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For: Hegazy WAH, Rajab AAH, Abu Lila AS, Abbas HA. Anti-diabetics and antimicrobials: Harmony of mutual interplay. World J Diabetes 2021; 12(11): 1832-1855 [PMID: 34888011 DOI: 10.4239/wjd.v12.i11.1832]
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Fan Maitri Aldian, Vincent Lau, Rony Abdi Syahputra, Fauzi Adha Hendrawan, Raffaele Romano, Antonello Santini, Fahrul Nurkolis. Deciphering new biomolecules, antioxidants, and human dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitor potential of green celery: Bioprospecting insights from molecular docking and in vitro investigation. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 2025; 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jafr.2025.102254
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Mahmoud A. Elfaky, Samar S. Elbaramawi, Ahmed G. Eissa, Tarek S. Ibrahim, El-Sayed Khafagy, Mohamed A. M. Ali, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Drug repositioning: doxazosin attenuates the virulence factors and biofilm formation in Gram-negative bacteria. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2023; 107(11) doi: 10.1007/s00253-023-12522-3
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Iryna Halabitska, Pavlo Petakh, Oleh Lushchak, Iryna Kamyshna, Valentyn Oksenych, Oleksandr Kamyshnyi. Metformin in Antiviral Therapy: Evidence and Perspectives. Viruses 2024; 16(12) doi: 10.3390/v16121938
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Shaimaa I. Nazeih, Mohamed A. M. Ali, Alyaa S. Abdel Halim, Hanan Al-Lawati, Hisham A. Abbas, Mohammed Al-Zharani, Fehmi Boufahja, Mashael A. Alghamdi, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Noura M. Seleem. Relocating Glyceryl Trinitrate as an Anti-Virulence Agent against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens: Insights from Molecular and In Vivo Investigations. Microorganisms 2023; 11(10) doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11102420
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Minh-Trung Nguyen, Thi-Bich-Huyen Bui, Van-Hung Pham, Minh-Dinh Tran, Quang-Vinh Nguyen. Syzygium zeylanicum (L.) DC. polyphenols exhibit anti-diabetic activity by modulation of ACC1, SGLT1, and GLP-1 genes and restoration of gut microbiota in overfeeding and high glucose exposure-induced diabetic zebrafish. Journal of Functional Foods 2024; 112 doi: 10.1016/j.jff.2023.105921
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Abrar K. Thabit, Khalid Eljaaly, Ayat Zawawi, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Ahmed G. Eissa, Samar S. Elbaramawi, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Mahmoud A. Elfaky. Silencing of Salmonella typhimurium Pathogenesis: Atenolol Acquires Efficient Anti-Virulence Activities. Microorganisms 2022; 10(10) doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10101976
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Alaa S. Bedir, Razan S. Almasri, Seham M. Al Raish. Therapeutic efficacy of Nigella sativa and Ziziphus lotus: sustainable strategies for diabetes, antimicrobial resistance, and health treatment. Frontiers in Nutrition 2025; 12 doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1592423
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Yao Liu, Yifei Xu, Shu Wang, Zhangrui Zeng, Zhaoyinqian Li, Yinhuan Din, Jinbo Liu. Antibiotic susceptibility pattern, risk factors, and prediction of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with nosocomial pneumonia. Heliyon 2023; 9(5) doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15724
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A. A. Starikova, A. A. Tsibizova, N. V. Zolotareva, D. V. Merezhkina, A. A. Ozerov, M. A. Samotrueva. New derivatives of quinazolinone as an object in the search for substances that exhibit a multi-target effect. Сибирский научный медицинский журнал 2024; 44(1) doi: 10.18699/SSMJ20240116
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Eman I. El-Kimary, Ahmed N. Allam, El-Sayed Khafagy, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Analytical Methodologies for the Estimation of Oxazolidinone Antibiotics as Key Members of anti-MRSA Arsenal: A Decade in Review. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry 2024; 54(8) doi: 10.1080/10408347.2023.2228902
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Abrar K. Thabit, Khalid Eljaaly, Ayat Zawawi, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Ahmed G. Eissa, Samar S. Elbaramawi, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Mahmoud A. Elfaky. Muting Bacterial Communication: Evaluation of Prazosin Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities against Gram-Negative Bacteria Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Proteus mirabilis, and Serratia marcescens. Biology 2022; 11(9) doi: 10.3390/biology11091349
