User profiles for Walid Mottawea

Walid Mottawea

University of Ottawa-Mansoura University
Verified email at uottawa.ca
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[HTML][HTML] The genus Enterococcus: between probiotic potential and safety concerns—an update

H Hanchi, W Mottawea, K Sebei… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
A considerable number of strains belonging to different species of Enterococcus are highly
competitive due to their resistance to wide range of pH and temperature. Their …

Altered intestinal microbiota–host mitochondria crosstalk in new onset Crohn's disease

W Mottawea, CK Chiang, M Mühlbauer, AE Starr… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Intestinal microbial dysbiosis is associated with Crohn’s disease (CD). However, the
mechanisms leading to the chronic mucosal inflammation that characterizes this disease remain …

Efflux pump inhibitors (EPIs) as new antimicrobial agents against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

M Askoura, W Mottawea, T Abujamel, I Taher - Libyan Journal of Medicine, 2011 - ajol.info
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen and one of the leading causes
of nosocomial infections worldwide. The difficulty in treatment of pseudomonas infections …

Metabolic influences of gut microbiota dysbiosis on inflammatory bowel disease

…, A Elgaml, TAE Ahmed, H Hassan, W Mottawea - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic medical disorders characterized by recurrent
gastrointestinal inflammation. While the etiology of IBD is still unknown, the pathogenesis of …

Unravelling the antimicrobial action of antidepressants on gut commensal microbes

Y Ait Chait, W Mottawea, TA Tompkins, R Hammami - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Over the past decade, there has been increasing evidence highlighting the implication of the
gut microbiota in a variety of brain disorders such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia…

[HTML][HTML] Probiotic and antifungal attributes of Levilactobacillus brevis MYSN105, isolated from an Indian traditional fermented food Pozha

R Somashekaraiah, W Mottawea, A Gunduraj… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The use of probiotics and antifungal capabilities of the lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated
from different niches is a strategy to prepare functional cultures and biopreservatives for food/…

Proteomic analysis of ascending colon biopsies from a paediatric inflammatory bowel disease inception cohort identifies protein biomarkers that differentiate Crohn's …

…, SA Deeke, Z Ning, CK Chiang, X Zhang, W Mottawea… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Accurate differentiation between Crohn's disease (CD) and UC is important to ensure
early and appropriate therapeutic intervention. We sought to identify proteins that enable …

The SIRT1 deacetylase protects mice against the symptoms of metabolic syndrome

AZ Caron, X He, W Mottawea, EL Seifert… - The FASEB …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Type 2 diabetes, hepatic steatosis, and gut dysbiosis are pathophysiological consequences
of obesity. Sirtuin (SIRT)‐1 is a protein deacetylase implicated in the regulation of metabolic …

Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide: a novel regulator of islet function, islet regeneration, and selected gut bacteria

LD Pound, C Patrick, CE Eberhard, W Mottawea… - Diabetes, 2015 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP) is a naturally occurring secreted peptide that is
expressed in several organs with pleiotropic roles in immunomodulation, wound healing, and …

Impact of molecular interactions with phenolic compounds on food polysaccharides functionality

CC Dobson, W Mottawea, A Rodrigue… - Advances in food and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Commercial trends based of the emergence of plant-based functional foods lead to
investigate the structure-function relationship of their main bioactive constituents and their …