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Name: Dr. Iram Murtaza
Designation: Professor and Chairperson
Department: Biochemistry (BMB)


Qualifications:

          

 Ph.D. :                    CAS, PRC

Post Doc.  :      UTHSC, USA

Field of Specialization:        Biochemistry and Molecular Biology



Phone: +92-51 9064-3175
Email: irambch@qau.edu.pk
Status: On Job
Other Weblink: https://publons.com/researcher/1750124/iram-murtaza/

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Research Interests Publications Conferences Research Projects

Biochemical Signaling


         

Books:

·         Mushtaq I, Ishtiaq A, Ali T, Jan MI, Murtaza I* ; An Over view of Non-Coding RNAs and Cardiovascular system, J. Xiao (Ed) Non-Coding RNAs in cardiovascular Diseases, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Springer Nature; 1229, April 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1671-9_1.Page 3-45.

·         Jan MI, Ali T, Mushtaq I, Ishtiaq A, Murtaza I*, Prospective Advances in Non-coding RNAs Investigation,J. Xiao (Ed) Non-Coding RNAs in cardiovascular Diseases, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Springer Nature; 1229, April 2020. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-1671-9_24.Page:385-426.

  Publications 


  • Anti-diabetic potential, crystal structure, molecular docking, DFT, and optical-electrochemical studies of new dimethyl and diethyl carbamoyl-N, N′-disubstituted based thioureas. Khan M, Patujo J, Mushtaq I, Ishtiaq A, Tahir MN, Bibi S, Khan MS, Naimatullah, Mustafa G, Mirza B, Badshah A,  Murtaza I* Journal of Molecular Structure. (2021). 132207
  • N-Acetyl Cysteine, Selenium, and Ascorbic Acid Rescue Diabetic Cardiac Hypertrophy via Mitochondrial-Associated Redox Regulators. Mushtaq I, Bashir Z, Sarwar M, Arshad M, Ishtiaq A, Khan W, Khan U, Tabassum S, Ali T, Fatima T, Valadi H, Nawaz M,  Murtaza I*.  Molecules. 2021; 26(23):7285. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26237285
  • MicroRNAs in molecular technology to address global diseases bench to bedside research . Akram, N. , Shahzor, Z. , Mushtaq, I. , Ishtiaq, A. , Hussain, K. & Murtaza, I*.  EJOSAT.  (2021). 1492-1500 . DOI: 10.31590/ejosat.1011033
  • Vitamin E boosted the protective potential of Aloe vera in CCl4-treated rats. Fatima, R., Yasin, M.S., Anwar, H., Ullah I., Shehzad W., Murtaza I., Ali T.  Biologia (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00932-5
  • Mentha longifolia Alleviates Exogenous Serotonin-Induced Diabetic Hypoglycemia and Relieves Renal Toxicity via ROS Regulation. Ali T, Ishtiaq A, Mushtaq I, Ayaz N, Jan MI, Khan W, Khan U, Murtaza I*. Plant Foods Hum Nutr. 2021 Oct 30. doi: 10.1007/s11130-021-00932-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34716886.
  • Melatonin abated Bisphenol A–induced neurotoxicity via p53/PUMA/Drp-1 signaling.  Ishtiaq A,  Ali T,  Bakhtiar A, Robina B, Kinza B, Mushtaq I, Li S, Khan W, Khan U, Anees RA, Anees M, Sultan A &  Murtaza I*.   Environ Sci Pollut Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12129-5. 
  • Pistacia integerrima alleviated Bisphenol A induced toxicity through Ubc13/p53 signalling. Ishtiaq A, Bakhtiar A, Silas E, Saeed J, Ajmal S, Mushtaq I, Ali T, Wahedi M H, Khan W, Khan U, Anees M, Sultan A &  Murtaza I*.  Mol Biol Rep (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-020-05706-x
  • Cardiac hypertrophic risk markers of left ventricle and left atrium in chronic heart failure due to aortic and mitral valve disease. Muhammad Ishtiaq Jan, Riaz Anwar Khan, Naeem Khan, Aisha Mahak, Azhar Ul Haq Ali Shah, Syed Tasleem Hussain, Ahaq ullah Kakakhel, Iram Murtaza,  Acta Radiologica June 22, 2020. doi.org/10.1177/0284185120933530
  • Melatonin acts as an antidepressant via attenuation of neuroinflammation by targeting Sirt 1/ Nrf2/HO-1 signaling.   Ali T , Hao Q, Ullah N, Rahman SU, Shah FA, Li W, He K, Zheng C, Murtaza I, Li Y, Jiang Y, Li S.  Front. Mol. Neurosci., 12 June 2020 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fnmol.2020.00096.
  • Melatonin prevents neuroinflammation and relieves depression by attenuating autophagy impairment through FOXO3a regulation. Ali T, Rahman SU, Hao Q, Li W F,  Liu Z, Shah FA,  Murtaza I, Zhang Z,  Yang X, Liu G,  Li S. Journal of Pineal Research.  First published: 06 May 2020. doi: 10.1111/JPI.12667
  • Cross talk of serum elements, cardiac and liver enzymes in patients with HCV chronic hepatitis and hepatocellular carcinoma in Pakistani population. T Naeem, T Ali, I Mushtaq, A Ishtiaq, I Murtaza *. NUST Journal of Natural Sciences (2020) 5 (1), 16-24.


International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology organized by:


International union of biochemistry and molecular biology(IUBMB)

International Federation of clinical chemistry and Laboratory medicines(IFCC)

The Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB)



EMBL Chemical Biology 


Royal Society of Chemistry Conference on Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery 


European Society of Cardiology

Heart Failure  & World Congress in Acute Heart Failure



TWAS 

2011

 

 HEC 

2012

UTHSC

2015

HEC

2016


2018



PSF
2020


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