| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease | Nature Genetics | 2015 | 2,054 |
| 2 | Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans | Nature | 2014 | 1,179 |
| 3 | Association analyses based on false discovery rate implicate new loci for coronary artery disease | Nature Genetics | 2017 | 571 |
| 4 | Lactate mediates the effects of exercise on learning and memory through SIRT1-dependent activation of hippocampal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) | Journal of Neuroscience | 2019 | 220 |
| 5 | Lactate is an antidepressant that mediates resilience to stress by modulating the hippocampal levels and activity of histone deacetylases | Neuropsychopharmacology | 2019 | 80 |
| 6 | Large Scale Association Analysis Identifies Three Susceptibility Loci for Coronary Artery Disease | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 75 |
| 7 | The management of polyps in female reproductive organs | International Journal of Surgery | 2017 | 63 |
| 8 | Genome-Wide Association Study in a Lebanese Cohort Confirms PHACTR1 as a Major Determinant of Coronary Artery Stenosis | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 52 |
| 9 | WFS1 mutations are frequent monogenic causes of juvenile-onset diabetes mellitus in Lebanon | Human Molecular Genetics | 2008 | 48 |
| 10 | Epigenetic changes in diabetes | Neuroscience Letters | 2016 | 47 |
| 11 | Carcinogenic and neurotoxic risks of acrylamide and heavy metals from potato and corn chips consumed by the Lebanese population | Journal of Food Composition and Analysis | 2015 | 45 |
| 12 | A meta-analysis of mortality after minor amputation among patients with diabetes and/or peripheral vascular disease | Journal of Vascular Surgery | 2020 | 44 |
| 13 | Ancient mitogenomes of Phoenicians from Sardinia and Lebanon: A story of settlement, integration, and female mobility | PLoS ONE | 2018 | 40 |
| 14 | Branched-chain amino acids mediate resilience to chronic social defeat stress by activating BDNF/TRKB signaling | Neurobiology of Stress | 2019 | 37 |
| 15 | The Natural Metabolite 4-Cresol Improves Glucose Homeostasis and Enhances β-Cell Function | Cell Reports | 2020 | 35 |
| 16 | Diabetic ketoacidosis induced by a single dose of pembrolizumab | American Journal of Emergency Medicine | 2019 | 34 |
| 17 | Recombination Gives a New Insight in the Effective Population Size and the History of the Old World Human Populations | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2012 | 31 |
| 18 | A systematic review on the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation on diabetic peripheral neuropathy | Clinical Nutrition | 2020 | 31 |
| 19 | Endocrine and Bone Complications inβ-Thalassemia Intermedia: Current Understanding and Treatment | BioMed Research International | 2015 | 30 |
| 20 | mQTL.NMR: An Integrated Suite for Genetic Mapping of Quantitative Variations of 1H NMR-Based Metabolic Profiles | Analytical Chemistry | 2015 | 30 |
| 21 | Mortality Rate and Mid-Term Outcomes of Total Hip Arthroplasty Using Dual Mobility Cups for the Treatment of Femoral Neck Fractures in a Middle Eastern Population | Journal of Arthroplasty | 2019 | 29 |
| 22 | Mechanical stretch and prostaglandin E2 modulate critical signaling pathways in mouse podocytes | Cellular Signalling | 2010 | 27 |
| 23 | Genetic and environmental influences on total plasma homocysteine and its role in coronary artery disease risk | Atherosclerosis | 2012 | 27 |
| 24 | Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Inflammatory Markers in Non-Obese Lebanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Nutrients | 2020 | 27 |
| 25 | Optimal Duration of Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation in Cryptogenic Stroke: A Nonsystematic Review | BioMed Research International | 2016 | 26 |
| 26 | Combination of Angiotensin (1-7) Agonists and Convalescent Plasma as a New Strategy to Overcome Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 (ACE2) Inhibition for the Treatment of COVID-19 | Frontiers in Medicine | 2021 | 26 |
| 27 | Daucus carotaPentane-Based Fractions Suppress Proliferation and Induce Apoptosis in Human Colon Adenocarcinoma HT-29 Cells by Inhibiting the MAPK and PI3K Pathways | Journal of Medicinal Food | 2015 | 25 |
| 28 | T2DM GWAS in the Lebanese population confirms the role of TCF7L2 and CDKAL1 in disease susceptibility | Scientific Reports | 2014 | 25 |
| 29 | No Association of Coronary Artery Disease with X-Chromosomal Variants in Comprehensive International Meta-Analysis | Scientific Reports | 2016 | 25 |
| 30 | The immunomodulatory properties of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells are defined according to multiple immunobiological criteria | Inflammation Research | 2016 | 24 |
| 31 | Ancient DNA of Phoenician remains indicates discontinuity in the settlement history of Ibiza | Scientific Reports | 2018 | 24 |
| 32 | Is there an association between vitamin D and diabetic foot disease? A meta‐analysis | Wound Repair and Regeneration | 2020 | 24 |
| 33 | A European Mitochondrial Haplotype Identified in Ancient Phoenician Remains from Carthage, North Africa | PLoS ONE | 2016 | 24 |
| 34 | Parental consanguinity and family history of coronary artery disease strongly predict early stenosis | Atherosclerosis | 2010 | 22 |
| 35 | Antitumor activity of β-2-himachalen-6-ol in colon cancer is mediated through its inhibition of the PI3K and MAPK pathways | Chemico-Biological Interactions | 2017 | 22 |
| 36 | In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of the Anticancer and Anti-inflammatory Activities of 2-Himachelen-7-ol isolated from Cedrus Libani | Scientific Reports | 2019 | 22 |
| 37 | Synthesis, biological evaluation and modeling of hybrids from tetrahydro-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-b]quinolines as dual cholinestrase and COX-2 inhibitors | Bioorganic Chemistry | 2020 | 22 |
| 38 | Untargeted Mass Spectrometry Lipidomics identifies correlation between serum sphingomyelins and plasma cholesterol | Lipids in Health and Disease | 2019 | 21 |
| 39 | Safety and efficacy of voxelotor in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease aged 4 to 11 years | Pediatric Blood and Cancer | 2022 | 21 |
| 40 | Whole genome sequencing of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from a patient in Lebanon | Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology | 2015 | 20 |
| 41 | Type II diabetes mellitus and hyperhomocysteinemia: a complex interaction | Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome | 2017 | 20 |
| 42 | Role of combining anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents in COVID-19 treatment: a rapid review | Open Heart | 2021 | 20 |
| 43 | A novel ALMS1 splice mutation in a non-obese juvenile-onset insulin-dependent syndromic diabetic patient | European Journal of Human Genetics | 2014 | 19 |
| 44 | Synthesis of new pyrazolo[3,4‐d]pyrimidine derivatives and evaluation of their anti‐inflammatory and anticancer activities | Chemical Biology and Drug Design | 2017 | 19 |
| 45 | Metatarsal Osteotomies for Treating Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Meta-analysis | Foot and Ankle Specialist | 2019 | 19 |
| 46 | A novel xylene-free deparaffinization method for the extraction of proteins from human derived formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) archival tissue blocks | MethodsX | 2014 | 18 |
| 47 | J-Resolved 1H NMR 1D-Projections for Large-Scale Metabolic Phenotyping Studies: Application to Blood Plasma Analysis | Analytical Chemistry | 2017 | 18 |
| 48 | Multivariate epidemiologic analysis of type 2 diabetes mellitus risks in the Lebanese population | Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome | 2014 | 17 |
| 49 | Impact of inflammation, gene variants, and cigarette smoking on coronary artery disease risk | Inflammation Research | 2015 | 17 |
| 50 | Synthesis of some new amide-linked bipyrazoles and their evaluation as anti-inflammatory and analgesic agents | Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry | 2016 | 17 |
