Pharmacology and Biochemistry Department

Pharmacology

Dr. Amany Abd El-Mageed Alzokaky

Current Position Associate Professor (Acting Head of Department)
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Full Time Delegation
Email aalzokaky@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P304
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=UbRYNikAAAAJ
H-index 5
Total Citations 126
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Dr. Ahmed G. Abd Elhameed Helal

Current Position Associate Professor
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Full Time Delegation
Email agamal@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P221
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jiP5vy0AAAAJ&hl=en
H-index 5
Total Citations 169
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Dr. Ahmed Esam Khodir

Current Position Associate Professor
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Appointed
Email akhodir@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P405
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com.eg/citations?hl=en&user=48epa0oAAAAJ
H-index 17
Total Citations 739
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Dr. Mohamed khalil Elmahdy Elkasaby

Current Position Lecturer
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Appointed
Email mkhalil@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P406
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=ar
H-index 5
Total Citations 61
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Dr. Marwa Abd El-Dayem

Current Position Lecturer (Post PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Appointed
Email mdayem@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P407
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=o_BSY90AAAAJ&hl=en
H-index 9
Total Citations 318

Dr. Samar Ahmed Anter

Current Position Lecturer (Post PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Appointed
Email santar@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P417
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=9nvpAt8AAAAJ
H-index 13
Total Citations 434

Eman Hamdy Mohamed Yousef

Current Position Assistant Lecturer
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email ehamdy@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 20/9/2017
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=08DKybIAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
H-index 1
Total Citations 3
Publications & Presentations Polo-like kinase 1 as a promising diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma
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Staff Assistant Members

Ahmed Mohamed Mamdouh

Current Position Assistant Lecturer (PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Email amamdouh@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 1/9/2021
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=4nqQ48QAAAAJ&view_op=list_work
H-index 10
Publications & Presentations In-vitro and in-vivo investigation of amygdalin, metformin, and combination of both against doxorubicin on hepatocellular carcinoma
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Mohammed Atef Taher El-Gammal

Current Position Assistant Lecturer
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Email melgamal@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 1/5/2022
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TJPR2-4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
H-index 2
Total Citations 16
Publications & Presentations 1- Etanercept Mitigates Cadmium Chloride-induced Testicular Damage in Rats" An Insight into Autophagy, Apoptosis, Oxidative Stress and Inflammation"
2- Mechanisms of Cadmium-Induced Testicular Damage
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Mennatallah Osama Ibrahim Zaki

Hadeer Mamdouh Abdelsalam

Current Position Assistant Lecturer
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Email habdelsalam@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 2/12/2020
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=ar&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=hadeer+m+abdelsalam&oq=hadeer+m+abdelsa
Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366087167_TLR4-IN-C34_protects_against_acute_kidney_injury_via_modulating_TLR4MyD88NF-kb_axis_MAPK_and_apoptosis
ORCID 0000-0003-4146-2693
Publications & Presentations TLR4‐IN‐C34 protects against acute kidney injury via modulating TLR4/MyD88/NF-κb axis, MAPK, and apoptosis
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Laila Magdi Abd EL-Hamed EL-Shwady

Current Position Demonstrator 
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Email labdelhamed@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 3/1/2022
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Sara Samir Hamed Abo El magd

Current Position Demonstrator 
Major Specialty Pharmacology
Email ssamir@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 12-12-2023
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Biochemistry

Dr. Mohamed Shawky Zaghloul Abdou Sayed Ahmed

Current Position Lecturer (Post PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email mshawky@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P220
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.fr/citations?hl=ar&pli=1&user=2yLQqs4AAAAJ
H-index 5
Total Citations 106
Research Published Elseweidy M M, Elswefy S E, and Shawky M
2013a Diabetic Renal Injury Induced in Experimental Rats. Biomedical Engineering 2(4):175-181.

Elseweidy M M, Elswefy S E, Younis N N, and Zaghloul M S
2013b Pyridoxamine, an inhibitor of protein glycation, in relation to microalbuminuria and proinflammatory cytokines in experimental diabetic nephropathy. Experimental Biology and Medicine 238(8):881-888.

Elseweidy M M, Elswefy S E, and Shawky M
2014 Renal injury induced in alloxan diabetic rats. Role of Mycophenolate Mofetil as therapeutic agent. Pathology-Research and Practice 210(12):979-984.

Elseweidy M M, Zaghloul M S , and Younis N N
2016 10-DHGD ameliorates cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 83:241-246.

Elseweidy M M, Askar M E, Elswefy S E, and Shawky M
2017 Vanillin as a new modulator candidate for renal injury induced by cisplatin in experimental rats. Cytokine 99:260-265.

— 2018 Nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin intake in experimental rats and therapeutic approach of using mesenchymal stem cells and spironolactone. Applied biochemistry and biotechnology 184:1390-1403.

Elnagar G M, Elseweidy M M, Elkomy N M, Al-Gabri N A, and Shawky M
2021 10-Dehydrogingerdione ameliorates renal endoplasmic reticulum/oxidative stress and apoptosis in alcoholic nephropathy induced in experimental rats. Life Sciences 279:119673.

Elnagar G M, Elseweidy M M, Mahmoud Y K, Elkomy N M, Althafar Z M, Alnomasy S F, Al-Gabri N A, and Shawky M
2022 10-Dehydrogingerdione Attenuates Tramadol-Induced Nephrotoxicity by Modulating Renal Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Apoptosis in Experimental Rats: Role of HO-1 Activation and TLR4/NF-κB/ERK Inhibition. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(3):1384.
2022 Eltanani S, Yumnamcha T, Gregory A, Elshal M, Shawky M , and Ibrahim A S

Relative Importance of Different Elements of Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation in Maintaining the Barrier Integrity of Retinal Endothelial Cells: Implications for Vascular-Associated Retinal Diseases. Cells 11(24):4128.

Helal M, Shawky M , Elhusseiny S, and Abd Elhameed A
2021 Lactoferrin Ameliorates Azithromycin-induced Cardiac Injury: Insight into Oxidative Stress/TLR4/NF-κB Pathway. Journal of Advanced Pharmacy Research 5(2):285-296.
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Dr. Muhammad Muhammad Salahuddin Awad

Current Position Lecturer
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email msalahuddin@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P220
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5hNBxZAAAAAJ&hl=ar&oi=sra
H-index 2
Total Citations 31
Research Published Salman T M, Omran G A, El-Naa M M, Doghish A S, Youns S, and Awad M M
2014 Protective effect of proanthocyanidins on nephrotoxicity induced by antitumor dose of cisplatin in ehrlich solid tumor-bearing mice. Arab. J. Lab. Med 40(2):953-965.

Salahuddin M M, Omran G A, Helmy M W, and Houssen M E
2021 Effect of regorafenib on P2X7 receptor expression and different oncogenic signaling pathways in a human breast cancer cell line: a potential of new insight of the antitumor effects of regorafenib. Current Issues in Molecular Biology 43(3):2199-2209.
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Dr. Amir Osama Hamouda

Current Position Lecturer
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email ahamouda@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P220
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=ar&user=F-OIAakAAAAJ
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Research Published Hamouda A, Abdel-Hamed A, Abo-Elmatty D, Khedr N, and Ghattas M
2022 Pentoxifylline and its association with kaempferol improve NASH-associated manifestation in mice through anti-apoptotic, anti-necroptotic, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences 26(23):8644-8659.

Maivel H. Ghattas Asmaa R. Abdel-Hamed, Amir O. Hamouda, Dina M. Abo-elmatty, Naglaa F. Khedr
2022 Role of Kaempferol Combined with Pioglitazone in the Alleviation of Inflammation and Modulation of Necroptosis and Apoptosis Pathways in NASH-induced Mice. Journal of Medicinal and Chemical Sciences 6(5):250-265

Nahla E El-Ashmawy, Eman G Khedr, Awad M ElAbd, Amir O Hamouda
2019 Association Between Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor And Interleukin 6 In The Diagnosis Of Coronary Artery Disease Patients
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Dr. Eman Hamdy Mohamed Yousef

Current Position Lecturer
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email ehamdy@horus.edu.eg
Faculty Room Number P103
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=08DKybIAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
H-index 3
Total Citations 24
Research Published 1)Yousef, E. H., El-Mesery, M. E., Habeeb, M. R., & Eissa, L. A. (2020). Polo-like kinase 1 as a promising diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma. Tumor Biology, 42(4), 1010428320914475.
2)Yousef EH, El-Magd NFA, El Gayar AM. Norcantharidin potentiates sorafenib antitumor activity in hepatocellular carcinoma rat model through inhibiting IL-6/STAT3 pathway. Translational Research. 2023;260:69-82.
3)Yousef EH, El-Magd NFA, El Gayar AM. Carvacrol enhances anti-tumor activity and mitigates cardiotoxicity of sorafenib in thioacetamide-induced hepatocellular carcinoma model through inhibiting TRPM7. Life Sciences. 2023;324:121735.
4)Yousef EH, El-Mesery ME, Habeeb MR, Eissa LA. Polo-like kinase 1 as a promising diagnostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target for hepatocellular carcinoma. Tumor Biology. 2020;42(4):1010428320914475.
5)Yousef EH, El-Mesery ME, Habeeb MR, Eissa LA. Diosgenin potentiates the anticancer effect of doxorubicin and volasertib via regulating polo-like kinase 1 and triggering apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cells. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology. 2024:1-12.
6)Elsalahaty MI, Alkafaas SS, Bashir AO, El-Tarabily KA, El-Saadony MT, Yousef EH. Revealing the association between vitamin D metabolic pathway gene variants and lung cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in genetics. 2024;15.
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Staff Assistant Members

Maha Mahmoud Ibrahim Kamel

Current Position Assistant Lecturer (PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email mkamel@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 10/1/2016

Gamal Ahmed Elfar

Current Position Assistant Lecturer (PhD Scholarship)
Major Specialty
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Faculty Room Number
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Menna Abdelnaser Hassan

Current Position Assistant Lecturer
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email mabdelnaser@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 11/9/2015
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Menna Mostafa Eldawoudy

Current Position Demonstrator
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email Meldawoudy@horus.edu.eg
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Ibrahim Ali Ali Erfan

Current Position Demonstrator
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email eerfan@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 10/1/2021
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Mohamed Elsayed Mahdy

Current Position Demonstrator
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email mmahdy@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 10/10/2021
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Ingi Ayman Ahmed Hafez

Current Position Demonstrator
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Email Ehafiz@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 21/2/2023
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Hager Mahmoud Elgazzar

Current Position Demonstrator
Major Specialty Biochemistry
Full time \ Part Time Delegation \ Appointed Appointed
Email hgazzar@horus.edu.eg
Date of Academic Position 21/11/2023
Faculty Room Number P106
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