attitude and knowledge of pediatricians and family physicians toward COVID-19 vaccination in children: A cross-sectional study", Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

03/07/2023
"Identifying psychosocial problems, needs, and coping mechanisms of adolescent Syrian refugees in Jordan", Frontiers in Psychiatry

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Alaa Y K Jarboua, Basil Hameed Mahmoud Amarneh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Nasr Nofal Salieba Alrabadi

22/06/2023
"Leptin and the rs2167270 Polymorphism Are Associated with Glycemic Control in Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Patients on Metformin Therapy", Medicina (Lithuania)

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Mukhallad Abdulmunem Mohammed Al-Janabi, Ebaa Yahya Atieh Ababneh, Mariam Ibrahim Tawfiq Khanfar

22/05/2023
"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
"Association of vitamin D levels and polymorphisms in vitamin D receptor with type 2 diabetes mellitus", Biomedical Reports

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Abdulla Riyadh Ali Alaraydha, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Moh''D Zohair Moh''D Allouh

16/11/2022
"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
"Genetic variation in the ADIPOQ gene and serum adiponectin increase the risk of bladder cancer", Journal of Applied Biomedicine

Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Samir Mohammad Abdulla Al Bashir, Omar Mohammed Ibrahim Halalsheh, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

03/08/2022
"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
"Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the ADIPOQ Gene Modifies Adiponectin Levels and Glycemic Control in Type Two Diabetes Mellitus Patients", Biomed Research international

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Aisha Irshaed Issa Al-Hawamadeh, Zouhair Odeh Salim Amarin, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Kawla Rkan Abed Al-Rahman Al-Mhidat

09/04/2022
"Soft Tissue Sarcomas: A 16-Year Experience of a Tertiary Referral Hospital in North Jordan", Medicina

Mohammed Sayel Ahmed Alorjani, Ismail Ibrahim Ali Matalka, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Rami Ahmad Khalid Jahmani

27/01/2022
"Perceptions of primary healthcare physicians in Jordan of their role in the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study", International Journal of Clinical Practice

Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Mohammad Sharif Ibrahim Alyahya , Nasr Nofal Salieba Alrabadi, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Othman Ahmed Barakat Beni Yonis, Moh''D Zohair Moh''D Allouh

03/09/2021
"The Protective Effects of Pioglitazone Against Cognitive Impairment Caused by L-methionine Administration in a Rat Model", CNS and Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi, Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Murad Husni Ibraheem Tashtoush, Sayer Ibrahim Mohammad Farid Al-Azzam, Nizar Mahmoud Mohsen Mhaidat, Nasr Nofal Salieba Alrabadi

30/04/2021
"Attitudes of Medical and Health Sciences Students towards Abortion in Jordan", BioMed Research International

Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Asma Mohammad Derdah Odat

20/04/2021
"Factors Associated With University Students' Attitude Toward Euthanasia", Omega: Journal of Death and Dying

Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Amani Majed Abdul Hadi Banat, Dalia Ahmad Mustafa Abu Zaina, Tasneem Hussein Ahmad Albourini , Eman Talal Hussein Abedalqader, Nasr Nofal Salieba Alrabadi, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Moh''D Zohair Moh''D Allouh

16/04/2021
"Stem cell-related knowledge and attitudes among physicians in Jordan", International Journal of Clinical Practice

Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah, Fayez Abdulqader Fayez Abdulrazeq, Abdallah Adel Damen Alzoubi, Nasr Nofal Salieba Alrabadi, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

26/02/2021
"A single nucleotide polymorphism in BCAT1 gene is associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus", Acta Biochemica polonica

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Zaina Emad Yousef Abu-Khdair, Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah, Mariam Ibrahim Tawfiq Khanfar

11/01/2021
"Public Perception Regarding COVID-19, Nature of the Disease, Susceptibility to Complications, and Relationship to Influenza: A Study from Jordan Using Google Forms", Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

16/11/2020
"Elevated Interleukin 31 serum levels in hemodialysis patients are associated with uremic pruritus", Cytokine

Ashraf Omar Khalil Oweis, Firas Ahmed Abdelgader Al-Qarqaz, Khaldon Ghazi Khaled Bodoor, Leen Hussein Ali Heis, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Rowida Fayez Abdalla Al-Momani, Motaz Abdullah Mitib Obeidat

07/11/2020
"Association of RETN +299(G>A) polymorphism with type two diabetes mellitus", Acta Biochimica Polonica

Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Naggeb Abdulmula Saeed Mohamad

04/11/2020
"Implementation of the WHO Approved ?Tailoring Antimicrobial Resistance Programs (TAP)? Reduces Patients? Request for Antibiotics", antibiotics

Nasser Mousa Faleh Kaplan, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh

04/08/2020
"IL-33/13 Axis and IL-4/31 Axis Play Distinct Roles in In ? ammatory Process and Itch in Psoriasis and Atopic Dermatitis", Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology

Khaldon Ghazi Khaled Bodoor, Firas Ahmed Abdelgader Al-Qarqaz, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Leen Hussein Ali Heis, Ashraf Omar Khalil Oweis, Rowida Fayez Abdalla Al-Momani, Motaz Abdullah Mitib Obeidat

