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Zainab Afzal

TitlePostdoctoral Research Associate
Faculty RankPostdoctoral Research Associate
InstitutionNorth Carolina Central University
DepartmentJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute
AddressJulius L. Chambers Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute (BBRI)
700 George Street
Durham NC 27707
Phone+19195300747
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    1. Yar S, Hasan MT, Afzal Z, Shahriar Z. Optimising Symptom-Based Endoscopy Decision Making in Paediatric Corrosive Ingestion. J Paediatr Child Health. 2025 Oct; 61(10):1705-1706. PMID: 40755276.
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    2. Afzal Z, Krumlauf R. Optimized smFISH Pipeline for Studying Nascent Transcription in Mouse Embryonic Tissue Samples. Methods Mol Biol. 2025; 2889:53-66. PMID: 39745605.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    3. Afzal Z, Lange JJ, Nolte C, McKinney S, Wood C, Paulson A, De Kumar B, Unruh J, Slaughter BD, Krumlauf R. Shared retinoic acid responsive enhancers coordinately regulate nascent transcription of Hoxb coding and non-coding RNAs in the developing mouse neural tube. Development. 2023 05 15; 150(10). PMID: 37102683.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    4. Rios-Colon L, Chijioke J, Niture S, Afzal Z, Qi Q, Srivastava A, Ramalinga M, Kedir H, Cagle P, Arthur E, Sharma M, Moore J, Deep G, Suy S, Collins SP, Kumar D. Leptin modulated microRNA-628-5p targets Jagged-1 and inhibits prostate cancer hallmarks. Sci Rep. 2022 06 16; 12(1):10073. PMID: 35710817.
      Citations: 9     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    5. Afzal Z, Krumlauf R. Transcriptional Regulation and Implications for Controlling Hox Gene Expression. J Dev Biol. 2022 Jan 10; 10(1). PMID: 35076545.
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    6. Allen J, Zareen Z, Doyle S, Whitla L, Afzal Z, Stack M, Franklin O, Green A, James A, Leahy TR, Quinn S, Elnazir B, Russell J, Paran S, Kiely P, Roche EF, McDonnell C, Baker L, Hensey O, Gibson L, Kelly S, McDonald D, Molloy EJ. Multi-Organ Dysfunction in Cerebral Palsy. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:668544. PMID: 34434904.
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    7. Afzal Z, Hussain R, Khan MU, Khalid M, Iqbal J, Alvi MU, Adnan M, Ahmed M, Mehboob MY, Hussain M, Tariq CJ. Designing indenothiophene-based acceptor materials with efficient photovoltaic parameters for fullerene-free organic solar cells. J Mol Model. 2020 May 13; 26(6):137. PMID: 32405764.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    
    8. Hashim A, Afzal Z, Ryan S, Dubois P. Images of the month 2: A rare case of haematemesis from a gastric submucosal lesion. Clin Med (Lond). 2019 09; 19(5):414-415. PMID: 31530694.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Shea A, Harish V, Afzal Z, Chijioke J, Kedir H, Dusmatova S, Roy A, Ramalinga M, Harris B, Blancato J, Verma M, Kumar D. MicroRNAs in glioblastoma multiforme pathogenesis and therapeutics. Cancer Med. 2016 08; 5(8):1917-46. PMID: 27282910.
      Citations: 114     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    10. Srivastava A, Goldberger H, Afzal Z, Suy S, Collins SP, Kumar D. Detection of circulatory microRNAs in prostate cancer. Methods Mol Biol. 2015; 1238:523-38. PMID: 25421678.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
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