Recent Publications (last 10 years)
Mroue RM, El-Sabban ME, Talhouk RS (2011) Connexins and the Gap in Context. Integrative Biology. 3 (4), 255–266.
Talhouk, R., Salloum, R., Homeidan F. 2010. Inflammatory diseases: Mechanisms and natural remedies. Book chapter, In; Medicinal plants: Diversity and Drugs, Eds Rai et al. (Submitted)
Fostok, S. F., Wehbe, A.N, and Talhouk, R.S. (2010) Medicinal Value of Polyunsaturated and Other Fatty Acids in Ethnobotany. In: "Ethnomedicinal Plants: Revitalization of Traditional Knowledge of Herbs". Eds. M,.Rai, D. Acharya, JL Rios. CRC Press.Chapter 5, 135-165. Pages 504.
Maalouf SW, Talhouk RS, Schanbacher FL (2010). Inflammatory responses in epithelia: endotoxin-induced IL-6 secretion and iNOS/NO production are differentially regulated in mouse mammary epithelial cells. J Inflamm 30;7:58.
Fostok S., Ezzeddine, R.A., Homaidan F., Al-Saghir J., Salloum R., Saliba N.A. and Talhouk, R.S. (2009).
Interleukin-6 and Cyclooxygenase-2 downregulation by fatty-acid fractions of Ranunculus constantinopolitanus. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 9:44
Zeinieh M., Talhouk R.S., El-Sabban M., and Mikati M. A. (2009). Differential expression of hippocampal connexins after acute hypoxia in the developing brain. 2009 Dec 22. [Epub ahead of print].
Talhouk, R.S., Esseili, M., Kogan, J. Atallah, M., Talhouk, S. and Homaidan F.R. (2009). Inhibition of Endotoxin-Induced Pro-Inflammatory Markers by Water Extracts of Onopordum cynarocephalum and Achillea damascene. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 3:9:686-698.
Al-Saghir J, Al-Ashi R, Salloum R, Saliba NA, Talhouk RS, and Homaidan FR. (2009) Anti inflammatory Properties of Salograviolide A Purified from Lebanese Plant Centaurea ainetensis. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 9:36.
Dbouk, H.A., Mroue, M., El-Sabban, M.E. Talhouk, R.S., 2009. Connexins: A myriad of functions extending beyond assembly of gap junction channels. Cell Communication and Signalling. 7:4 (17 pages).
Saliba, N.A., Dakdouki, S., Homeidan, F., Kogan, J., Bouhadir, K., Talhouk, S. and Talhouk, R. (2009) Bio-guided fractionation, Isolation & structure identification of an anti-inflammatory guaianolids from Centaurea ainetensis. Pharmaceutical Biology 47:701-707.
Talhouk, R.S., Mroue, R.M., Mokalled, M, Abi-Mosleh, L, Nehme, R, Imsail, A, Zaatari, M., Khalil, A., El-Sabban M.E. (2008). Heterocellular Interaction Enhances Recruitment of α and β-Catenins and ZO-2 into Functional Gap Junction Complexes and Gap Junction-dependant Differentiation of Mammary Epithelial Cells. Experimental Cell Research 314:3275-91.
Talhouk, R.S., El-Jouni, W., Kogan, J. Baalbaki, R., Mohtaseb, H., Talhouk, S., and Barbour, E.K. (2008).
Anti-inflammatory bio-activities in water extract of Centaurea ainetensis. Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 2:024-033.
Talhouk R.S., Zeinieh M., Mikati M. A. and El-Sabban M. (2008) Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Hypoxia-Ischemia Induced Neuronal Injury. Progress in Neurobiology. 84:57-76. (Epub Oct. 10, 2007).
El-Chakhtoura, J. and Talhouk, R. 2007. The Impact of Biotechnology Advances on Quality & Marketing of Agricultural Products. Journal of Agricultural Investment 5:18-23.
Talhouk, R.S., Karam, C., Fostok, S., El-Jouni, W., and Barbour, E.K. (2007). Anti-inflammatory Bioactivities in Plant Extracts. Journal of Medicinal Food. 10:1:1-10.
