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Order of the Honourable High Court of Delhi regarding restoration of admission of 150 MBBS seats at HIMSR for academic year 2025-26

Publications Physiology

Year: 2025

    1. Poonam Sangwan, Huma Quasimi, Jai Gopal Sharma, M A Habib, Md Iqbal Alam (2025) Role of oxidative stress and genetic polymorphism of MMP2 and TIMP2 in COPD (Submitted to Heliyon.)
    2. Poonam Sangwan, Huma Quasimi, Jai Gopal Sharma, M A Habib, Md Iqbal Alam (2025)  Association of MMP2 and TIMP2 genetic polymorphism in COPD patients in North Indian Population (Submitted to Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology.)
    3. Muzammil Muzaffar, Amina Sultan Zaidi, Sheema Wazib, Shikha Gautam, Parveen Akhter, Iqbal Alam (2025) Anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effect of curcumin in lipopolysaccharide induced pre-eclampsia in experimental animals Communicated to Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    4. Sheema Wazib, Huma Quasimi, GA Khan, Md. Iqbal Alam (2025), The role of eRNA and eDNA in the regulation of Decorin mediated angiogenic imbalance in preeclampsia”, (Submitted to American Journal of Reproductive Immunology)
    5. Sheema Wazib, Yashesvi Ambardar, Huma Quasimi, Sushmita Alam, Sher Afghan, Iqbal Alam (2025) Potential therapeutic use of Indian medicinal plants in preeclampsia, Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, In Press
    6. Sheema Wazib , Yashesvi Ambardar, Shikha Gautam, Huma Quasimi, Md Iqbal Alam (2025) Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) mitigates systemic inflammation and restores angiogenic balance in L-NAME induced pre-eclampsia in experimental animals, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Volume 353, 1-11, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2025.120429
    7. Nazneen , Amina Sultan Zaidi  , Salamah Imteyaz  , Aleena Haider  , Iqbal Alam (2025) Effect of Short-Term Mental Stress on Cardiovascular Reactivity and Heart Rate Variability in Children of Hypertensive Parents, International Physiology, 13 (1),  2025
    8. Faaz Bin Razi, Perveen Akhter, Aparaajita Bhatnagar,Sheema Wazib, Vineet Jain, Iqbal Alam (2025) Effect of Triticum aestivum L. supplementation on lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers in overweight and obese individuals, Annals of Phytomedicine 14 (1): 1-8, 2025, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2025.14.1.71
    9. Sheema Wazib, Yashesvi Ambardar, Sayeed Ahmad, Sher Afghan, Huma Quasimi and Iqbal Alam (2025) Natural therapeutic agent Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) ameliorates oxidative stress and sterile inflammation through TLR4/NF-kB interaction in pre-eclampsia Annals of Phytomedicine 14(1): 1-12, 2025, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2025.14.1.69
    10. Rudraksh Banga, Aliya Mufti, Suman Jain Sheffali Gulati, Kanwal Preet Kochhar , Iqbal Alam, Sanjay Wadhwa, Kapil Sikka and Rohit Saxena (2025) Optimising Paediatric Brain Mapping with Single-Pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: A New Protocol and Insight, Page number 1-8, 2025, Annals of Neurosciences (DOI: 10.1177/09727531251340157)
    11. Md Akmal Ansari, Amina Sultan Zaidi, Perveen Akhter, Shikha Gautam, Sunil Kohli, Iqbal Alam (2025) Association of muscle performance and heart rate variability in middle-aged type 2 diabetes mellitus, Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Volume 14, 4, 1502-12
    12. Aliya Mufti, Suman Jain, Kanwal Preet Kochhar, Sheffali Gulati, Sanjay Wadhwa,Kapil Sikka,Rohit Saxena, Iqbal Alam (2025) Primed low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation rebalances cortical excitatory-inhibitory circuitry and improves functional outcomes in infantile Cerebral Palsy Patients -A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Neurorestoratology, 13 (1) , 1-9, (2025), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnrt.2024.100169