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Xin Wang, Jie Zhao, Zehong Wu, Ling Wang, Wenjuan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Yong Liang. Bisphenol M exposure promotes adiposity in mice via disrupting hepatic metabolism and gut microbiota homeostasis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2025; 302 doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.118591
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Aybala Temel, Ayşegül Ateş. Empagliflozin modulates biofilm formation and virulence-associated gene expression in multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii. Archives of Microbiology 2026; 208(8) doi: 10.1007/s00203-026-04955-x
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Amr S. Abu Lila, Azza A. H. Rajab, Marwa H. Abdallah, Syed Mohd Danish Rizvi, Afrasim Moin, El-Sayed Khafagy, Shams Tabrez, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Biofilm Lifestyle in Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections. Life 2023; 13(1) doi: 10.3390/life13010148
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Çiğdem Kahraman, Serap Arabacı Anul, Suat Sari, Melike Ekizoğlu, Ceren Özkul, Zulfiqar Ali, İffet İrem Tatli Çankaya. Exploring the Bioactivity Potential of Prunus spinosa: Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, and In Silico Antidiabetic Insights. ChemistrySelect 2025; 10(42) doi: 10.1002/slct.202502942
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Shokri M. Shafik, Hisham A. Abbas, Nehal Yousef, Moustafa M. Saleh. Crippling of Klebsiella pneumoniae virulence by metformin, N-acetylcysteine and secnidazole. BMC Microbiology 2023; 23(1) doi: 10.1186/s12866-023-02969-9
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Novel coumarin-1,2,3-triazole-isatin hybrids: design, synthesis, in-vitro , in-silico and SAR study for antimicrobial activity and α-glucosidase inhibition . Future Medicinal Chemistry 2026;  doi: 10.1080/17568919.2026.2676786
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Mahmoud A. Elfaky, Abrar K. Thabit, Khalid Eljaaly, Ayat Zawawi, Ahmed S. Abdelkhalek, Ahmad J. Almalki, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Controlling of Bacterial Virulence: Evaluation of Anti-Virulence Activities of Prazosin against Salmonella enterica. Antibiotics 2022; 11(11) doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11111585
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Ahmad J. Almalki, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Sameh S. Elhady, Khaled M. Darwish, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Repurposing α-Adrenoreceptor Blockers as Promising Anti-Virulence Agents in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Antibiotics 2022; 11(2) doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11020178
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Wael Hegazy. Urinary Tract Infections - New Insights. 2023;  doi: 10.5772/intechopen.111783
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Amr Selim Abu Lila, Tareq Nafea Alharby, Jowaher Alanazi, Muteb Alanazi, Marwa H. Abdallah, Syed Mohd Danish Rizvi, Afrasim Moin, El-Sayed Khafagy, Shams Tabrez, Abdullah Ali Al Balushi, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Clinical Resistant Strains of Enterococci and Their Correlation to Reduced Susceptibility to Biocides: Phenotypic and Genotypic Analysis of Macrolides, Lincosamides, and Streptogramins. Antibiotics 2023; 12(3) doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12030461
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Susmita Chakrabarty, Bangmayee Dash, Sunday Oyedemi, Shasank Sekhar Swain. Healing Beyond Blood Sugar. 2026;  doi: 10.1007/978-981-95-8946-3_11
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Thohidjhon Khajavali SK, Satya Sree Nannapaneni, Rambabu Gundla, Naresh Kumar Katari. Exploration of Thioxolone Derivatives: Synthesis, Docking Studies, and Biological Evaluation for Antibacterial and Antidiabetic Activities. ChemistrySelect 2025; 10(38) doi: 10.1002/slct.202503209
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Siddra Ijaz, Imran Ul Haq, Riffat Malik, Ghalia Nadeem, Hayssam M. Ali, Sukhwinder Kaur. In silico characterization of differentially expressed short-read nucleotide sequences identified in dieback stress-induced transcriptomic analysis reveals their role as antimicrobial peptides. Frontiers in Plant Science 2023; 14 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1168221
