Kazem Behbehani | Academic Influence

Q: What Schools Are Affiliated With Kazem Behbehani

Kazem Behbehani is affiliated with the following schools: Kuwait University, Harvard University

Why Is Kazem Behbehani Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Kazem Behbehani is a Kuwaiti immunologist and retired professor. He is known for his research on tropical diseases before he became International Health Advocate at WHO. Early life and education Behbehani was born in Kuwait City, studied medicine at the Universities of Kuwait, Liverpool and London University and received a PhD in Immunology in 1972.

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Kazem Behbehani's Published Works

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Published Works

Strategies and tools for the control/elimination of lymphatic filariasis. (1997) (668)
Obesity Is a Positive Modulator of IL-6R and IL-6 Expression in the Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue: Significance for Metabolic Inflammation (2015) (184)
Efficacy and safety of liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for visceral leishmaniasis in endemic developing countries. (1998) (168)
Elevated expression of the toll like receptors 2 and 4 in obese individuals: its significance for obesity-induced inflammation (2012) (144)
Elevated IgG Antibody Levels to the Mycobacterial 65‐kDa Heat Shock Protein Are Characteristic of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (1989) (109)
Antibody levels to mycobacteria in relation to HLA type: evidence for non-HLA-linked high levels of antibody to the 65 kD heat shock protein of M. bovis in rheumatoid arthritis. (1988) (108)
Higher plasma betatrophin/ANGPTL8 level in Type 2 Diabetes subjects does not correlate with blood glucose or insulin resistance (2015) (106)
Metabolic Disease Risk in Children by Salivary Biomarker Analysis (2014) (101)
Predictive models to assess risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension and comorbidity: machine-learning algorithms and validation using national health data from Kuwait—a cohort study (2013) (100)
Control of schistosomiasis--a global picture. (1997) (99)
Comparison of three treatment regimens with liposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) for visceral leishmaniasis in India: a randomized dose-finding study. (1996) (95)
Prevalence of Urinary Tract Infection and Antimicrobial Susceptibility among Diabetic Patients with Controlled and Uncontrolled Glycemia in Kuwait (2015) (86)
Proteomics Analysis of Human Obesity Reveals the Epigenetic Factor HDAC4 as a Potential Target for Obesity (2013) (77)
The salivary microbiome is altered in the presence of a high salivary glucose concentration (2017) (76)
Circulating ANGPTL8/Betatrophin Is Increased in Obesity and Reduced after Exercise Training (2016) (69)
Comprehensive analysis of circulating adipokines and hsCRP association with cardiovascular disease risk factors and metabolic syndrome in Arabs (2014) (66)
DIAGNOSIS OF CYSTIC HYDATID DISEASE: ROLE OF ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY (1988) (66)
Vitamin D Insufficiency in Arabs and South Asians Positively Associates with Polymorphisms in GC and CYP2R1 Genes (2014) (63)
Interaction of Osteopontin with IL-18 in Obese Individuals: Implications for Insulin Resistance (2013) (61)
State of Diabetes, Hypertension, and Comorbidity in Kuwait: Showcasing the Trends as Seen in Native Versus Expatriate Populations (2013) (60)
Circulating angiopoietin-like protein 8 (betatrophin) association with HsCRP and metabolic syndrome (2016) (59)
IL-33 is negatively associated with the BMI and confers a protective lipid/metabolic profile in non-diabetic but not diabetic subjects (2014) (53)
Physical Exercise Reduces the Expression of RANTES and Its CCR5 Receptor in the Adipose Tissue of Obese Humans (2014) (52)
DNAJB3/HSP-40 Cochaperone Is Downregulated in Obese Humans and Is Restored by Physical Exercise (2013) (52)
Genetic Substructure of Kuwaiti Population Reveals Migration History (2013) (49)