    13. Wazib S, Ambardar Y, Gautam S, Quasimi H, Alam MI. Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) mitigates systemic inflammation and restores angiogenic balance in L-NAME induced pre-eclampsia in experimental animals. J Ethnopharmacol. 2025 Sep 25;353(Pt B):120429. doi: 10.1016/j.jep.2025.120429. Epub 2025 Aug 16. PMID: 40825388.
    14. Ansari MA, Zaidi AS, Akhter P, Gautam S, Kohli S, Alam I. Association of muscle performance and heart rate variability in middle-aged type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 Apr;14(4):1502-1512. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1803_24. Epub 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40396093; PMCID: PMC12088558.
    15. Ansari MA, Zaidi AS, Akhter P, Gautam S, Kohli S, Alam I. Association of muscle performance and heart rate variability in middle-aged type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Family Med Prim Care. 2025 Apr; 14(4):1502-1512. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1803_24. Epub 2025 Apr 25. PMID: 40396093; PMCID: PMC12088558.
    16. Faaz Bin Razi, Perveen Akhter, Aparaajita Bhatnagar,Sheema Wazib, Vineet Jain, Iqbal Alam (2025) Effect of Triticum aestivum L. supplementation on lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers in overweight and obese individuals, Annals of Phytomedicine 14 (1): 1-8, 2025, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2025.14.1.71
    17. Original article: Razi FB, Akhter P, Bhatnaagar A, Wazib S, Jain V, Alam I. Effects of Triticum aestivum supplementation on lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers in overweight and obese individuals. Ann Phytomed. 2025; 14(1):728–735.
    18. Review article: Wazib S, Ambardar Y, Quasimi H, Alam S, Afghan S, Alam MI. Potential therapeutic use of Indian medicinal plants in preeclampsia. J Ayurveda Integr Med. [Accepted; Manuscript No: JAIM-D-25-00325R2].
    19. Original Paper Sheema Wazib, Yashesvi Ambardar, Shikha Gautam, Huma Quasimi and Md. IqbalAlam (2025). Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) mitigates systemic inflammation and restores angiogenic balance in L-NAME induced pre-eclampsia in experimental animals. J. Ethnopharmacol., 353(Pt B):120429.
    20. Original Paper Sheema Wazib, Yashesvi Ambardar, Sayeed Ahmad, Sher Afghan, Huma Quasimi and Md. Iqbal Alam (2025). Natural therapeutic agent Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) ameliorates oxidative stress and sterile inflammation through TLR4/NF-kB interaction in pre-eclampsia. Ann. Phytomedicine: An international journal. 14(1):706-717. http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ ap.2025.14.1.69.
    21. Review article- Wazib S, Ambardar Y, Quasimi H, Alam S, Afghan S, Alam MI. Potential therapeutic use of Indian medicinal plants in preeclampsia. J Ayurveda Integr Med. 2025. Manuscript No: JAIM-D- 25-00325R2. (Accepted)
    22. Article title:  Yashesvi ambardar, Sheema Wazib, Sher Afghan and Md. Iqbal Alam. Tribulus terrestris L. confers protection against hypoxia induced pulmonary hypertension via regulation of HIF/ NF-κB signalling pathway. Manuscript no. JAIM 101296. (Accepted)
    23. Original article : Faaz Bin Razi, Perveen Akhter, Aparaajita Bhatnaagar, Sheema Wazib, Vineet Jain and Iqbal Alam (2025). Effects of Triticum aestivum L. supplementation on lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers in overweight and obese individuals. Ann. Phytomed., 14(1):1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.54085/ap.2025.14.1.103

Year: 2024

    1. Huma Quasimi, Sheema Wazib, GA Khan, Iqbal Alam (2024) Modulation of Angiogenic and Anti-Angiogenic Factors by HMGB1 in Preeclampsia and Its Effects on VEGF, Decorin, and Cardiovascular Complications in an L-NAME-Induced Rat Model, Reports of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Vol 13, No. 3, October 2024
    2. Iqbal. Alam, Naba Sami, Aftab Alam, Sheema Wazib, Neha Dhyani, Sher Afghan, Mairaj Ahmed Ansari (2024) Estrogen-mediated modulation of sterile inflammatory markers and baroreflex sensitivity in ovariectomized female Wistar rats, Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2024,V.68, special issue, 1-10, e230521
    3. Sheema Wazib, Huma Quasimi , , Saumya Bhagat, , GA Khan, Arifa Anwar Elahi, Sumedha      Sharma, Md Iqbal Alam  (2024) Correlation between Neutrophil elastase, Neutrophil and lymphocytes ratio in endothelial dysfunction of preeclampsia Cureus, Springer Nature, August 20, 2024, DOI: 7759/cureus.67312
    4. Amina Sultan Zaidi, Muzammil Muzaffar, Shikha Gautam, and Iqbal Alam (2024) Effect of curcumin on inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in Lipopolysaccharide induced animal models of pre-eclampsia, Physiology, Gestational, fetal and neonatal biology, Published Online: 21 MAY 2024 // https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.1737
    5. Bhawna Mattoo, Asmat Shamim, and Iqbal Alam (2024) Cardio-protective and Antioxidant Potential of Pterocarpus marsupium heartwood extract on Isoproterenol induced heart failure in rats, Physiology, Heart Failure Published Online: 21 MAY 2024 , https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2024.39.S1.2253
    6. Shikha Gautam, Manisha, Perveen Akhter, Vineet Jain, Iqbal Alam (2024) Effect of lifestyle on nitric oxide and lipid profile in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients, NJPPP, 2024 | Vol 14 | Issue 10, 1-5
    7. Sajid Arshad, Bhawna Mattoo and Iqbal Alam (2024) Exploring pathogenic pathways in carpal tunnel syndrome: sterile inflammation and oxidative stress, J Basic Clin Physiol Pharmacol 2024, 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2024-0004, published online May 29, 2024
    8. Aliya Mufti, Sheffali Gulati, Kanwal P. Kochhar, Iqbal Alam, Sanjay Wadhwa, Kapil Sikka, Rohit Saxena, Suman Jain (2024) Novel Therapeutic Strategies of Non‑Invasive Brain Stimulation and Nanomedicine in Pediatric Cerebral  Palsy Patients Neurology India | Volume 72 | Issue 2 | March-April 2024
    9. Gautam S, Manisha, Akhter P, Jain V, Alam MI. Effect of lifestyle on nitric oxide and lipid profile in Type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol 2024;14(9):2007-2011
    10. Ghosh Dastidar S, Pegwal N, Balhara YPS, Tayade P, Sharma R, Kaur S. Aberrance in default mode and executive network activity underlie working memory deficits in addictive disorders: A preliminary, exploratory case-control study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2024 Sep 1;343:111865
    11. Original article: Wazib S, Ambardar Y, Ahmad S, Afghan S, Quasimi H, Alam MI. Natural therapeutic agent Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) ameliorates oxidative stress and sterile inflammation through TLR4/NF-κB interaction in pre-eclampsia. Ann Phytomed. 2025;14(1):706–717. doi:10.54085/ap.2025.14.1.69.
    12. Original article: Wazib S, Quasimi H, Bhagat S, Alam A, Ealhi AA, Sharma S, Khan GA, Alam I. The correlation between neutrophil elastase and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio in endothelial dysfunction of preeclampsia. 2024 Aug 20;16(8):e67312.
    13. Original article: Alam MI, Sami N, Alam A, Wazib S, Dhyani N, Afghan S, Ansari MA. Estrogen-mediated modulation of sterile inflammatory markers and baroreflex sensitivity in ovariectomized female Wistar rats. Arch Endocrinol Metab. 2024 Nov 6;68(Spec Issue):e230521.
    14. Original article: Razi FB, Akhter P, Bhatnaagar A, Wazib S, Jain V, Alam I. Effects of Triticum aestivum supplementation on lipid profiles and oxidative stress markers in overweight and obese individuals. Ann Phytomed. 2025; 14(1):728–735.
    15. Review article: Wazib S, Ambardar Y, Quasimi H, Alam S, Afghan S, Alam MI. Potential therapeutic use of Indian medicinal plants in preeclampsia. J Ayurveda Integr Med. [Accepted; Manuscript No: JAIM-D-25-00325R2].

Year: 2023

    1. S Naaz, A S Zaidi, A Alam3, A Habib4, G A. Khan5 and I Alam (2023) Effect of Single hemodialysis session on inflammatory and oxidative stress markers of chronic disease patients Indian Journal of Physiology and Allied Sciences, 1-6, 75 (04)
    2. Farzana Islam, Yasir Alvi , Mohammad Ahmad, Faheem Ahmed, Anisur Rahman , Farishta Hannah D. Singh, Ayan Kumar Das, Mridu Dudeja , Ekta Gupta, Rashmi Agarwalla, Iqbal Alam, Sushovan Roy, (2023)  Household transmission dynamics of COVID-19 among residents of Delhi, India: a prospective case-ascertained study, IJID Regions, 7, 22-30
    3. Sohrab Ahmad Khan, Prithvi Parasher , Mairaj Ahmed Ansari , Suhel Parvez , Noor Fatima and Iqbal Alam (2023) Effect of an Integrated Physiotherapy Protocol on Knee Osteoarthritis   Patients: A Preliminary Study. Healthcare MDPI, 2023, 11,564-579\
    4. Introducing virtual classrooms for undergraduate physiology teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: acceptance by students and subjective impact on learning, Nasreen Akhtar, Aasheesh Kumar, Bhawna Mattoo, Kishore Kumar Deepak, and Renu Bhatia, Advances in Physiology Education2023 47:3, 376-382

Year: 2022

    1. Mattoo B, Sarda R, Kumar A, Fatima K, Kaur R, Wig N. Efficacy of influenza-like illness screening outpatient department for COVID-19 at a high-volume center: Unlocking routine outpatient department. J Public Health Prim Care 2022;3:40-3
    2. Huma Quasimi, Shazli Naaz, Neha Dhyani, Saumya Bhagat, GA Khan, Mairaj Ansari, Iqbal Alam (2022) Evaluation of hemodynamic changes and oxidative stress in the pathophysiology of L-NAME induced preeclampsia in an animal model. Acta Scientific MICROBIOLOGY, Volume 5, Issue 12, December, 2022, 75-84
    3. Anuj Yadav, Sana Rehman, Nafaa Hasan Ali, Mohd. Rafi Reshi, Mohd. Faizan, Iqbal Alam, Arunabha Ray (2022). Experimental Studies on the Possible Role of Nitric Oxide Signalling  Pathways in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Rats. International Journal of Toxicological and Pharmacological Research 2022; 12(10); 01-07
    4. Pavitra Solanki, Danish Ansari, Mohd. Iqbal Alam, Mohd. Aqil,   Farhan J. Ahmad & Yasmin Sultana (2022) Precision engineering designed phospholipid-tagged pamidronate complex functionalized SNEDDS for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis, Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 1-31, 2022
    5. I. Alam, Huma Quasimi, Amit Kumar, A Alam , S. Bhagat, Sarwar Alam , G A Khan, Abhijeet Dhulap and mairaj Ansari (2022) Snake venom PLA2 and sterile inflammation inhibition by novel diazepinone derivatives: Molecular modeling European Journal of Pharmacology, 928, 175095
    6. Muneeb Qadir, Saumya Bhagat, Huma Quasimi, Intzar Ali, Mairaj Ahmed Ansari, Afreen Khan, Md Iqbal Alam (2022) SARS–COV–2 inflammation: Its impact on cardiovascular system Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 6 (2): 157-170

