Dr. Rania Zaarour

gmu

Associate Professor & Researcher

Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Yale University

dr.rania@gmu.ac.ae

Publications:

  • Zaarour RF, Ribeiro M, Azzarone B, Kapoor S, Chouaib S. Tumor microenvironment-induced tumor cell plasticity: relationship with hypoxic stress and impact on tumor resistance. Front Oncol. 2023 Oct 11.
  • Abou Khouzam R, Janji B, Thiery J, Zaarour RF, Chamseddined AN, Mayre H, Savagner P, Kieda C, Gad S, Buart S, Lehn JM, Limani P, Chouaib S. Hypoxia as a potential inducer of immune tolerance, tumor plasticity and a driver of tumor mutational burden: Impact on cancer immunotherapy. Semin Cancer Biol. 2023. 97:104-123. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2023.11.008
  • Zaarour RF, Sharda M, Azakir B, Venkatesh GH, Abou Khouzam R, Rifath A, Nizami ZN, Abdullah F, Mohammad F, Karaali H, Nawafleh H, Elsayed Y and Chouaib S. Genomic Analysis of Waterpipe Smoke-Induced Lung Tumor Autophagy and Plasticity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23(12), 6848.
  • Zaarour RF, Azakir B, Hajam EY, Nawafleh H, Zeinelabdin NA, Engelsen AST, Thiery J, Jamora C and Chouaib S. Role of Hypoxia-Mediated Autophagy in Tumor Cell Death and Survival Cancers 2021, 13(3), 533;
  • Zaarour RF, Prasad P,Venkatesh GH, Abou Khouzam R, Amirtharaj F, Zeinelabdin N, RIFATH A, Terry S, Nawafleh H, El Sayed Y and Chouaib S. Waterpipe smoke condensate influences epithelial to mesenchymal transition and interferes with the cytotoxic immune response in non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Oncology Reports, January 2021.