FSL-1 Induces MMP-9 Production through TLR-2 and NF-κB /AP-1 Signaling Pathways in Monocytic THP-1 Cells (2014) (48)
Improved immunotherapy for pulmonary tuberculosis with Mycobacterium vaccae. (1990) (46)
Validity of visceral adiposity estimates from DXA against MRI in Kuwaiti men and women (2017) (46)
Multi-Lineage Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Mediates Changes in the Expression Profile of Stemness Markers (2015) (45)
The epidemiology of Echinococcu infection in Kuwait (1976) (44)
Obesity and Dental Decay: Inference on the Role of Dietary Sugar (2013) (44)
A Review of Adult Obesity Prevalence, Trends, Risk Factors, and Epidemiologic Methods in Kuwait (2013) (44)
MAP kinase phosphatase DUSP1 is overexpressed in obese humans and modulated by physical exercise. (2015) (41)
Developmental cycles of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi (Chagas, 1909) in mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro (1973) (41)
Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue (2014) (40)
Candidate parasitic diseases. (1998) (37)
The effects of beryllium and other adjuvants on Ia expression by macrophages. (1985) (35)
Increased expression of the interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK)-1 is associated with adipose tissue inflammatory state in obesity (2015) (35)
Experimental cutaneous leishmaniasis: VI: anergy and allergy in the cellular immune response during non-healing infection in different strains of mice. (1978) (34)
Echinococcus multilocularis: inhibition of murine neutrophil and macrophage chemotaxis. (1989) (33)
An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using an arc 5 antigen for the diagnosis of cystic hydatid disease. (1990) (32)
Association between HLA-DR antigens and rheumatoid arthritis in Arabs. (1990) (30)
Kuwait National Programme for Healthy Living: First 5-Year Plan (2013-2017) (2014) (30)
Genome at Juncture of Early Human Migration: A Systematic Analysis of Two Whole Genomes and Thirteen Exomes from Kuwaiti Population Subgroup of Inferred Saudi Arabian Tribe Ancestry (2014) (29)
The epidemiology of Echinococcus infection in Kuwait. (1976) (29)
Association between HLA-D region epitopes and multiple sclerosis in Arabs. (2008) (29)
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis using an arc 5 antigen for the rapid diagnosis of hydatidosis and comparison with the indirect hemagglutination test. (1987) (28)
Sequence and analysis of a whole genome from Kuwaiti population subgroup of Persian ancestry (2015) (28)
TLR2 and AP-1/NF-kappaB are involved in the regulation of MMP-9 elicited by heat killed Listeria monocytogenes in human monocytic THP-1 cells (2015) (26)
DNAJB3/HSP-40 cochaperone improves insulin signaling and enhances glucose uptake in vitro through JNK repression (2015) (26)
Salivary glucose concentration exhibits threshold kinetics in normal-weight, overweight, and obese children (2014) (25)
HLA-DR-associated isotype-specific regulation of antibody levels to mycobacteria in rheumatoid arthritis. (1988) (24)
Insight into the impact of diabetes mellitus on the increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: mini-review (2014) (24)
Can salivary phosphate levels be an early biomarker to monitor the evolvement of obesity? (2013) (23)
Association between body mass index and onset of hypertension in men and women with and without diabetes: a cross-sectional study using national health data from the State of Kuwait in the Arabian Peninsula (2015) (23)
Induction, in vivo and in vitro, of macrophage membrane interleukin-1 by adjuvant-active synthetic muramyl peptides. (1987) (23)
Need for global action for cancer control. (2008) (22)
Kuwaiti population subgroup of nomadic Bedouin ancestry—Whole genome sequence and analysis (2014) (20)
Epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Kuwait. I. Detection of antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and percentage distribution among the inhabitants. (1980) (20)
Continuous Metabolic Syndrome Scores for Children Using Salivary Biomarkers (2015) (20)
