Farah Aqeel Rashid

• Ph.D in Biochemistry
• Lecturer at Nahrain University

Breast cancer is the second common cancer in all over the world. Obesity is one of crucial risk factors that have attracted considerable attention of researchers. It is well established that obesity factor increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal period whereas obesity factor decrease breast cancer risk in pre-menopausal period. However, the a...

Background: Irisin is a myokine that has a beneficial effect on obesity and glucose metabolism by increasing energy expenditure. This study aims to investigate the effect of long-term moderate physical exercise on irisin levels and its correlations with body mass index (BMI), waist circumferences (WC), and metabolic parameters in normal weight and...

Background: Breast cancer is most common cancer in women. Obesity is one of related-risk factor in breast cancer. In obese normal subjects, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) has been studied. However, there is no previous study investigate the association between ALP and obesity in breast cancer and its correlation with other clinical characteristics. Th...

Background: Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a common gastrointestinal tumor biomarker. Irisin is adipo-myokines that has been suggested to have a potential role in cancer development. However, limited studies test irisin as biomarker in gastric and colorectal cancers. Therefore, this study aims to investigate whether CEA and irisin could be a po...

Objective: Gastric and colorectal cancers are two obesity-related cancers. Irisin is a dipo-myokine with an important role in the body's energy homeostasis. Oxidative Stress has a crucial role in tumorigenesis. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association of circulating irisin with oxidative stress in gastric and colorectal cancer pat...

Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is an autoim-mune metabolic disorder characterized by the destruction of pancreatic β-cells due to the autoimmune reactions of autoreactive T-cells and autoantibodies. The present study aimed to investigate the association between the levels of connecting peptide (C-peptide), and several biochemical and immunological...

Objective: This study seeks to explore the association between TGF-β1 bioavailability and vitamin D/calcium levels in women withpolycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), aiming to uncover potential links that could contribute to understanding the pathogenesis of PCOSand its management. Methods: Case-control study comprises of 60 women with PCOS and 60 heal...

The work has been carried out the hydrophilic chromatographic separation of 2-deoxyuridine. Two handmade ZIC-HILIC columns with eluent (A-10%, acetate buffer 5 mM (pH 4.75); B-90%, of ACN) were used. The separation took place at 9 min with a flow rate of 0.75 mL/min. In application to the serum from humans, the quantification of 2-deoxyuridine was...

Asthma is a chronic disorder ofthe airways with underlying inflammation and oxidative stress. Malondialdehyde (MDA)-the lipid peroxidation product-level increases in inflammatory diseases and used as a common oxidative stress marker. Albumin and bilirubin, uric acid ; are components of antioxidant defense system. Omega-3polyunsaturated fatty acids...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder of reproductive women. The antioxidant (Vitamin E and Selenium) have important role in infertility and in PCOS. The aim of this study, to know the role of Vitamin E and Selenium during the phases of menstrual cycle and its effect on ovulation in (PCOS) patients and effect of bod...