Year: 2021

    1. Saumya Bhagat, Indranil Biswas, Md Iqbal Alam, Madiha Khan, Gausal A. Khan (2021) Key role of Extracellular RNA in hypoxic stress induced myocardial injury PLOS ONE| https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260835 December 9, 2021
    2. COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines update on challenges and resolutions (2021) Wajihul H.Khan, Zohra Hashmi2, Aditya Goel, Razi Ahmad, Nida Khan,  Iqbal Alam, Faheem Ahmed and Mairaj A. Ansari , Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.690621
    3. Salman, Pooja Sharma, Md. Iqbal Alam, Heena Tabassum and Suhel Parvez (2021), Naringenin mitigates behavioral alterations and provides neuroprotection against 3-nitropropinoic acid induced Huntington disease like symptoms in rats. Nutritional Neuroscience, April 15,2021
    4. Shikha Gautam, Salama Imtiyaz and Md Iqbal Alam (2021) COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessment of stress and the perception of E – learning amongst first year undergraduate medical students, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 01,March, 2021
    5. Jasjit S. Suri, Luca Saba , Mohit Agarwal , Anubhav Patrick , Anudeep Puvvula , Suneet K. Gupta , Alessandro Carriero , John R Laird , George D Kitas , Amer M. Johri , Antonella Balestrieri , Zeno Falaschi , Alessio Paschè , Vijay Viswanathan , Ayman El-Baz , Iqbal Alam, Abhinav Jain,  Subbaram Naidu , Ronald Oberleitner , Narendra N Khanna,  Arindam Bit , Mostafa Fatemi , Azra Alizad (2021)  Six Artificial Intelligence Paradigms for Tissue Characterization and Classification of Non-COVID-19 Pneumonia against COVID-19 Pneumonia in Computed Tomography Lungs. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery February 03, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-021-02317-0).
    6. Gautam S, Imteyaz S P, Alam MI. Covid – 19 pandemic : Assessment of stress and perception of E-learning amongst first year undergraduate medical students. [Internet] 2021 March [cited March 26, 2021]; 15(3): JC 01-JC04
    7. Sarda R, Mattoo B, Kumar A, H V, Madaan N, Wig N. Resuming outpatient services during COVID times: Our approach and experience at India’s apex institute. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2021 Jul 15. doi: 10.1002/hpm.3280. Epubahead of print. PMID: 34263951.
    8. Tanwar S, Mattoo B, Kumar U, Dada R, Bhatia R. Does human serotonin-1A receptor polymorphism (rs6295) code for pain and associated symptoms in fibromyalgia syndrome? Reumatismo. 2021 Apr 19;73(1):24-31. doi: 10.4081/ reumatismo. 2021.1312. PMID: 33874644.
    9. Kumar A, Mattoo B, Bhatia R, Kumaran S, Bhatia R. Neuronavigation based 10 sessions of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy in chronic migraine: an exploratory study. Neurol Sci. 2021 Jan;42(1):131-139. doi: 10.1007/s10072-020-04505-3. Epub 2020 Jun 15. PMID: 32556749.
    10. Aberrant pain modulation in trigeminal neuralgia patients. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 2021;32(1): 20190274. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcpp-2019-0274

Year: 2020

Year: 2019

    1. Iqbal Alam, Ojha, R., Alam A., Quasimi, H and Alam, O (2019) Therapeutic potential of snake venoms as antimicrobial agents. Frontiers in Drug, Chemistry and Clinical Research 2, 1-9.
    2. Abhirup Bandyopadhyay, Saumaya Bhagat, Iqbal Alam, Gausal Khan (2019) Sterile inflammatory molecules are significantly down regulated by magnesium sulfate treatment in preeclampsia. Placenta, Volume 83, August 2019, Page e56, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.placenta.2019.06.185)
    3. Shubhro Chakrabartty, Md Iqbal Alam, Saumya Bhagat, Alam A, Gausal A Khan, Neha Dhyani, M. Sarwar Alam (2019) Inhibition of snake venom induced sterile inflammation and PLA2 activity by Titanium dioxide Nanoparticles. Scientific Reports, 01 August, 2019
    4. Gausal Khan, Saumya Bhagat and Iqbal Alam (2019) PGE2 induced migration of human brain endothelial cell is mediated though Protein Kinase A in cooperation of EP receptors. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 1-13,2019
    5. Muthukrishnan SP, Chandran DS, Afreen N, et al. Planning, implementation, and evaluation of multicomponent, case-based learning for first-year Indian medical undergraduates. Advances in Physiology Education. 2019 Dec;43(4):504-511. DOI: 10.1152/advan.00080.2019. PMID: 31553644.
    6. Mattoo B, Tanwar S, Bhatia R, Tripathi M, Bhatia R. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in chronic tension-type headache: A pilot study. Indian J Med Res. 2019 Jul;150(1):73-80. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_97_18. PMID: 31571632; PMCID: PMC6798618.
    7. Can aberrant spinal nociception be a marker of chronicity of pain in fibromyalgia syndrome? Journal of Clinical Neuroscience: Official Journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. 2019 Jul;65:17-22. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.04.029. PMID: 31080004.
    8. Perveen Akhter, Aradhana Sharma,Tarun Sharma and Anita Bodh. EFFECT OF RAMADAN FASTING ON ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS. ejpmr,2019 ,6(12),503-507