Marked increase in Ia-bearing macrophages during Trypanosoma cruzi infection. (1981) (20)
Imported malaria in Kuwait. (1985) (20)
Leptin in association with common variants of MC3R mediates hypertension. (2014) (19)
Gender-Specific Association of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Arab Population (2015) (19)
Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kuwait. (1980) (18)
Quality of Type II Diabetes Care in Primary Health Care Centers in Kuwait: Employment of a Diabetes Quality Indicator Set (DQIS) (2015) (17)
ANGPTL8/Betatrophin R59W variant is associated with higher glucose level in non-diabetic Arabs living in Kuwaits (2016) (17)
Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population (2014) (17)
An association between Gc (vitamin D-binding protein) alleles and susceptibility to rheumatic fever. (1989) (16)
Birth Outcomes in a Prospective Pregnancy-Birth Cohort Study of Environmental Risk Factors in Kuwait: The TRACER Study. (2016) (16)
Agalactosyl IgG, antibodies to heat shock proteins, and acute rheumatic fever. (1990) (15)
Echinococcus multilocularis: the non‐specific binding of different species of immunoglobulins to alveolar hydatid cysts grown in vivo and in vitro (1988) (15)
Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the South Asian population living in Kuwait: a cross‐sectional study (2014) (14)
The Kuwait-Scotland eHealth Innovation Network (KSeHIN): a sustainable approach to quality improvement in healthcare. (2014) (14)
Salivary Biomarkers in Pediatric Metabolic Disease Research. (2016) (14)
Taking the learning beyond the individual: how reflection informs change in practice (2014) (14)
Autosomally inherited recessive spastic ataxia, macular corneal dystrophy, congenital cataracts, myopia and vertically oval temporally tilted discs Report of a Bedouin family - A new syndrome (1986) (13)
ND4L gene concurrent 10609T>C and 10663T>C mutations are associated with Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy in a large pedigree from Kuwait (2014) (12)
Unexpected findings amongst the skin test responses to mycobacteria of BCG vaccinated Kuwaiti school children. (1987) (12)
Impact of Hypertension on the Association of BMI with Risk and Age at Onset of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Age- and Gender-Mediated Modifications (2014) (12)
Cytologic diagnosis of bancroftian filariasis in a nonendemic area. (1988) (11)
Diagnostic value of anti-arc 5 IgG antibody and analysis of the IgG subclasses in sera of patients with cystic hydatid disease. (1990) (11)
Unhealthy Phenotype as Indicated by Salivary Biomarkers: Glucose, Insulin, VEGF-A, and IL-12p70 in Obese Kuwaiti Adolescents (2016) (11)
Hydatid liver disease: problems in diagnosis in the Middle East endemic area. (1988) (10)
Cystic hydatid disease: Aspects of the incidence in man in Kuwait, Arabian gulf (1990) (10)
HLA associations in an Arab type 1 diabetic population. (1987) (10)
Infectivity, reproductive capacity and distribution of Trichinella spiralis and T. pseudospiralis larvae in experimentally infected sheep. (1990) (10)
Exome sequencing for the differential diagnosis of ciliary chondrodysplasias: Example of a WDR35 mutation case and review of the literature. (2017) (10)
Increased Adipose Tissue Expression of Toll-Like Receptor (TLR)-7 in Obese Individuals: Significance in Metabolic Disease (2015) (10)
Histocompatibility antigens (A, B, C, and DR) in Arabs with rheumatoid arthritis. (1990) (9)
Effect of recombinant IL-1 isomers on fetal and adult islet cell function and replication. (1988) (9)
Type 2 Diabetes in Arab Patients in Kuwait (1988) (9)
Acetone-fixed, Giemsa-stained thick blood films for the diagnosis of malaria. (1984) (9)
Epidemiology of toxoplasmosis in Kuwait. II. Toxoplasma gondii in the desert rodent, Meriones crassus. (1980) (9)
Antibody levels and in vitro lymphoproliferative responses to Streptococcus pyogenes erythrogenic toxin A and mitogen of patients with rheumatic fever (1991) (8)
