PUBLICATIONS:

    1. Afzal Sheikh, Atsushi Takatori, Md. Shamim Hossain, Kamrul Hasan, Masatoshi Tagawa and Akira Nakagawara. “Unfavorable neuroblastoma prognostic factor NLRR2 inhibits cell differentiation by transcriptional induction through JNK pathway”. Cancer Sci. 2016; 107(9):1223-32
    2. Afzal Sheikh, et al. Protective effects of Moringa oleifera Leaves against arsenic-induced toxicity min mice. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2014; 4: S353–S35.
    3. Hossain E, Islam K, Yeasmin F, Karim MR, Rahman M, Agarwal S, Hossain M, Aziz A, Al Mamun A, Sheikh A, et al. Elevated levels of plasma Big endothelin-1 and its relation to hypertension and skin lesions in individuals exposed to arsenic. American Journal of Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 259 (2012):187-94.
    4. Sultana Parvin, Dilruba Easmin, Mrityunjoy Biswas, Md. Golam Rabbani, Subed Chandra Dev Sharma, Afzal Sheikh, et al. Ethyl acetate extracts of dates (Phoenix dactylifera L.) show protective effects against pathogenic microbes. European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017; 4: 6-10.
    5. Sultana Parvin, Dilruba Easmin, Afzal Sheikh, Mrityunjoy Biswas et al. Nutritional Analysis of Date Fruits (Phoenix dactylifera) in Perspective of Bangladesh. American Journal of Life Sciences, 2015; 3: 274-278.
    6. Wataru Tsutae, Wirawit Chaochaisit, Hideyuki Aoshima, Chiharu Ida, Shino Miyakawa, Hiroko Sekine, Afzal Sheikh, Iri Sato Baran, et al,. Detecting and Isolating False Negatives of SARS-Cov-2 Primers and Probe Sets among the Japanese Population: A Laboratory Testing Methodology and Study. J Infect Dis Ther 2021, S1:004

WHITE PAPER’S (PRODUCTS: “GeneLife Generations”)

  1. Afzal Sheikh, Youssef Darzi, Michel Mommejat, Ujwal Sharma. ‘GeneLife Generations’- “The Science Behind Maternal and Paternal Ancestral Lineage”. Genesis Healthcare Co., June 2020, White Paper 20-1.
  2. Youssef Darzi, Pamela Gan, Afzal Sheikh, Michel Mommejat, Ujwal Sharma, Karl Bustamante. ‘GeneLife Generations’- “The Science Behind Estimating Ancestral Composition”. Genesis Healthcare Co., July 2020, White Paper 20-2.

 

ABSTRACT’S (Presented/published in International Conference’s)

  1. Takashi Ohdan, Ryo Saito, Mamiko Isaji, Afzal Sheikh al. Validation of a reliable method for the detection of hereditary BRCA1/2 mutation by NGS using saliva specimen. The 62nd Annual meeting of the Japan Society of Human genetics. Nov. 15th-19th, 2017, Kobe Japan Page-316.
  2. NLRR2 is involved in cell survival and differentiation through JNK pathway in neuroblastoma. Pediatric Blood and Cancer; December 1, 2014, Volume 61, Pages:205-s206.
  3. 74th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association, October 8th -10th, 2015. Nagoya, Japan.  Afzal Sheikh, Atsushi Takatori, Md Shamim Hossain, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Toshinori Ozaki, Hiroki Nagase, Masatoshi Tagawa and Akira Nakagawara. NLRR2 is involved in cell growth and differentiation through JNK pathway in Neuroblastoma. E-1007, Page-59.
  4. 71st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association, September 19th -21st, 2012. Sapporo, Japan. Afzal Sheikh, Md Shamim Hossain, Atsushi Takatori, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara. NLRR2 is a novel inducible gene and facilitates neuroblastoma cells differentiation. E-3068, Page-464.
  5. 54th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. November 30th-December 2nd, 2012, Yokohama, Japan. Afzal Sheikh, Md Shamim Hossain, Atsushi Takatori, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara NLRR2 enhances neuroblastoma cell differentiation and acts in the downstream of JNK and p38 MAPK.
  6. 2nd Japan-China Symposium on Cancer Research. May 9th-11th, 2012, Japan. Afzal Sheikh, Shamim Hossain, Atsushi Takatori, Kamrul Hasan, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara. NLRR2 is involved in the neuroblastoma cell differentiation and acts downstream of JNK and p38MAPK.  P604, page-67.
  7. Advanced Neuroblastoma Research (ANR), June 18th -21st, 2012, Canada. Md. Shamim Hossain, Afzal Sheikh, Atsushi Takatori, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yohko Nakamura, Akira Nakagawara. NLRR2 inhibits tumor growth by activating ER stress signals and its down-regulation is associated with poor prognosis in neuroblastoma. POBO52, page- 129.
  8. Advanced Neuroblastoma Research (ANR), June 18th -21st, 2012, Canada. Md. Shamim hossain, Atsushi Takatori, Yusuke Suenaga, Afzal Sheikh, Md Kamrul Hasan, Yohko Nakamura, Miki Ohira, Akira Nakagawara. ARPP19 negatively regulates MYCN stability and enhances differentiation of neuroblastoma both in vivo and in vitro. POBO95, page-140.
  9. 71st Annual meeting of JCA, September 19-21, 2012, Sapporo, Japan. Md Shamim Hossain, Atsushi Takatori, Afzal Sheikh, Md. Kamrul Hasan, Yusuke Suenaga, Yohko Nakamura, Miki Ohira, Akira Nakagawara. ARPP19 downregulates MYCN protein and inhibits the growth of human zenograft tumor in vivo. E-1011, Page-45.
  10. 54th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology November 30 – December 2, 2012, Yokohama, Japan. Kamrul Hasan, Atsushi Takatori, Yohko Nakamura, Mayu Fukuda, Shamim hossain, Jesmin Akter, Afzal Sheikh, Shunpei Satoh, and Akira Nakagawara. Novel compounds targeting TrkB suppress colony formation ability and invasion in neuroblastoma cells.