Khattar MM, Bazzi S, Kogan J and Talhouk RS (2006) - Bacterial Cell Shape Dependent Inflammatory Response in Mammary Epithelial Cells. Current Microbiology. 52(6):424-429. (Epub 2006 Apr 17).
Talhouk, R.S., Elble, R., Bassam R., Daher M., Sfeir A, El-Khoury H, Hamoui, S, Pauli, B and M. E. El-Sabban (2005). Developmental expression patterns and regulation of connexins in the murine mammary gland: Expression of connexin30 in lactogenesis. Cell Tissue Res. 319(1):49-59. (Epub 2004 Oct 27).
Barbour, E.K., Al-Sharif, M., Sagherian, V.K., Habre, A.N., Talhouk, R.S., and Talhouk, S.N. (2004). Screening of selected indigenous plants of Lebanon for antimicrobial activity. J.of Ethnopharmacology Jul;93(1):1-7.
Barbour EK, Sagherian V, Talhouk S, Talhouk R, Farran MT, Sleiman FT, Harakeh S. (2004). Evaluation of homeopathy in broiler chickens exposed to live viral vaccines and administered Calendula officinalis extract. Med Sci Monit. 10(8):BR281-5.
Bazarbachi, A., Abou-Merhi, R., Gessain, A., Talhouk, R., El-Khoury, H., Nasr, R., Gout, O., Sulahian, R., Homaidan, F., de-The', H., El-Sabban, M.E. (2004). HTLV-1 infected cells extravasate through the endothelial barrier using a local angiogenesis-like mechanism: implications for invasion and metastasis. Cancer Research 64:2039-2046.
B. Safieh-Garabedian, G. M. Mouneimne, W. El-Jouni, M. Khattar, and R. Talhouk (2004). The effect of endotoxin (ET) on functional parameters of mammary CID-9 cells in culture. Reproduction 127(3):397-406.
Talhouk, R.S., Saade' N, Mouneimne G.M., Masaad, C.A., Safieh-Garabedian, B. (2004). Growth hormone releasing hormone reverses endotoxin-induced localized inflammatory hyperalgesia without reducing the upregulated cytokines, NGF, and gelatinase activity. Prog Neuro-Psychopharm & Biol Psych 28(4):625-31
El-Sabban, M., Abi-Mosleh, L., Talhouk, R. (2003). Developmental regulation of Gap junctions and their role in mammary epithelial cell differentiation. "Adhesion systems in the control of mammary gland morphogenesis and function". .Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia. Review Oct;8(4): 463-73.
Park, C.C., Henshall-Powell, R.L., Erickson, A.C., Talhouk, R., Parvin B, Bissell, M.J., Barcellos-Hoff, M-H. (2003). Ionizing Radiation Induces Heritable Disruption of Epithelial Cell Interactions. Proc Natl Acad Sci 16;100(19):10728-33.
C. Tarraf, M. El-Sabban, R. Bassam, M., Beyrouthy, J. Chamoun, and R. Talhouk (2003). Functional consequence of exposure to dieldrin on mammary development and function. Food Additives and Contaminants 20:9:819-828.
Barbour, E.K., Sagherian, V., Talhouk, S., Talhouk, R., Farran, M., Sleiman, F.T. and Sabra, R. (2003). Impact of Melissa officinalis - extract administration in broilers on immune responses to viruses and performance. American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association Journal 21:15-18.
El-Sabban, M., Sfeir A., Daher M., Kalaany, N., Bassam, R., and Talhouk R. (2003). Gap Junctional Communication Induces -Casein Expression in Mammary Epithelial Cells in the Absence of Cell/ECM interaction. J. Cell Science 116: 3531-3541.
Talhouk, R., Maa'ni, F., Kalaa'ni, N., Zoubian, G.S., Simaa'n C.J., Abi-Sai'd, M., Hamadeh, S.K., Barbour, E., and El-Sabban, M. (2001). Partial purification and characterization of growth factors involved in ovine mammary development. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 3:143-159.