Salivary N1-Methyl-2-Pyridone-5-Carboxamide, a Biomarker for Uranium Uptake, in Kuwaiti Children Exhibiting Exceptional Weight Gain (2019) (8)
Relationship of Il-5 with Th1 and Th2 Cytokines in Individuals with or without Type-2 Diabetes (2015) (8)
COMPLETE FREUND'S ADJUVANT HAS A DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFICATION ACTION ON THE INDUCTION OF DIABETES BY STREPTOZOTOCIN IN VARIOUS MURINE STRAINS: CFA AMPLIFIES STZ IN MURINE DIABETES (1987) (7)
Aspects of imported malaria at a district general hospital in non-endemic Kuwait, Arabian Gulf (1988) (7)
Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Kuwait (1990) (7)
Induced malaria and antibody titres in acute infections and in blood donors in Kuwait. (1987) (7)
Human cryptosporidiosis in the Arabian Gulf: first report of infections in children in Kuwait. (1989) (6)
National transparency assessment of Kuwait's pharmaceutical sector. (2015) (6)
Detection of antibodies to muramyl dipeptide, the adjuvant moiety of streptococcal cell wall, in patients with rheumatic fever. (1986) (6)
Critical Association Study of Olfactory Receptor Gene Polymorphism in Diabetic Complications (2014) (5)
The Effects of Fasting on the Metabolic Control of Noninsulin-Dependent Diabetes (1989) (5)
Opisthorchiasis in Kuwait: first report of infections in Thai migrant workers in the Arabian Gulf. (1987) (5)
Physical education in the state of Kuwait. (1992) (5)
The role of native domestic animals in the dissemination of Echinococcus infection among dogs in the State of Kuwait (1976) (5)
Detection of HIV-2 infection in the Gulf region. (1990) (4)
An Audit of Clinical Practice in a Single Centre in Kuwait: Management of Children on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Screening (2017) (4)
Analysis of the in vitro lymphoproliferative responses and antibody levels to the arc-5 antigen in patients with cystic hydatid disease. (1992) (4)
Management and finance. (1993) (3)
The effect of gamma radiation on the infectivity, fecundity and viability of Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella pseudospiralis. (1989) (3)
Helminth parasites of rodents in Kuwait with the description of a new species Abbreviata kuwaitensis (Nematoda: Physalopteridae) (1979) (3)
Elevated expression of the toll like receptors 2 and 4 in obese individuals: its significance for obesity-induced inflammation (2012) (3)
In vitro regulation by muramyl dipeptide of interferon production from peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy volunteers. (1988) (3)
Echinococcus multilocularis: characterization of an alveolar hydatid cyst-induced amyloid enhancing factor. (1989) (3)
Identification of salivary and plasma biomarkers for obesity in children by non-targeted metabolomic analysis (2018) (3)
High adiponectin levels in lean Arab women compared to Asian women (2015) (3)
Human gnathostomiasis: infection with an immature male Gnathostoma spinigerum. (1989) (3)
Strengthening international health co-operation in Africa through theregional economic communities (2008) (2)
Malaria in non-endemic Kuwait: resident status of patients with imported infections and the need for prophylaxis. (1985) (2)
Response to leptin and nitric oxide in blood pressure regulation in humans. (2014) (2)
Networking between Cytokine Gene Polymorphisms Profile and HLA in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes (A Pilot Study) (2014) (1)
A longitudinal ultrastructural study of pancreatic cellular damage in murine streptozotocin diabetes (1988) (1)
Antibodies to a streptococcal cell wall adjuvant structure persist in patient with chronic rheumatic heart disease. (1989) (1)
The Effects of Supervised Exercise Program on Health-Related Physical Fitness in Kuwait (2014) (1)
Sudden cardiac death diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in a Kuwaiti family: a case report (2014) (1)
Sudden cardiac death diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy in a Kuwaiti family: a case report (2014) (1)
Neuroimmunopathology of HSV-I infection in two strains of rats differing in CD4+: CD8+ T cells ratios and IL-2 production. (1990) (1)