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Marwa H. Abdallah, Amr S. Abu Lila, Hanan M. El-Nahas, Tarek M. Ibrahim. Optimization of Potential Nanoemulgels for Boosting Transdermal Glimepiride Delivery and Upgrading Its Anti-Diabetic Activity. Gels 2023; 9(6) doi: 10.3390/gels9060494
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Abdelrahman A. Mohsen, Taghrid S. El-Mahdy, Mohamed Emara, Samar A. Salim. Enhanced meropenem activity and stability following load in Polyvinyl alcohol nanofiber scaffolds with sitagliptin as quorum sensing inhibitor on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Biological Engineering 2025; 19(1) doi: 10.1186/s13036-025-00549-1
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Maan T. Khayat, Hisham A. Abbas, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Ahdab N. Khayyat, Majed Alharbi, Khaled M. Darwish, Sameh S. Elhady, El-Sayed Khafagy, Martin K. Safo, Wael A. H. Hegazy. Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities of Gliptins against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. Biomedicines 2022; 10(5) doi: 10.3390/biomedicines10051169
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Azza A H Rajab, Wael A H Hegazy. What’s old is new again: Insights into diabetic foot microbiome. World Journal of Diabetes 2023; 14(6): 680-704 doi: 10.4239/wjd.v14.i6.680
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Nilanjana Bose, Deepa Bisht, M. Vinod Kumar, Kazi Anika Nawar, Benjo Chalissery, D. Neha, Nikita Dung Dung, Shivani Rawat, Deepika Ahuja, Ranjay Kumar Choudhary, Alak Kumar Syamal. Gut microbiome alterations in type 2 diabetes following COVID-19: A comprehensive review. Obesity Medicine 2025; 57 doi: 10.1016/j.obmed.2025.100643
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Simona Cavalu, Samar Elbaramawi, Ahmed Eissa, Mohamed Radwan, Tarek S. Ibrahim, El-Sayed Khafagy, Bruno Lopes, Mohamed Ali, Wael Hegazy, Mahmoud Elfaky. RETRACTED: Characterization of the Anti-Biofilm and Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities of the β-Adrenoreceptor Antagonist Atenolol against Gram-Negative Bacterial Pathogens. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022; 23(21) doi: 10.3390/ijms232113088
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Ahmad J. Almalki, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Sameh S. Elhady, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Khaled M. Darwish. Computational and Biological Evaluation of β-Adrenoreceptor Blockers as Promising Bacterial Anti-Virulence Agents. Pharmaceuticals 2022; 15(2) doi: 10.3390/ph15020110
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Shakta Mani Satyam, Ebrahim Safaii, Ilmia Shameer, Rashmi Kumari, Sainath Prabhakar, Mohamed Talat Zaky Mahmoud Eltrabishi, Mohamed El-Tanani, Abdul Rehman, Mohamed Tarek Mohamed Wageh Mohamed Abdelfattah. Metformin as a Metabolic Reprogramming Interface in Host–Pathogen and Bone Microenvironment Crosstalk: A Dual-Target Strategy Against Antimicrobial Resistance and Osteoporotic Bone Loss. Antibiotics 2026; 15(6) doi: 10.3390/antibiotics15060583
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Ahmad J. Almalki, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Ehab S. Taher, Mamdouh F. A. Mohamed, Mahmoud Youns, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Amany M. M. Al-Mahmoudy. Synthesis, Antimicrobial, Anti-Virulence and Anticancer Evaluation of New 5(4H)-Oxazolone-Based Sulfonamides. Molecules 2022; 27(3) doi: 10.3390/molecules27030671
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Yuchen Xiao, Lingjing Jin, Chao Zhang. From a hunger-regulating hormone to an antimicrobial peptide: gastrointestinal derived circulating endocrine hormone-peptide YY exerts exocrine antimicrobial effects against selective gut microbiota. Gut Microbes 2024; 16(1) doi: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2316927
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In vitro antimicrobial evaluation between the selected anti-diabetic medicinal plant seeds in Sri Lanka. Journal of Pharmacy 2023; 3(1) doi: 10.31436/jop.v3i1.179
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Genome-wide identification, and gene expression analysis of NBS-LRR domain containing R genes in Chenopodium quinoa for unveiling the dynamic contribution in plant immunity against Cercospora cf. chenopodii. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 2024; 30(7) doi: 10.1007/s12298-024-01475-0
