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Nahla Elsharkawy, MD

    Flow Cytometry Consultant and Head of Flow Cytometry Unit

Flow Cytometry Consultant and Head of Flow Cytometry Unit


Consultant of Clinical Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.

Education:

  • MD. Clinical Pathology and Oncologic Laboratory Medicine , National Cancer Institute, Cairo University.
  • MSc. Clinical & Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.
  • BSc. Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University.

Selected Publications:

  • Flow Cytometric Platelets Cross-Matching to Predict Platelet Transfusion in Acute Leukemia, Journal of Clinical Apheresis 26:23–28 (2011).
  • Expression of the Chemokine MCP-1 and Chemokine Receptors CXCR4 and CCCR2 in Egyptian Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Life Science Journal 2012;9(4), 4525-4535.
  • Interleukin-3 Receptor Alpha Chain as a Unique Marker for Leukemic Stem Cells in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Life Science Journal, 2011;8(4).
  • Induction and repair of DNA double-strand breaks using constant-field gel electrophoresis and apoptosis as predictive markers for sensitivity of cancer cells to cisplatin. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 66 (2012) 554–562.
  • Interleukin 12 (IL12) and Interferon γ (IFNγ) of Donor Origin Not of Patient Origin May Predict Acute Graft Versus Host Disease After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT) (2012), Bood 120 (21).
  • The Prognostic Significance of Minimal Residual Disease in Adult Patients with Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute (2013) 25, 135–142).
  • Flow Cytometric Detection of Minimal Residual Disease (MRD) in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Correlation to other Prognostic.
    • Parameters. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Haematology & Research (2013) 9, 1-7).
  • Expression of Phosphorylated STAT5 in chronic myeloid leukemia: relation to disease stages. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Haematology & Research (2013) 9, 17-23).
  • Increased expression of brother of the regulator of imprinted sites (BORIS) in peripheral blood neutrophils is associated with both benign and malignant breast lesions (in press).Poster presentation in ISAC 2013.
  • Interferon Gamma/IL10 Ratio Production in Response to Host Antigens may Predict Acute Graft Versus Host Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation from a Sibling. J Leuk 2013, 1:2.
  • CD133 Expression in Adult Egyptian Acute Leukemia with Impact on Disease Outcome. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Haematology & Research (2014) 3.
  • Significance of CD99 expression in T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Cancer Biomark.March 2016, 18,17(2):117-123.
  • Adhesion molecules expression in CLL: Potential impact on clinical and hematological parameters. Volume 28, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 31-37.
  • Increased Expression of Brother of the Regulator of Imprinted Sites in Peripheral Blood Neutrophils Is Associated with Both Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions. Cytometry Part B (Clinical Cytometry) 92B:355–360 (2017).
  • Impact of FLT3 Receptor (CD135) Detection by Flow Cytometry on Clinical Outcome of Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients. August 2018Volume 18, Issue 8, Pages 541–547.
  • IL12 and IFNγ secretion by donor mononuclear cells in response to host antigens may predict acute GVHD after HSCT. Received 30 April 2019; Accepted 18 July 2019.
  • HBVsvp-Pulsed Dendritic Cell Immunotherapy Induces Th1 Polarization and Hepatitis B Virus-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Production, Infection and Drug Resistance 2020:13, 2699-2709.
  • Tracing Leukemia Stem Cells and Their Influence on Clinical Course of Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia.Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma & Leukemia, June 2020, 383-393.
  • Neutrophil-mediated Oxidative Stress and Albumin Structural Damage Predict 2 COVID-19-associated Mortality. medRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.01.21254767; this version posted April 12, 2021.