Prof. Fahd Al-Mulla

Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait

Chief Scientific Officer

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1999 Ph.D., University of Glasgow U.K

Publications (Selected)

1. Mohammad, A., Dashti, M., Malik, M. D. Z., et al. (2026). Variant-specific pharmacophoric shifts in glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor-orforglipron complexes revealed by Boltz-2 co-folding and membrane molecular dynamics. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 375, Article 153525.
2. Abu-Farha, M., Boulton, A. J. M., Frykberg, R. G., et al. (2026). Diabetic foot ulcer prevention in Kuwait. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 14(8), 627.
3. Bahman, F., Al-Roub, A., Akther, N., et al. (2026). Insulin potentiates lipopolysaccharide-induced IL-6 expression through epigenetic remodeling in adipocytes: in vitro and in vivo mechanistic study. Frontiers in Immunology, 17, Article 1840850.
4. Albeloushi, S., Mohammad, A., Hasan, A., et al. (2026). Beyond Raf-1 inhibition: RKIP's multifaceted roles in cellular homeostasis. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer, 1881(4), Article 189641.
5. Natarajan, L., Mohan, A. R., Ali, H., et al. (2026). Climate change and diabetes outcomes: Evidence from climate-vulnerable regions. Current Diabetes Reports, 26(1), Article 17.
6. Bahman, F., Kochumon, S., Al Madhoun, A., et al. (2026). Plasma aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonist activity is associated with inflammation and metabolic dysregulation in obesity: A cross-sectional study. Diabetes-Metabolism Research and Reviews, 42(5), Article e70181.
7. Alasousi, D., Braysh, K., D'Souza, L., et al. (2026). Immunometabolic dysregulation drives selective executive cognitive dysfunction in male db/db mice. Neurobiology of Disease, 223, Article 107376.
8. Dashti, M., AlAbdulghafour, F., AlMutairi, O., et al. (2026). Classical HLA class II associations with ALS in Kuwait reveal a DR7-DQ2.2 risk haplotype. Frontiers in Immunology, 17, Article 1820694.
9. Abdul-Ghani, M., Abu-Farha, M., Abdul-Ghani, T., et al. (2026). Response to Comment on Abdul-Ghani et al. One-Hour Plasma Glucose Predicts the Progression From Normal Glucose Tolerance to Prediabetes. Diabetes Care 2025;48:1273-1279. Diabetes Care, 49(5), e83.
10. Malik, M. Z., Dashti, M., Mohammad, A., et al. (2026). Urinary extracellular vesicle miRNA signature reflects pancreatic islet stress in type 2 diabetes. Journal of Diabetes Investigation, 17(7), 1094–1105.
11. Al-Zaid, B., Abubaker, J., Mohammad, A., et al. (2026). Genetic variations in GLP-1R: Impact on diabetes and obesity therapeutics. European Journal of Pharmacology, 1021, Article 178805.
12. Alqaderi, H., Batorsky, R., Azar, G., et al. (2026). Comparative machine learning analysis of saliva and plaque microbiomes in Kuwaitis with type 1 diabetes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17, Article 1735375.
13. Alhamar, G., Razafiarison, J., Alzaid, F., et al. (2026). Toll Like Receptor 4: A potential link between obesity and metabolic diseases. Obesity Reviews, 27(8), Article e70107.
14. Alshammari, Y., Ali, H., Assas, M. B., et al. (2026). Reduced plasma epidermal growth factor levels reflect poor glycaemic status in type 2 diabetes. Endocrine Connections, 15(2), Article e250742.
15. Drobiova, H., Al Madhoun, A., Thanaraj, T. A., et al. (2026). Functional ADAM12 variants modulate proteolytic activity and influence metabolic traits. Scientific Reports, 16(1), Article 4680.
16. Al Madhoun, A., Haddan, D., Abu-Khalaf, N., et al. (2025). TNF-α/NF-κB-mediated Dectin-1 upregulation in obesity: Linking metabolic inflammation in adipose tissue to diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 230(Suppl. 1), Article 112528.
17. Al-Beloushi, S., Hasan, A., Bahman, F., et al. (2025). IL-6 knockout mice nutri-stressed with high-fat diet show improved glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 230(Suppl. 1), Article 112507.
18. Dashti, M., Ali, N., Alsaleh, H., et al. (2025). Association of mitochondrial haplogroup H with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes among Gulf region Arabs A receptor. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 230(Suppl. 1), Article 112521.
19. Kandari, A., Taqi, A. F., Williams, M. R., et al. (2025). Modulation of THP1 cellular responses to chronic and acute high glucose and palmitate exposure by short-chain fatty acid. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 230(Suppl. 1), Article 112520.
20. Marafie, S., Alshawaf, E., Abu-Farha, M., et al. (2025). Circulating Isthmin-1 levels and their relationship with diabetes and metabolic diseases in Kuwaiti adults. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 230(Suppl. 1), Article 112523.

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