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Antimicrobial, Biofilm Inhibition, Resistance profile, Anti metastatic and apoptotic compounds
Pakistan

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University of Karachi: Karachi, Sindh, PK

2017-06-23 to present | Assistant Professor (Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research)
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Ayaz Ahmed

University of Karachi International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences: Karachi, Sindh, PK

2012-09-15 to 2017-06-22 | Senior Research Officer (Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research)
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Ayaz Ahmed

Education and qualifications (1)

Dalian Medical University: Dalian, Liaoning, CN

2009-07-15 to 2012-06-01 | Ph.D. (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
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Ayaz Ahmed

Works (28)

Proteomic profiling and pre-clinical efficacy of antimicrobial lithium complex and colistin combination against multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Microbial Pathogenesis
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Moatter Zehra; Jazib Shafiq; Sidrah Asghar; Soma Vankwani; Syed Mehmood Hasan; Rao Muhammad Abid Khan; Munazza Raza Mirza; Ayaz Ahmed
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Relationship of biofilm formation with antibiotic resistance, virulence determinants and genetic diversity in clinically isolated Acinetobacter baumannii strains in Karachi, Pakistan

Microbial Pathogenesis
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Moatter Zehra; Sidrah Asghar; Rabia Ilyas; Yamina Usmani; Rao Muhammad Abid Khan; Zulfiqar Ali Mirani; Ayaz Ahmed
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Understanding the pattern of resistance in multi-drug resistant clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii based on metabolomics approach

Microbial Pathogenesis
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Muhammad Ramzan; Ayaz Ahmed; Amna Jabbar Siddiqui; Muhammad Noman Khan; Zaib Un Nisa; Ali Raza; Syed Ghulam Musharraf
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Post-natal antibiotic exposure in mother rat (F0) induces anxiety like behavior in adult rat offspring (F1) by activating HPA axis and down-regulating the Nr3c1 gene

Brazilian Journal of Biology
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: N. Hyder; G. Abbas; A. Ahmed; M. Azhar
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Enhancement in the therapeutic efficacy of thymoquinone by its delivery through polypropylene glycol-functionalized silver nanoparticles

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Daim Asif Raja; Amber Bano; Moatter Zehra; Ismail Vohra; Shakil Ahmed; Ayaz Ahmed; Muhammad Iqbal Bhanger; Muhammad Imran Malik
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Combination of Shengmai San and Radix puerariae ameliorates depression‐like symptoms in diabetic rats at the nexus of PI3K/BDNF/SYN protein expression

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine
2023-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Ayaz Ahmed; Guirong Zeng; Mudassar Azhar; Fengzhong Wang; Jingru Wang; Bei Fan; Xinmin Liu; Dejiang Jiang; Qiong Wang
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Naturally Isolated Sesquiterpene Lactone and Hydroxyanthraquinone Induce Apoptosis in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell Line

Cancers
2023-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Afshan Shams; Ayaz Ahmed; Ajmal Khan; Shariqa Khawaja; Najeeb Ur Rehman; Asma Saleem Qazi; Adnan Khan; Sami Bawazeer; Syed Abid Ali; Ahmed Al-Harrasi
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Nanotubes Formation in P. aeruginosa

Cells
2022-10-26 | Journal article
Contributors: Faraz Ahmed; Zulfiqar Ali Mirani; Ayaz Ahmed; Shaista Urooj; Fouzia Zeeshan Khan; Anila Siddiqi; Muhammad Naseem Khan; Muhammad Janees Imdad; Asad Ullah; Abdul Basit Khan et al.
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Sesquiterpene from Polygonum barbatum disrupts mitochondrial membrane potential to induce apoptosis and inhibits metastasis by downregulating matrix metalloproteinase and osteopontin in NCI-H460 cells

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Binte Zehra; Ayaz Ahmed; Ajmal Khan; Afshan Shams; Reaz Uddin; Sidra Rafi; Taseer Ahmed Khan; Umar Farooq; Syed Abid Ali
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Infection with a human-derived enteroinvasive Escherichia coli strain altered intestinal barrier function in guinea pigs

International Microbiology
2022-06-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Jian-Jun Liu; Juan-juan Qiu; Xiu Shan; Xue-Qi Shang; Fu-bo Sun; Ju-ying Jiao; Ayaz Ahmed; Yi Xin; Dong Shang
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Sesquiterpene from Polygonum Barbatum Disrupt Mitochondrial Membrane Potential to Induce Apoptosis and Inhibits Metastasis by Downregulating Matrix Metalloproteinase and Osteopontin in NCI-H460 Cells

2021-12-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Binte Zehra; Ayaz Ahmed; Ajmal Khan; Afshan Shams; Reaz Uddin; Sidra Rafi; Taseer Ahmed Khan; Umar Farooq; Syed Abid Ali
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Antimicrobial and biofilm inhibiting potential of an amide derivative [N-(2′, 4′-dinitrophenyl)-3β-hydroxyurs-12-en-28-carbonamide] of ursolic acid by modulating membrane potential and quorum sensing against colistin resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Microbial Pathogenesis
2021-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Yamina Usmani; Ayaz Ahmed; Shaheen Faizi; Muhammad Ali Versiani; Shumaila Shamshad; Saeed Khan; Shabana U. Simjee
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<p>Rifampicin conjugated silver nanoparticles: a new arena for development of antibiofilm potential against methicillin resistant<em> Staphylococcus aureus</em> and<em> Klebsiella pneumoniae</em></p>