15/06/2020
"Perceptions of obstetricians and pediatricians about the risk of COVID?19 for pregnant women and newborns", International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Nail Abdullah Nayel Obeidat, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Wasim Abdel-Rahman Mahmoud Khasawneh, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

04/06/2020
"Dentists Awareness, Perception, and Attitude Regarding COVID-19 and Infection Control: Cross-Sectional Study Among Jordanian Dentists", JMIR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SURVEILLANCE

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Ola Barakat Atwan Al-Batayneh, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Sayer Ibrahim Mohammad Farid Al-Azzam, Bara' Abdallah Ahmad Alshurman

02/04/2020
"Food safety knowledge among Jordanians: A national study", food control

Abdulhakeem Mahmoud Salem Okour, Eva Inam Kayed Jum'A Al Zein, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

02/03/2020
"27-hydroxycholesterol impairs plasma membrane lipid raft signaling as evidenced by inhibition of IL6-JAK-STAT3 signaling in prostate cancer cells", Molecular Cancer Research

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

29/01/2020
"Vitamin C Attenuates Memory Loss Induced by Post-Traumatic Stress like Behavior in a Rat Model", Behavioural Brain Research

Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi, Alaa Fayez Mahmoud Shatnawi, Mohammad Abdulhamid Abdalla Al-Qudah, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

07/11/2019
"Attitude of Jordanian Physicians toward Biochemistry and Genetics", Biomed Research International

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Nabil Ahmad Mohammad Bashir, Mohamad Khalid Ibrahim Nusier

18/10/2019
"The Effects of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on the Parameters of Leptin Resistance in Obesity", Biomolecules

Tagleb Sameer Issa Mazahreh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Nabil Ali Ahmad Al-Zoubi, Moad Issa Hilal Hatamleh, Abdallah Adel Damen Alzoubi

25/09/2019
"Insomnia among Medical and Paramedical Students in Jordan: Impact on Academic Performance", BioMed Research International

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

12/09/2019
"The EGFR rs2233947 polymorphism is associated with lung cancer risk: a study from Jordan", Acta Biochimica Polonica

Nabil Ahmad Mohammad Bashir, Murad Z. R. Farah, Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Basheer Yousuf Abdel Rahman Khassawneh

12/08/2019
"Effects of combined swimming exercise and non?steroidal anti?inflammatory drugs on inflammatory nociception in rats", Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Ahmad Adnan Ahmad Altarifi, Zain Ahmad Said Kalha, Saddam Fuad Ahmad Kana'An, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

08/03/2019
"Post-traumatic stress disorder among Syrian adolescent refugees in Jordan", Journal of Public Health

Othman Ahmed Barakat Beni Yonis, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Alaa Y K Jarboua, Maariyha Majed Abed-Almuhdi Al-Bsoul, Nemeh Ahmad Amin Alakour, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Basil Hameed Mahmoud Amarneh

04/03/2019
"Edaravone prevents memory impairment in an animal model of post-traumatic distress.", Behavioural pharmacology

Karem Hasan Mohammad Al-Zoubi, Alaa Fayez Mahmoud Shatnawi, Mohammad Abdulhamid Abdalla Al-Qudah, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

16/02/2019
"PTEN Loss in a Prostate Cancer Cohort From Jordan", Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology

Samir Mohammad Abdulla Al Bashir, Abdallah Adel Damen Alzoubi, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah, Aya Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Al-Smerat, Ahmad Fuad Ayed Al-Dwairy, Baha' Aldeen Damen Mahmoud Bani Fawwaz

03/12/2018
"Association of Adiponectin and rs1501299 of the ADIPOQ Gene with Prediabetes in Jordan", Biomolecules

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Faheem Hezam Saif Mohsen Al-Mughales, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul, Mohammad Abdelkarim Salem Alqudah, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Muhammed Deeb Ahmad Al-Jarrah

08/10/2018
"The Association between Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Gene Polymorphisms and Lung Cancer Risk", Biomolecules

Nabil Ahmad Mohammad Bashir, Entesar Saif Rashad Ragab, Omar Falah Saeed Khabour, Basheer Yousuf Abdel Rahman Khassawneh, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

10/07/2018
"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
"The 4?hydroxynonenal mediated oxidative damage of blood proteins and lipids involves secondary lipid peroxidation reactions ", experimental and therapeutic medicine

Ayman Ghazi Yaseen Mustafa, Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih, Othman Abdullah Mohammad Sadeq Al-Shboul

25/05/2018
"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
"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
"CYP27A1 loss dysregulates cholesterol homeostasis in prostate cancer", Cancer Research

Mahmoud A. M. Alfaqih

10/01/2017

Acting Head of Department, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2021 - Sep 2022
Acting Head of Department, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2020 - Sep 2021
Faculty Member, Department of physiology and Biochemistry, Sep 2015 - Present

ADVANCED BIOCHEMISTRY
ADVANCED MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
BIOCHEMISTRY
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
FIRST AID
GASTRO-INTESTINAL SYSTEM
GENETICS LAB
INRTODUCTION TO MEDICINE AND MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
MEMBRANES AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION
MOLECULAR GENETICS
MOLECULAR GENETICS PRACTICAL
SEMINAR
SPECIAL TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY
SPECIAL TOPICS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
TEACHING SKILLS
URINARY & REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM