Major: Human Physiology

Specialization: Cell viability and mitochondrial function

PRESENT DESIGNATION:

• Assistant Professor of Physiology since 2007

EDUCATION:

• MBBS, MSc Physiology, Ph.D. Physiology

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Blood and cardiovascular physiology and immunity

SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS

1.  Member of Sudan Doctors Union.
2.  Registered member of Sudan Medical Council.
3.  Member of Sudan Physiological Science Society.

PUBLICATIONS (in KSAU-HS):

• Abushouk A, Nasr A, Masuadi E, Allam G, Siddig EE, Fahal AH. The Role of Interleukin-1 cytokine family (IL-1β, IL-37) and interleukin-12 cytokine family (IL-12, IL-35) in eumycetoma infection pathogenesis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2019 Apr 4;13(4):e0007098.
• Nasr A, Saleh AM, Eltoum M, Abushouk A, Hamza A, Aljada A, El-Toum ME, Abu-Zeid YA, Allam G, ElGhazali G. Antibody responses to P. falciparum Apical Membrane Antigen 1(AMA-1) in relation to haemoglobin S (HbS), lHbC, G6PD and ABO blood groups among Fulani and Masaleit living in Western Sudan. Acta Trop. 2018 Feb 24; 182:115-123.
• Talaat IM, Nasr A, Alsulaimani AA, Alghamdi H, Alswat KA, Almalki DM, Abushouk A, Saleh AM, Allam G. Association between type 1, type 2 cytokines, diabetic autoantibodies and 25-hydroxyvitamin D in children with type 1 diabetes. J Endocrinol Invest.2016 Aug 19.
• Nasr A, Abushouk A, Hamza A, Siddig E, Fahal AH. Th-1, Th-2 Cytokines Profile among Madurella mycetomatis Eumycetoma Patients. PLoS Negl Trop Dis.2016 Jul 19;10 (7):e0004862. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004862.
• Dera, H. A., Abushouk, A. (2015). Protective Effect of Resveratrol Against Aluminium Chloride (ALCL3) Induced Testicular Damage in Rats Entails Inhibition of Intrinsic Apoptotic Pathway. Science of Advanced Materials, 7(2), 384-395.