International Journal of Nanomedicine
2019-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Umar Farooq; Touqeer Ahmad; Ajmal Khan; Rizwana Sarwar; Jazib Shafiq; Yasir Raza; Ayaz Ahmed; Safi Ullah; Najeeb Ur Rehman; Ahmed Al-Harrasi
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<p>Apoptotic and antimetastatic activities of betulin isolated from <em>Quercus incana</em> against non-small cell lung cancer cells</p>

Cancer Management and Research
2019-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Binte Zehra; Ayaz Ahmed; Rizwana Sarwar; Ajmal Khan; Umar Farooq; Syed Abid Ali; Ahmed Al-Harrasi
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Synthesis and chemosensing of nitrofurazone using olive oil based silver nanoparticles (O-AgNPs)

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85032274154

Contributors: Ahmed, S.W.; Anwar, H.; Shama; Siddiqui, A.; Shah, M.R.; Ahmed, A.; Ali, S.A.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Antibiofilm potential of synthetic 2-amino-5-chlorobenzophenone Schiff bases and its confirmation through fluorescence microscopy

Microbial Pathogenesis
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026393143

Contributors: Arshia; Khan, A.K.; Khan, K.M.; Ahmed, A.; Taha, M.; Perveen, S.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Combination of Interleukin 1 Polymorphism and Helicobacter pylori Infection: an Increased Risk of Gastric Cancer in Pakistani Population

Pathology and Oncology Research
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85009872705

Contributors: Raza, Y.; Khan, A.; Khan, A.I.; Khan, S.; Akhter, S.; Mubarak, M.; Ahmed, A.; Kazmi, S.U.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Antibiofilm potential of 16-oxo-cleroda-3, 13(14) E-diene-15 oic acid and its five new γ-amino γ-lactone derivatives against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus mutans

European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Anum Khalid Khan; Ayaz Ahmed; Mustafa Hussain; Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan; Syed Abid Ali; Ahsana Dar Farooq; Shaheen Faizi
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Biofilm inhibitory effect of chlorhexidine conjugated gold nanoparticles against Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbial Pathogenesis
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84976595989

Contributors: Ahmed, A.; Khan, A.K.; Anwar, A.; Ali, S.A.; Shah, M.R.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of Lactobacillus species on Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation.

Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84908521053

Contributors: Ahmed, A.; Dachang, W.; Lei, Z.; Jianjun, L.; Juanjuan, Q.; Yi, X.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Gut Microbe Analysis Between Hyperthyroid and Healthy Individuals

Current Microbiology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930981087

Contributors: Zhou, L.; Li, X.; Ahmed, A.; Wu, D.; Liu, L.; Qiu, J.; Yan, Y.; Jin, M.; Xin, Y.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Anti-metastatic and differential effects on protein expression of epigallocatechin-3-gallate in HCCLM6 hepatocellular carcinoma cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84883312102

Contributors: Zhang, Y.; Owusu, L.; Duan, W.; Jiang, T.; Zang, S.; Ahmed, A.; Xin, Y.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Characterization of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses isolated from poultry in Pakistan 2006-2008

Virus Genes
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84862601050

Contributors: Wasilenko, J.L.; Pantin-Jackwood, M.; Khan, T.A.; Ahmed, A.; Rehmani, S.F.; Lone, N.A.; Swayne, D.E.; Spackman, E.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Characterization of Newcastle disease virus isolated during 1995-2009 from suburbs of Karachi-Pakistan

Pakistan Journal of Zoology
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84859063075

Contributors: Khan, T.A.; Rehmani, S.F.; Ahmed, A.; Nazir, A.L.; Khan, M.N.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Comparison of the gut microbe profiles and numbers between patients with liver cirrhosis and healthy individuals

Current Microbiology
2012 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84862737088

Contributors: Liu, J.; Wu, D.; Ahmed, A.; Li, X.; Ma, Y.; Tang, L.; Mo, D.; Ma, Y.; Xin, Y.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Phylogenetic and biological characterization of Newcastle disease virus isolates from Pakistan

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77951824657

Contributors: Khan, T.A.; Rue, C.A.; Rehmani, S.F.; Ahmed, A.; Wasilenko, J.L.; Miller, P.J.; Afonso, C.L.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Molecular characterization of Pakistani field isolates of infectious bursal disease virus | Caracterización molecular de aislamientos de campo Pakistaníes del virus de la enfermedad infecciosa de la bolsa

Avian Diseases
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-68249094085

Contributors: Lone, N.A.; Rehmani, S.F.; Kazmi, S.U.; Muzaffar, R.; Khan, T.A.; Khan, A.; Khan, S.A.; Ahmed, A.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Molecular identification of agents causing respiratory infections in chickens from southern region of Pakistan from October 2007 to February 2008

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67649210092

Contributors: Ahmed, A.; Khan, T.A.; Kanwal, B.; Raza, Y.; Akram, M.; Rehmani, S.F.; Lone, N.A.; Kazmi, S.U.
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Ayaz Ahmed via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (12 reviews for 8 publications/grants)

Review activity for 3 biotech. (1)
Review activity for Bulletin of the National Research Centre. (1)
Review activity for Cancer letters. (1)
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Review activity for PloS one. (1)
Review activity for Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins. (4)
Review activity for Virus research (2)