DISEASE VECTORS - THE NEED FOR VIGILANCE (1996) (1)
Specificity of counterimmunoelectrophoresis with an arc-5 antigen for the diagnosis of cystic hydatid disease (1993) (1)
Immunohistochemical profiling of the heat shock response in obese non-diabetic subjects revealed impaired expression of heat shock proteins in the adipose tissue (2014) (1)
Gastric alpha heavy chain disease. (1987) (1)
New Perspectives on Health Issues, Research and Innovation (2013) (1)
The effect of two muramyl dipeptide analogues on experimental infections with Trichinella spiralis and Trichinella pseudospiralis in mice. (1989) (1)
Insulin binding substances, autoimmunity and type i diabetes in kuwaiti patients and their kindred (1989) (0)
Contents, Vol. 1, 1989 (1989) (0)
ANGPTL8/Betatrophin R59W variant is associated with higher glucose level in non-diabetic Arabs living in Kuwaits (2016) (0)
HLA AND ANTIBODY TO MYCOBACTERIA IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - STRONG ISOTYPE SPECIFIC CORRELATION WITH DR2 AND DR7 (1988) (0)
The next Director-General of WHO (2006) (0)
The Kuwait Health Network: utilising routinely collected data to support the quality improvement of diabetes care in Kuwait (2013) (0)
Transfer of Technology and the Selectivity of Appropriate Science and Technology (1979) (0)
Historic opportunity for WHO to re-assert leadership (2006) (0)
TLR2 and AP-1/NF-kappaB are involved in the regulation of MMP-9 elicited by heat killed Listeria monocytogenes in human monocytic THP-1 cells (2015) (0)
Differential Staining of Schistosome Ova in Biopsies (1990) (0)
Antibody Levels andInVitro Lymphoproliferative Responses toStreptococcus pyogenes Erythrogenic ToxinA and Mitogen ofPatients withRheumatic Fever (1991) (0)
The effect of adjuvants on immune function in the multi-low-dose streptozotocin model of murine diabetes. (1988) (0)
WHO Director-General election: a more connected WHO (2006) (0)
Strategies andtools forthecontrol/eliminat ion oflymphatic filariasis (1997) (0)
High adiponectin levels in lean Arab women compared to Asian women (2015) (0)
HLA-DRandtuberculin tests inrheumatoid arthritis andtuberculosis (1989) (0)
IL-33 is negatively associated with the BMI and confers a protective lipid/metabolic profile in non-diabetic but not diabetic subjects (2014) (0)
Characterization of Protein Complexes and Their Implication in Biological Processes (2015) (0)
HLA-DR AND TUBERCULIN TESTS IN RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS - EVIDENCE SUPPORTING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MYCOBACTERIA AND THE ETIOLOGY OF THE DISEASE (1988) (0)
dramatic rise in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children 0-14 years old: results from the Kuwait Scottish ehealth Innovation Network : p172 (2013) (0)
Contents, Vol. 44, 1987 (1981) (0)
Parasite antigens in scm and urine of patients with bancroftian and brugian filariasis detected (1987) (0)
The Kuwait Health Network: an integrated approach to supporting quality improvement of diabetes care in Kuwait (2014) (0)
Sequence and analysis of a whole genome from Kuwaiti population subgroup of Persian ancestry (2015) (0)
A FIVE-YEAR DEGREE PROGRAM LEADING TO A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOLOGY AND A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (0)
Efficacy andsafety ofliposomal amphotericin B (AmBisome) forvisceral leishmaniasis in endemicdeveloping countries (1998) (0)
The epidemiology of leishmaniasis in Kuwait (2009) (0)
Recent news from WHO. (2006) (0)
in human skeletal muscle α PGC-1signaling and increases the expression of Brief intense interval exercise activates AMPK and p38 (2015) (0)
Taking the learning beyond the individual (2014) (0)
Renal failure in experimental alveococcosis. (1990) (0)
Subject Index, Vol. 1, 1989 (1989) (0)
specially developed training program for public school teachers on fundamentals of diabetes, diabetes nutrition education and obesity in children - a novel approach in Kuwait : p139 (2013) (0)

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