Fahad Nasser Almajhdi

Prof. Fahad Nasser Almajhdi

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Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2013 in International Journal of Electrochemical Science
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KKKhalil Abdelrazek Khalil
Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil
HFH. Fouad
H. Fouad
TET. Elsarnagawy
T. Elsarnagawy
FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi

1 November 2013 in Journal of Virological Methods
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HAH.M. Amer
H.M. Amer
AWA. Abd El Wahed
A. Abd El Wahed
MSM.A. Shalaby
M.A. Shalaby
FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi
FHF.T. Hufert
F.T. Hufert
Manfred WeidmannManfred Weidmann
Manfred Weidmann

31 December 2013 in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine
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FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi
HFHassan Fouad
Hassan Fouad
Khalil Abdelrazek KhalilKhalil Abdelrazek Khalil
Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil
HAHanem Awad
Hanem Awad
SMSahar H.S Mohamed
Sahar H.S Mohamed
Hany S. AbdoHany S. Abdo
Hany S. Abdo

1 February 2013 in International Journal of Electrochemical Science
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HFH. Fouad
H. Fouad
TET. Elsarnagawy
T. Elsarnagawy
FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi
KKKhalil Abdelrazek Khalil
Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil

26 January 2023 in Frontiers in Immunology
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MWMuhammad Waqas
Muhammad Waqas
SAShahkaar Aziz
Shahkaar Aziz
PLPietro Liò
Pietro Liò
YKYumna Khan
Yumna Khan
AAAmjad Ali
Amjad Ali
FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi
Introduction: The current monkeypox (MPX) outbreak, caused by the monkeypox virus (MPXV), has turned into a global concern, with over 59,000 infection cases and 23 deaths worldwide.Objectives: Herein, we aimed to exploit robust immunoinformatics approach, targeting membrane-bound, enveloped, and extracellular proteins of MPXV to formulate a chimeric antigen. Such a strategy could similarly be applied for identifying immunodominant epitopes and designing multi-epitope vaccine ensembles in other pathogens responsible for chronic pathologies that are difficult to intervene against.Methods: A reverse vaccinology pipeline was used to select 11 potential vaccine candidates, which were screened and mapped to predict immunodominant B-cell and T-cell epitopes. The finalized epitopes were merged with the aid of suitable linkers, an adjuvant (Resuscitation-promoting factor), a PADRE sequence (13 aa), and an HIV TAT sequence (11 aa) to formulate a multivalent epitope vaccine. Bioinformatics tools were employed to carry out codon adaptation and computational cloning. The tertiary structure of the chimeric vaccine construct was modeled via I-TASSER, and its interaction with Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) was evaluated using molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation. C-ImmSim server was implemented to examine the immune response against the designed multi-epitope antigen.Results and discussion: The designed chimeric vaccine construct included 21 immunodominant epitopes (six B-cell, eight cytotoxic T lymphocyte, and seven helper T-lymphocyte) and is predicted non-allergen, antigenic, soluble, with suitable physicochemical features, that can promote cross-protection among the MPXV strains. The selected epitopes indicated a wide global population coverage (93.62%). Most finalized epitopes have 70%–100% sequence similarity with the experimentally validated immune epitopes of the vaccinia virus, which can be helpful in the speedy progression of vaccine design. Lastly, molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation computed stable and energetically favourable interaction between the putative antigen and TLR4.Conclusion: Our results show that the multi-epitope vaccine might elicit cellular and humoral immune responses and could be a potential vaccine candidate against the MPXV infection. Further experimental testing of the proposed vaccine is warranted to validate its safety and efficacy profile.

23 July 2012 in Journal of Medical Virology
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AAAhmed Al‐Qahtani
Ahmed Al‐Qahtani
MAMohammed Al‐Ahdal
Mohammed Al‐Ahdal
AAAyman Abdo
Ayman Abdo
FSFaisal Sanai
Faisal Sanai
MAMashael Al‐Anazi
Mashael Al‐Anazi
FAFahad Nasser Almajhdi
Fahad Nasser Almajhdi