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Showna Hossain, Rafat Hossain Rafi, Farhana Alam Ripa, Md. Rafiqul Islam Khan, Md. Eram Hosen, Md. Khademul Islam Molla, Md. Omar Faruqe, Md. Abdul Alim Al-Bari, Somlal Das. Modulating the antibacterial effect of the existing antibiotics along with repurposing drug metformin. Archives of Microbiology 2024; 206(4) doi: 10.1007/s00203-024-03917-5
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Aybala Temel, Ayşegül Ateş, Zinnet Şevval Aksoyalp. Effects of empagliflozin and metformin on biofilm formation and pathogenicity factors of urinary Escherichia coli isolates. Folia Microbiologica 2026;  doi: 10.1007/s12223-026-01520-3
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Zia ur Rehman Khan, Nasir Assad, Muhammad Naeem-ul-Hassan, Muhammad Sher, Fatema Suliman Alatawi, Mohsen Suliman Alatawi, Awatif M. E. Omran, Rasha M. A. Jame, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Nauman Khan, Baber Ali, Sana Wahab, Sarah Abdul Razak, Muhammad Ammar Javed, Alevcan Kaplan, Mehdi Rahimi. Aconitum lycoctonum L. (Ranunculaceae) mediated biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles as potential antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antidiabetic agents. BMC Chemistry 2023; 17(1) doi: 10.1186/s13065-023-01047-5
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Maan T. Khayat, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Ahdab N. Khayyat, Majed Alharbi, Moataz A. Shaldam, Khadijah A. Mohammad, El-Sayed Khafagy, Dalia A. El-damasy, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Hisham A. Abbas. Sodium Citrate Alleviates Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microorganisms 2022; 10(5) doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10051046
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Maan T. Khayat, Hisham A. Abbas, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Samar S. Elbaramawi, Ahdab N. Khayyat, Majed Alharbi, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Fatma Al-zahraa A. Yehia. Synergistic Benefits: Exploring the Anti-Virulence Effects of Metformin/Vildagliptin Antidiabetic Combination against Pseudomonas aeruginosa via Controlling Quorum Sensing Systems. Biomedicines 2023; 11(5) doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11051442
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Maan T. Khayat, Tarek S. Ibrahim, Khaled M. Darwish, Ahdab N. Khayyat, Majed Alharbi, El-Sayed Khafagy, Mohamed A. M. Ali, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Hisham A. Abbas. Hiring of the Anti-Quorum Sensing Activities of Hypoglycemic Agent Linagliptin to Alleviate the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenesis. Microorganisms 2022; 10(12) doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10122455
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Hamza Alasbily, Muna Saad Elburki. Metformin as an Adjunct in Periodontal Therapy: Mechanistic Insights, Research Evidence and Current Challenges. Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science 2026; 60(3) doi: 10.1007/s43441-026-00945-9
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Wael A. H. Hegazy. Metabolic Dynamics in Host-Microbe Interaction. 2025;  doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-1305-2_4
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Maan T. Khayat, Samar S. Elbaramawi, Shaimaa I. Nazeih, Martin K. Safo, El-Sayed Khafagy, Mohamed A. M. Ali, Hisham A. Abbas, Wael A. H. Hegazy, Noura M. Seleem. Diminishing the Pathogenesis of the Food-Borne Pathogen Serratia marcescens by Low Doses of Sodium Citrate. Biology 2023; 12(4) doi: 10.3390/biology12040504
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Veronica Lazar, Eliza Oprea, Lia-Mara Ditu. Resistance, Tolerance, Virulence and Bacterial Pathogen Fitness—Current State and Envisioned Solutions for the Near Future. Pathogens 2023; 12(5) doi: 10.3390/pathogens12050746
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Wael A. H. Hegazy, Ibrahim M. Salem, Hadil Faris Alotaibi, El-Sayed Khafagy, Doaa Ibrahim. Terazosin Interferes with Quorum Sensing and Type Three Secretion System and Diminishes the Bacterial Espionage to Mitigate the Salmonella Typhimurium Pathogenesis. Antibiotics 2022; 11(4) doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11040465
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Idris Ajibola Omotosho, Noorasyikin Shamsuddin, Hasniza Zaman Huri, Wei Lim Chong, Inayat Ur Rehman. From Control to Cure: Insights into the Synergy of Glycemic and Antibiotic Management in Modulating the Severity and Outcomes of Diabetic Foot Ulcers. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2025; 26(14) doi: 10.3390/ijms26146909
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